The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society restores and operates steam locomotives relevant to Midwestern history. The society also operates TrainTown, a transportation museum.
The museum offers self-guided tours and 20-minute caboose rides. The website offers historic photographs.
Historic St. Mary's City presents the first capital of Maryland and fourth permanent British New World settlement via living history interpretation. Sites include the reconstructed 1676 State House, the square-rigger Maryland Dove, a working tobacco plantation, and a Yaocomaco Native American settlement. St. Mary's is an early example of government supported freedom of religion.
The museum offers exhibits, interpretive signage, an audio tour, self-guided tours, four hour school tours which complement state educational standards, hands-on activities, and picnic areas. Reservations are required for school and group tours. The website offers a virtual tour and children's activities.
The Spring Lake Historical Society's primary function is to preserve materials which illustrate the history of the Borough of Spring Lake, New Jersey and the surrounding areas. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history, housed in the town's first public school, built 1897.
The society offers museum exhibits.
The McLean County Historical Society preserves local history, and shares it with the public via a series of museums located in Washburn, North Dakota. These museums consist of two main museum buildings, the Joe Taylor Cabin (1869), the Sioux Ferryboat (in use 19521962), and an old school house (1882). The main museum buildings contain fossils, information on Lewis & Clark, farming tools, military memorabilia, models of historic structures, Native American artifacts, coal industry history, musical instruments, train station artifacts, memorabilia from local organizations, and a variety of period room dioramas.
The museums offer exhibits.
The Haddon Fire Company Museum houses two pumpers (dating from 1818 and 1873), helmets, uniforms, a collection of metal toy fire equipment, and the company's original banner. The site has been structured to suggest how a fire house might have looked 200 years ago. The Haddon Fire Company is the nation's second oldest volunteer fire company in continuous existence, founded in 1764.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Finger Lakes Boating Museum presents information concerning the long history of boating in the region, dating back to the Iroquois Nation. The collection includes over 90 boats built in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, as well as related artifacts. The archive contains extensive information about the boat building industry within the region. It is of note that the museum currently displays its collection in a variety of venues, as it has yet to establish a dedicated architectural space.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Grier Musser Museum is a restored turnofthecentury Queen Anne house which displays antique collections in monthly holiday exhibits throughout the year.
The museum offers exhibits and special event guided tours.
The Texas Highway Patrol Museum chronicles the lives of Department of Public Safety officers past and present, while honoring the 74 troopers who have been slain while in the service of the people of Texas. Collections include vintage uniforms, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow photographs, and officer memorabilia.
The museum offers exhibits and programs on drunk driving and personal safety.
The Benicia Fire Museum houses historic fire service equipment and hundreds of related items from the Benecia Volunteer Firemen Incorporated, the oldest continuous volunteer fire service in California (dating to 1847). Fire equipment from the former Benicia Arsenal Military Reservation in also on display. Collection highlights include a 1920's Phoenix engine, a circa 1855 Solano engine, an 1833 Griffin pumper, a replica of the first hand pumper, a circa 1932 Dodge, and the only open cab four wheel drive fire engine west of the Mississippi.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Humboldt County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Humboldt County, California. The society is housed in the Gross-Wells-Barnum House, a 1902 Colonial Revival structure. Much of the lower floor is open to the public.
The society offers lectures, essay contests, a newsletter, a research library, and archives. The website offers newspaper articles on historic topics.