The Nichols House Museum presents life in Boston's Historic Beacon Hill circa 1900 via the 1804 Federal style townhouse of Rose Standish Nichols. Collections include portraiture, 17th through 19th century wooden furniture, art from Europe and Asia, oriental rugs, Flemish tapestries, and works by renowned 19th-century sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). Ms. Nichols herself, born in 1872, is also of note. As an unmarried and self-supporting landscape gardener and an accomplished woodworker, she was a life-long proponent of women's rights.

The museum offers period rooms.

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium presents the history of the Mississippi River. Topics covered include famous men who made contributions to national river culture, riverboats, Other points of interest include a Native American wikiup; a restored fur trader's cabin; and the 1934 steamer W.M. Black , which was used as a dredge boat in WWII.

The museum offers traditional and interactive exhibits, a theater, a towboat pilothouse simulator, period rooms, tours of the W.M. Black, living history demonstrations, tours for field trips, educational programming, outreach programming, and overnight opportunities. The website offers lesson plans, curriculum

The Bluegrass Heritage Museum presents the history of central Kentucky from the time of Eskippakithiki and European contact to the present day. Topics include agriculture, building history, quilting, Clark County, the military, and telephones. This is the only museum in the U.S. to discuss the history and impact of burley tobacco farming. The museum is located within a Romanesque Revival former clinic.

The museum offers exhibits. The website includes a word find activity.

The Newton County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Newton County, Arizona. To this end, the society operates a museum and genealogical library with records from Newton and surrounding counties. Collections include the original post office boxes from the local post office, the county's first telephone switchboard, Native American artifacts, historical photographs, farming tools, and furniture.

The society offers museum exhibits.

The Oregon-California Trails Association seeks to preserve and heighten awareness of the history of emigrant trails and the people who made use of them.

The association website offers a virtual trail tour, historical information on a variety of topics pertinent to life on the trails, emigrant profiles, and information on locations and grave sites along the trail.

In partnership with the Princeville Civic Association, the Society operates the Princeville Heritage Center, a 15,000-square-foot facility which features living interpreted displays of antique agriculture equipment, steam-powered tractors and threshers, area artifacts, automobiles, sporting goods, and quilting. In addition to the original facility, the Society has also erected a second 8,400-square-foot building for agricultural equipment display. It displays old photographs, household items, area artifacts, steam-powered tractors, threshing equipment, grain binders, quilting, automobiles, gas engines, and numerous other items.

The center offers exhibits.

The Sandy Spring Slavery Museum and African Art Gallery promotes cross-cultural communication, and presents the history of African Americans—from their ancestral ways of life in Africa, their cross-Atlantic voyages, and the Underground Railroad to the Civil Rights Movement and their accomplishments in the United States. Collections include a cross-section of a slaving clipper ship, textiles, instruments, furniture, and a cabin which depicts the living conditions of African Americans circa 1850 to 1870.

The museum offers exhibits and 90-minute tours. At least one week advance notice is required for admission.

The Whaley House Museum is an 1857 century Greek Revival residence, theater, county courthouse, and general store. The building's owner, Thomas Whaley, had originally traveled from New York to California with the Gold Rush before setting up operation of joint venture general store. The execution of Yankee Jim Robinson, who attempted grand larceny, took place on the grounds in 1852. The site interpretation targets 1868 to 1871.

The museum offers orientation presentations with question and answer sessions, self-guided tours, guided tours, ghost tours, and docents to address questions. Reservations are required for group and guided tours. The site is partially wheelchair accessible. The website offers transcriptions of historical documentation.

The Working Waterfront Maritime Museum, housed in the last intact remaining timber frame warehouse section in the area, presents the history of Tacoma's working waterfront. Collections include Andrew Foss rowboats, Willits canoes, and photographs by maritime photographer Wilhelm Hester (born 1872).

The museum offers interactive exhibits and group tours, which can be customized to account for group interests. Reservations are required for group tours.

The Oliver House Museum is a historic house museum, focusing on the years 1852 through 1942. The 1852 Italianate structure contains artifacts from the family who resided in the home, as well as from the Yates County Genealogical & Historical Society collections. Topics covered by exhibits include Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819), the first U.S. woman to found a religious movement (the Universal Friends), and Native Americans.

The museum offers guided tours and unguided exploration, period rooms, and exhibits.