Ker Place [VA]

Description

Ker Place is a circa 1800 Federal-style residence, now serving as a historic house museum. The museum provides information on the history of Virginia's Eastern shore.

The museum offers guided tours, an archaeology lab, period rooms, and history camps.

The site is operated by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, which is listed separately. I've combined the two entries, as they operate from the same site, Ker Place. The combined entry is node identification number 11575.

Senator John Heinz History Center [PA]

Description

The Heinz History Center consists of four separate historic institutions, the History Center, a library and archives, the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, and the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and associated Prehistoric Indian Village. The History Center chronicles 250 years of Pittsburgh History, the Sports Museum showcases Pennsylvania sporting heroes, and the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Prehistoric Indian Village give visitors a glimpse into the lives of humans in the first known site of human habitation in North America.

The center offers guided tours, exhibits on all facets of Pennsylvania history, and curriculum based field trip activities. The website offers visitor information, an events calendar, and field trip information.

The Texas Historical Commission

Description

The Texas Historical Commission is a state preservation assistance organization.

The commission website offers lesson plans on the French explorer known by the names René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Robert de LaSalle. LaSalle (1643-1687) explored the Great Lakes region, Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi River, claiming the Mississippi basin for France.

There are no interpretive programs or functions offered beyond the Internet.

Oldfields - Lilly House & Gardens [IN]

Description

The Lily House & Gardens comprise a 26-acre estate. The 22-room mansion includes 8 period rooms, with approximately 90 percent of the home's original 1930s furnishings and decorative arts, and information on the American Country Place era (late 1800s-early1900s), the history of Oldfields, and 20th century Indianapolis. Collections include books, military miniatures, nautical items, and gold coins. The garden designs date to the 1920s.

The site offers guided and audio tours of the Lily House, guided garden tours, period rooms, and exhibits.

HistoryLink [WA]

Description

HistoryLink is an online encyclopedia of history relevant to the state of Washington.

The website offers cybertours, slideshows, videos, lesson plans, and an extensive collection of links.

No physical site for visitation.

Concord Historical Society [CA]

Description

The Concord Historical Society works to preserve and showcase the history of Concord, California, and the surrounding area. While the society does not offer a museum, it does offer resources which will interest teachers and researchers alike.

The society offers guided tours of downtown Concord, periodic special events, and a collection of historic primary sources. The website offers an events calendar, visitor information for the downtown tours, and teaching resources which consist of sample lesson plans.

Does not appear to be affiliated with any specific historic site.

Forest History Society [NC]

Description

The Forest History Society is a nationwide society dedicated to preserving the history of the great forests of the United States. The society puts on yearly lectures and conferences, and also hosts an impressive research center full of primary sources.

The society offers educators sample curriculum, a teacher guide, and an education newsletter. The website offers a history of the society, visitor information, online links to sample curriculum, and back issues of the educational newsletter.

Does not appear to be affiliated with a specific historic site intended for K–12 audiences.