Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center [VA]

Description

The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center displays and interprets artifacts spanning 10 thousand years of area history, from a circa 8,000 BC Clovis point to materials from the 2004 Embrey Dam demolition. The Museum seeks to convey the stories these objects tell about the people who have lived in Fredericksburg and the surrounding counties.

The museum offers exhibits, self-guided and guided tours for school groups, in-class outreach presentations, traveling trunks for rent, and recreational and educational events.

John D. Murray Fire Museum [NY]

Description

The John D. Murray Fire Museum presents the history of the City of Oswego fire department, founded in 1876. Collections include three historic fire engines from between 1925 and 1952.

The museum offers exhibits. The museum is open between the beginning of June and Labor Day. Please call to make an appointment if you are unable to visit during the posted hours.

National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum [NY]

Description

The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum presents the history of soccer within the United States, recognizes figures who have excelled at the sport or influenced its playing, and hopes to inspire continued interest in soccer. Museum collections include trophies, jerseys worn by stars such as Caligiuri, historical soccer gear, and Major League uniforms.

The site offers exhibits, summer soccer tournaments, halls of fame, a game zone, and research library access. Visitors are asked to call ahead in order to use the research library.

Heyward House [SC]

Description

The Heyward House is a circa 1840 antebellum house museum which also serves as the welcome center for Bluffton, South Carolina. The site includes the original slave cabin and a portion of the summer kitchen; and is located within Bluffton's historic district.

The house offers period rooms, 30-minute guided home and grounds tours, two-hour guided area walking tours, and self-guided area walking tours. Reservations are required for guided walking tours and for all groups of 10 or more.

Sibley County Historical Society and Museum [MN]

Description

The Society's Museum is housed in the 1885 Poehler home. In the back yard of the house stands a log cabin built by another German immigrant, Christian Didra, about 1858. This log cabin is a dramatic reminder of the harsh living conditions under which the earliest of the Sibley County pioneers existed.

The society offers occasional recreational and education events; the museum offers exhibits.

Rochester Historical Society [NY]

Description

The Rochester Historical Society chronicles the history and architectural heritage of Rochester, New York. The society is primarily a research-oriented organization, but also offers school outreach programs including the "History of the Road" program, which is a traveling presentation program. In addition, the society offers extensive research resources that are open to the public.

The website offers information regarding the society and the programs it offers.

Historic Crail Ranch [MT]

Description

The Historic Crail Ranch preserves the story of Augustus Franklin Crail and his family. Living in the cabin in the early 1900s, the Crails kept pigs, sheep, and cattle; grew hay; and ran a lumber mill. Other structures on site included barns, a forge, a hay barn, a piggery, and a spring house. Architecturally, the ranch contains the oldest original building in Big Sky, Montana; and is an example of a historic log structure.

The ranch offers a living history experience.