African American Museum [LA]

Description

The African American Museum presents information regarding the arrival of Africans and the development of the free African American community within Louisiana. The museum also interprets their struggles, adaptations, and contributions, with particular emphasis on the Attakapas District of Southwest Louisiana during the 18th and 19th centuries. It outlines the rise and fall of slavery, highlighting the economic struggles faced by the free African American population during Reconstruction.

The museum offers lectures and both traditional and electronic exhibits.

California State Military Museum

Description

The California State Military Museum is the official state military museum, under the U.S. Army. Today, the museum houses over 30,000 artifacts, a library with over 10,000 volumes, and archives. These collections include items of importance to state and national military history of all military branches, ranging in time from prior to the Spanish American War to World War II.

The museum offers exhibits, a research library, an image library with a number of online selections, and guided tours for school groups.

H. H. Bennett Studio and History Center [WI]

Description

The H.H. Bennett Studio and History Center houses many of the original photographs, glass plate negatives, photography inventions, cameras, and pieces of equipment which belonged to Henry Hamilton Bennett (1843–1908), one of the most widely regarded landscape photographers of the 19th century and creator of the "instantaneous shutter." Bennett is also known for his photographs of the Ho-Chunk Native American population. The studio, founded in 1875, is thought to be the oldest operating photography studio in the United States.

The center offers exhibits and standards-based guided tours for school groups.

Occoneechee State Park [VA]

Description

Occoneechee State Park contains 18.1 miles of trails which allow guests to experience the history of the Occoneechee Indians and 19th–century plantation life. The Occoneechee lived on this land between 1250 to 1676, and the visitor center displays a number of related artifacts. The landscaping of a 19–century plantation mansion (itself destroyed in a fire) can also be seen here.

The park offers a one-mile self-guided interpretive trail and exhibits.

Saratoga County Historical Society and Brookside Museum [NY]

Description

Brookside Museum, operated by the Saratoga County Historical Society, presents collections and programs on the history of Saratoga County. The museum conducts research in the field of Saratoga County history and publishes results in the form of exhibits, programs, print publications, and an interactive website. Brookside also fosters research through access to its library and collections and by providing educational programming at the museum, in the community, and online.

Brookside Museum offers demonstrations, hands-on educational programs, pre-visit educational materials, traveling trunks, virtual and on-site exhibits, and a research library.

Historical Society of Palm Beach County and Johnson Palm Beach County Museum [FL]

Description

The Historical Society of Palm Beach County promotes local history, in part through support of the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County Museum. Located in a historic 1916 courthouse, the museum presents artifacts that once belonged to Pre-Columbian inhabitants; Seminole Indians; early pioneers; the business and philanthropic community; educators; and influential leaders in communications, medicine, and politics.

The museum offers exhibits, a video display, and both self-guided and docent-guided tours. The society offers fourth-grade Florida history and preservation curricula, a seventh-grade county history and civics curriculum, several traveling trunks, docent-guided walking tours, lectures, an annual art contest with a historic theme, and a history institute for social studies and history teachers.

A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum [OR]

Description

The A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum presents a wide range of displays detailing Crook County history including the City of Prineville Railroad, the ups and downs of the timber industry, and a military exhibit. Along with these major exhibits the museum offers historically accurate depictions of pioneer life and local history. The stone building housing the museum was built as the Crook County Bank in 1910.

The museum offers physical exhibits, an online exhibit, and a research library.