The Alaska Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo presents the diverse cultures of Alaska's native people through artifacts and Alaskan fine arts. The collection consists of more than 900 Native American artifacts. Highlights include traditional costume; a Bering Sea kayak; and paintings by Sydney Laurence (1865-1940), Fred Machetanz (1908-2002), and Eustace Ziegler (1881-1969).
The museum offers exhibits.
Richfield Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Richfield, Wisconsin. To this end, the society is developing a historical park.
The society offers a traveling trunk, a guided village walking tour for students, and summer guided gristmill tours.
The Utah Heritage Foundation is a state-wide preservation organization. Functions include education, advocacy, and financial assistance.
The foundation offers self-guided tours of two historic Salt Lake City streets, interactive guided tours of the Kearns Mansion and the Salt Lake City and County Building, and outreach slide presentations. All of the aforementioned activities were designed with kindergarten through 12th grade students in mind. The website offers teacher's guides and a combined game and virtual tour of the Kearns Mansion.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine presents the technological techniques and changes made in medicine between 1861 and 1865, as well as the stories of those involved with Civil War-era medicine—soldiers, medical practitioners, and their families. Topics include medical education, recruitment, camp life, evacuation of the wounded, field dressing stations and hospitals, embalming, and modern military medicine. Frederick, Maryland, site of the museum, was the location of forty Civil War skirmishes and battles. The museum has an additional location at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum on the Antietam National Battlefield. This site focuses on the development of first aid and emergency medicine during the 1862 Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
The museum offers exhibits, 90-minute guided tours, question and answer sessions, hands-on activities, lectures, educational programs, and research assistance. Payment is required for research assistance.
The Smokey Bear Historical Park was created to memorialize a North American black bear cub. Found in the Capitan Mountains in 1950, the cub had survived a 17,000-acre forest fire; and was dubbed Smokey. Smokey Bear eventually became a national symbol of forest fire prevention. Although the character Smokey Bear had existed previously, the actual cub became his legally authorized face. The park presents topics such as the purpose of forest fires, forest health, and the interactive between natural and urban environments. Sites include Smokey Bear's gravesite and the Village of Capitan's first train depot.
The park offers indoor and outdoor exhibits, a 10-minute introductory film, a gravesite, a playground, and a picnic area. The website offers children's activities, coloring pages, and a Smokey Bear song and play.
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site commemorates the site at which English settlers landed in 1670. From there, they established a settlement which would eventually birth the plantation system, the Carolina Colony, and a major maritime commerce center. The site includes a 12-room museum; a 17th-century replica maritime vessel, the trading ketch Adventure; a natural habitat zoo; reconstructed fortifications; and 80 acres of gardens. The zoo houses animal species which lived in South Carolina circa 1670.
The site offers interactive exhibits; musket, cannon, and open hearth cooking demonstrations; hands-on activities; guided and self-guided educational programs which correspond to state educational standards; audio tours; gardens; interpretive trails; and picnic areas. Strollers and wheelchairs are available for use on site.
The Echo Park Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Echo Park, one of the older neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA. Echo Park dates to the late 19th century.
The society offers periodic area walking tours. Reservations are required.
The Maturango Museum presents the geology and cultural and natural histories of the Northern Mojave Desert. Artifacts on display include mammoth and bison fossils, items from the Native American populations of California, a Sidewinder missile, and local minerals. The grounds hold a desert garden.
The museum offers exhibits, a hands-on children's area, a garden, lectures, concerts, and an art gallery.
The Maine Aviation Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of aviation in the state of Maine—recreational, military, civil, and commercial. To this end, the society operates the Maine Air Museum, located within a Cold War-era missile assembly and maintenance structure at the Bangor International Airport. The airport location provides for viewings of working aircraft in addition to the offered exhibits. The museum covers flight by balloon, airplane, and space shuttle.
The museum offers exhibits. Advance notice is appreciated for group visits.
The Monroe County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Monroe County, Missouri. To this end, the society operates a research center and museum. The museum is located within the Monroe County Courthouse, and presents information and artifacts relevant to local history. Collection highlights include prehistoric stone tools and historical weaponry.
The society offers exhibits, research library access, and research assistance. Museum tours can be arranged with advance notice. Research assistance requires payment. The website offers an online collections catalog and transcriptions of historic data.