The Haggin Museum displays paintings by major artists and presents the history of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Artworks within the collection are both European and American in origin, and date from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Artists include Jean Béraud, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme, George Inness, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Albert Bierstadt.
The museum offers exhibits and summer art workshops.
The Kingston Urban Cultural Park/Heritage Area presents the historical importance of Kingston, New York. Kingston was a site of Dutch colonization and Revolutionary War meetings and attacks, as well as a major transportation nexus.
The park offers exhibits and interpretive signs.
The 1910 neoclassical Missoula County Courthouse contains murals by Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919). These works depict Montana history. Paxson is best known for his 1899 painting of Custer's Last Stand.
The courthouse offers self-guided tours.
The Los Angeles State Historic Park, although under development, opened a 13-acre preview of the completed park to the public. In addition to land suitable to a wide variety of outdoor activities, the park encompasses the waterwheel, round house, freight house, station yard, and depot of the 1875 Southern Pacific Railroad’s River Station and a glass footprint of the 1879 Pacific Hotel.
The park offers bike trails, urban wildlife viewing, guided interpretive programs, and picnic areas.
The Heritage Museum presents the history of Polk County and Independence, Oregon.
The museum offers exhibits, treasure hunts, tours, traveling exhibits, virtual exhibits, and a collections research kiosk for rental. Reservations are required for tours with five or more individuals. The museum is not currently wheelchair accessible.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation seeks to increase public interest in architecture and design. Particular emphasis is given to examples within Chicago, Illinois.
The foundation offers a wide variety of walking downtown, neighborhood, suburban, and Frank Lloyd Wright; river; and bus tours. Tours are offered in English, French, German, and Italian. Audio tours are available in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The foundation also offers exhibits, sustainable architecture lunchtime lectures, monthly DIY green workshops, weekly lunchtime lectures, field trip options, an architecture competition for students, family programs, high school workshops, teacher workshops, and adult education courses. The website offers a teaching resource book and a high school textbook for purchase.
The Antique Powerland Museum presents historical power equipment. The Pacific NW Truck Museum and Willow Creek Railroad are located on site. The Willow Creek Railroad is a hands-on operating miniature railroad. Visitors may sit on the cars. The Pacific NW Truck Museum presents the history of trucking, with particular emphasis on the Pacific Northwest. 60 historic trucks are on display.
The museum offers exhibits, street car rides, and miniature railroad rides. The museum is closed November through February. Group tours are available on request.
The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the Lake Tahoe area, California. To this end, the society operates the Gatekeeper's Museum, Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum, and 1909 Watson Cabin. The Gatekeeper's Museums functions as a museum of local history. Highlights include historic court ledgers and oral histories. The Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum presents baskets, costumes, dolls, pottery and other artifacts from 85 Native American tribes. The Watson Cabin is a living history museum of local pioneer life.
The society offers exhibits, period rooms, and living history demonstrations. Please call ahead if severe weather is forecasted, as the museums may not be open.
The Ashland Historical Society Museum presents a glimpse into the past of Ashland, WI. Exhibits on display address the Ashland Hotel, Boy and Girl Scouts, souvenir dishes, gas stations, historical and modern images of Downtown, Oredocks, and local schools.
The museum offers exhibits, archive access, and research services. A fee is charged for research conducted upon request. Individuals conducting private research must match their personal research time with research for the society. The website offers short articles on a variety of local history aspects and historical photographs.
The Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University is the former home of New Jersey's first elected governor, William Livingston, who is also notable for being a signer of the US Constitution. The home was originally built as a 14-room Georgian style home, and has since grown into a 50-room Victorian mansion. The site houses extensive collections of antique furniture and historical artifacts owned by the seven generations of Livingston and Kean families who have since owned the home.
The home offers guided tours, special events, and field trip programs. The website offers a history of the home, an events calendar, and visitor information.