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.
The Thomas Edison House served as Thomas Edison's (1847-1931) residence between 1866 and 1868. Built circa 1850, the home now contains collections including cylinder and disc phonographs, Edison Business Phonographs, an Edison Kinetoscope, and early light bulbs. Thomas Edison is best known for his invention of the electric light bulb. However, while living at this site, his main interest was improving telegraph technology.
The house offers exhibits, period rooms, guided tours, 10 through 35-minute films, a learning module which encourages creation of student inventions, and hands-on telegraph demonstrations.
The Kelly Art Deco Lighting Museum is the world's only museum dedicated to displaying U.S. Art Deco slipe-shade lights. Collections include chandeliers, sconces, and table lights from between 1928 and 1938.
The museum offers exhibits.
Little Buffalo State Park contains an operating gristmill, a historic covered bridge, a historic farmhouse, a narrow gauge railroad trace, and a historic railroad car.
The site offers environmental education programs, hands-on activities, guided walks, campfire programs, teacher workshops, outdoor activities, and picnic sites. Reservations are required for group visits. Please do not bring firewood into the park. This is to avoid introduction of invasive species.
The Waseca County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Waseca County, Minnesota. To this end, the society operates a research center and a museum of local history.
The society offers exhibits, research library access, and research assistance. Non-members are charged a fee for library use; and anyone requesting research assistance will be charged as well. The website offers a family history database, a word search, and a cross word puzzle.
The Harvey House Museum is located within the dining room of the circa 1939 Harvey House. Collections include artifacts of the Santa Fe Railway and of daily life in the history of Valencia County, New Mexico.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Shelburne Museum, located in northern Vermont, is one of the nation's finest and most unconventional art museums. The museum is home to over 150,000 works, which range from impressionist paintings to quits and textiles. The collection is displayed in 39 seperate exhibition buildings.
The museum offers guided tours, field trip programs, summer camps, and art exhibits. The website offers a brief history of the museum, as well as visitor information, and summaries of current museum exhibits.