The Wyoming State Museum seeks to make the human and natural history of Wyoming accessible to the public through exhibits and programs highlighting topics from paleontological discoveries to the mining industry. The museum offers exhibits, traveling exhibits for loan, discovery trunks for loan, tours and educational programs for school groups, and in-class outreach presentations.
The Adams County Historical Society operates a museum of the local history of Adams County, CO, and its people. Permanent exhibit topics include geology, prehistory, Native American life until 1850, mountain men between 1820 and 1840, settlers between 1860 and 1900, and the county itself between 1902 and 1930.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Columbus Historical Preservation Trust operates the 1886 Stafford Opera House and Museum, Dilue Rose Harris House Museum, Alley Log Cabin and Tool Museum, Tate-Senftenburg-Brandon House Museum, and the the Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Santa Claus Museum. The Dilue Harris house, Tate-Senftenburg-Brandon house, and Santa Claus museum are listed separately within this database. The opera house is Texas' largest flat-floored opera house in existence today.
The opera house offers dramatic performances and dinners. The trust also offers exhibits within its other museums, educational workshops, and seminars. Reservations are required for groups of seven or more who would like a historic house tour.
The Boonton Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Boonton, NJ. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history, housed within the 1898 Colonial Revival and Victorian Gothic John Taylor Building. The museum's permanent exhibit presents Boonton as it existed between the years of 1741 and 1903.
The society offers exhibits and walking tours.
The Rochester Hills Museum presents the history of the greater Rochester, MI, area. The museum sits on a family property dating back to 1823. Original structures on site date to between 1840 and the early 1900s, with the exhibits located within a 1927 dairy barn. Topics covered include industry, settlement, agriculture, and culture.
The museum offers exhibits. The website offers a virtual exhibit.
The Granville Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the historical heritage of Granville, OH, and the surrounding area. The society owns and operates a local history museum, which showcases the society's impressive collection of historic artifacts, many of which were collected by the society as early as 1885.
The society offers exhibits, guided tours of the museum, and a collection of oral histories. The website offers visitor information, a history of Granville, and access to the society's oral history collection.
Point Lookout State Park is a peninsula, initially explored by John Smith in 1612. The site suffered British raids during both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. The use of the word "lookout" in the park's name originates in the peninsula's use as a watch station for British naval activity within the Chesapeake Bay. Still later, the site was used to contain Confederate prisoners of war between 1863 and 1865. Several of the prison guards were African Americans, previously enslaved in the South. Today, features in the park include a U.S. Navy lighthouse; Civil War-era earthworks from Fort Lincoln; reconstructed barracks, officer's quarters, and the partial prison pen; and graves, now open, which originally held Confederate dead.
The park offers exhibits, a nature center, outdoor activities, and self-guided tours of Fort Lincoln.
The Alamogordo Museum of History presents the socio-cultural history of Alamogordo, Otero County, and the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. Topics addressed include Native Americans, railroad workers, miners, and ranchers.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum is located within the adulthood residence of Civil War officer Joshua Chamberlain (1828-1914). Best known for his strategic command of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, Chamberlain also commanded the Union troops during the Confederate infantry's official surrender to the Union, served as President of Bowdoin College, and was elected Governor of Maine. Topics addressed include Chamberlain's family, career, and life story.
The museum offers guided tours of the museum and self-guided walking tours of Brunswick.
The Franklin Firefighters Museum is devoted to the firefighting tradition of Franklin, NH. The museum contains over 16 pieces of antique fire equipment from many local communities.
The museum offers exhibits.