Historical Society of Watertown [MA]
The Historical Society of Watertown seeks to preserve and share the history of Watertown, Massachusetts.
The society offers living history outreach programs and lectures for teachers.
The Historical Society of Watertown seeks to preserve and share the history of Watertown, Massachusetts.
The society offers living history outreach programs and lectures for teachers.
Completed in 1825, Fort Snelling was originally built to prevent non-U.S. citizens from making use of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. After 1851, the fort served as a supply depot, training center for Union troops, and the headquarters of the Army Department of Dakota.
The fort offers a hands-on educational program; living history tours; day camps based on the pioneer stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder; blacksmithing, bread baking, tea, and hearth baking classes; outreach presentations given by costumed interpreters; lectures; and a picnic area. The website offers a virtual tour.
The "Cultural Crossroads on the Arkansas," El Pueblo History Museum has always been a gathering place for diverse people and cultures. The site includes an 1840s-style adobe trading post and plaza, as well as the archaeological excavation for the original 1842 El Pueblo trading post. The museum building showcases the city's history and the various cultural and ethnic groups in Pueblo and the region. The site also features the Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byways Information Center.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs.
The Frontier Culture Museum presents the story of the men and women who came to the United States prior to its existence as a country. The most common origin points of these people were England, Germany, Ireland, and West Africa. Reproductions and actual rural structures moved from these locations represent the various homelands, while another set of exhibits depicts their new life in North America in the 1740s, 1820s, and 1850s. Other topics discussed at the museum include food ways, woodworking, and fiber processing.
The museum offers exhibits, interpretive signage, hands-on activities, living history demonstrations, day camps, three outreach presentations, a teacher institute, a picnic area, a field trip grant application, and a non-lending library with more than 5,000 volumes. The website offers pre- and post-visit discussion topics. All educational programs meet state educational standards.
The Harn Homestead shares the history of territorial Oklahoma. Historic structures include the 1904 Queen Anne main residence and the Shinn Barn.
The homestead offers hands-on activities; educational programs about the schoolhouse, farm, barn, and a re-enactment of the 1899 Land Run (in which the students participate); day camps; overnight programs; and tours of the residence and grounds. Reservations are required for large groups.
The Vinalhaven Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Vinalhaven, Maine—an island community. To this end, the society operates a museum which presents topics such as daily life, education, farming, fishing, the horse net and granite industries, and the Civil War.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Greater Loveland Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the Greater Loveland area, Ohio. To this end, the society operates a museum, library, and a more than 200-year-old log cabin. The museum is located within an 1862 modified Italianate residence; the library contains archives and publications relevant to the society's mission; and the log cabin suggests period life.
The museum offers exhibits and period rooms. The library offers archival access.
The Holland Land Office Museum presents the history of Genesee County, New York. Topics covered include the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, the Seneca people, military history, and Victorian life. The collection contains approximately 16,000 artifacts—2,000 of which are available for viewing at a given time. The collection is supplemented by a series of temporary exhibits.
The museum offers exhibits, customizable tours, and more than 15 summer education programs. Reservations are required for tours.
The Susan B. Anthony House presents the life and impact of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), one of the strongest voices for women's right to vote, abolition of slavery, and temperance. Anthony was closely involved with the political programs of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. The structure was Anthony's home between 1866 and 1906 and the site of her 1872 arrest for voting despite her sex. In addition to displaying Anthony's own possessions, the house offers an exhibit on women's suffrage.
The house offer exhibits, period rooms, lectures, tours, and an educational program on women's suffrage which meets state education standards. Groups of more than 12 require reservations.
The Log Cabin Village presents Texas' pioneer history (1840-1890) via living history interpretation. The museum owns and interprets six log cabins, a log plantation home, a school, and a smokehouse. All are period structures, which have been moved to their current setting from locations around the state. The structures are all furnished with period pieces. Exhibits include a grist mill, blacksmith's shop, and residences.
The village offers period rooms, group tours, demonstrations, and hands-on educational experiences. The website offers an activity guide for use at the village.