The museum collects, preserves, interprets, and displays historical and cultural materials related to the westward expansion, to Wyoming pioneers in particular, and to the west in general. Today, the 15,900-square-foot facility consists of the main building as well as the original cabin, two school houses, a rebuilt gristmill, and a shelter. The collections include pioneer and ranching memorabilia, textiles, and an extensive Native American artifact and decorative art display.

A second website for the museum can be found here.

The museum offers exhibits, research library access, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Formed in 1962, the Rocky Hill Historical Society's first mission was to save the Academy Hall. The Hall was built in 1803 as a navigation school to teach young sailors and future sea captains. Today the town's history is accessible to the public through the museum, library, and programs located in Academy Hall. The library contains book collections, manuscripts, stories, oral histories, photographs, and maps, and is open for research. The Academy Hall Museum displays artifacts, farm implements, military items, maritime history, technology, and costumes.

The museums offers exhibits and research library access.

The Historic Crail Ranch preserves the story of Augustus Franklin Crail and his family. Living in the cabin in the early 1900s, the Crails kept pigs, sheep, and cattle; grew hay; and ran a lumber mill. Other structures on site included barns, a forge, a hay barn, a piggery, and a spring house. Architecturally, the ranch contains the oldest original building in Big Sky, Montana; and is an example of a historic log structure.

The ranch offers a living history experience.

The Union Pacific Railroad Museum houses one of the oldest corporate collections in the nation. It includes artifacts, photographs, and documents that trace the development of the railroad and the American West. The Union Pacific Collection dates to the mid-1800s, featuring original editions of reports from survey teams that searched for the best land route to join the nation, east to west. Surveying equipment, early rail equipment, and artifacts from the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad tell the story of one of the world's construction marvels.

The site offers exhibits.

The Nevada State Railroad Museum is located in Boulder City, Nevada, the city that built the Hoover Dam. The museum chronicles the history of rail travel in Nevada, dating back to the 1930s.

The museum offers train rides, field trip programs, exhibits on railroad history, and the "engineer for an hour" program. The website offers basic visitor information.

The Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum presents the history of New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong. Topics include the Lenape, Morris Canal, Bertrand Island Amusement Park, and the lake's prime resort years between the 1880s and 1930s.

The museum offers exhibits and lectures.

The Museum displays artifacts relating to the history of fire fighting on the Comstock and in Nevada.

The museum offers exhibits.