Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries [DE]

Description

The Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries is located in Dover, Delaware, and provides information on local and statewide attractions, events, and activities. The galleries in the visitor center provide changing exhibits on various aspects of Delaware history and culture. In addition, the visitor center provides group tours of the galleries.

The website offers basic visitor information.

Big Horn County Historical Society and Museum [MT]

Description

The Big Horn County Historical Society and Museum seeks to preserve and protect the history of Big Horn County, MT. To this end, the society operates a museum. The museum includes 23 historic structures on 22-acres of land, previously used as a vegetable farm. The farmhouse and barn are original to the location, while the remaining 21 structures have been transported to the site from within Big Horn County. Three buildings house exhibits, which include horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, early automobiles, and farm machinery.

The society offers exhibits, self-guided tours, and guided tours.

The Octagon Museum: The Museum of the American Architectural Foundation [DC]

Description

The Octagon Museum, the oldest U.S. museum of art and design, permits the American Architectural Foundation to share an understanding of and interest in architecture with the general public. The Federal period museum structure was built between 1799 and 1801. However, today, the interior and exterior reflect the period between 1817 and 1828. Collections include more than 100,000 original architectural drawings, 760 decorative arts artifacts, and over 12,000 archaeological items and architectural fragments found during restoration.

The museum offers exhibits and tours. Tours are unavailable during architectural restoration.

Nevada Historical Society

Description

The Nevada Historical Society museum collections house over 15,000 artifacts, including mining and ranching equipment, artwork, clothing, and items related to the state's gambling industry. The permanent exhibition on Nevada history illustrates the lives of the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin, the desert stretches of the Immigrant Trail, the Comstock era, the effects of Nevada's liberal marriage and divorce laws, and the rise of the gambling industry. The Nevada Historical Society's library, photograph, and manuscript collections constitute the largest and most complete repository of materials related to the history of Nevada and the Great Basin. Materials available to the public include books, newspapers and periodicals, print files, maps, government documents, subject files, ephemera, manuscript collections, and over 500,000 photographs.

The museum offers exhibits, guided and self–guided tours, hands-on activities, in–classroom presentations on a variety of subjects, a documentary presentation and discussion series, screenings of movies which are set in Nevada, and a research library. The website offers virtual exhibits, children's activities, and a comprehensive PDF outlining available teacher resources.

Northport Historical Society and Museum [NY]

Description

The Northport Historical Society and Museum preserves and promotes the history of Northport, New York, and the surrounding area. The museum serves as a local history museum, and is open year-round.

The society and museum offers hour-long educational programs for K–5 and a variety of exhibits that showcase the history of Northport. The website offers visitor information and information regarding upcoming events and programs.

Montclair Historical Society, Crane House, and Evergreens [NJ]

Description

According to the Montclair Historical Society site, "As a means to fulfill its mission, the Society preserves, restores, and furnishes the 1796 Crane House Museum, as well as other buildings at its Orange Road complex. The Crane House serves as the house museum, exhibition center, and meeting space. Next door, the Clark House houses the Terhune Library as well as historic skills classrooms and administrative offices. Two smaller buildings to the rear of the property, the Crafts Building and Historic Country Store and Museum Shop, offer space for exhibition and educational purposes." The Society also operates the 1896 home Evergreens as a house museum, on a limited basis.

The museums offer exhibits and tours; the society offers classes, research library access, and educational and recreational programs