The Sausalito Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Sausalito, California. To this end, the society operates a research center and two exhibit rooms at the Ice House and 420 Litho Street.
The society offers exhibits, research library access, and history talks.
The Micanopy Historical Society Museum presents the history of Micanopy, FL. The museum is housed within a circa 1850 warehouse which once held lumber and agricultural tools. Exhibits address a local trading post, zoology, transportation, the post, general stores, naval pine resin derivatives, Seminole textiles, Seminole war chiefs, the Civil War, World War homefront life, and laundry technology. Highlights include a circa 1930 Coca-Cola sign, an ice box, a 1906 wedding gown, and a Sibley tent stove.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Cayuga Museum of History and Art presents the history and culture of the Auburn, New York area. The museum is located within the 1836 Willard-Case Mansion, with the permanent exhibit addressing the history of the Auburn Correctional Facility. The Case Research Lab preserves the site where the first commercially successful talking film technology was developed. The site includes the darkroom, chemistry lab, recording studio, exhibits on talking film ventures, recording equipment, and the first sound camera.
The museum offers exhibits, guided tours, and thematic slide presentations. Reservations are required for guided tours.
The Lowell Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Lowell, MA. To this end, the society operates two archival collections.
The society offers archive access. Appointments are necessary for use of the archives.
The Lower Sioux Agency, founded in 1853, served as the administrative center of the Dakota reservation. The site presents Dakota life and culture prior to European contact, during the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, and during the reservation period. Gardens and farming plots offer comparison of traditional and reservation farming techniques.
The site offers exhibits, a film, period gardens, period crops, children's programs, guided tours, trails, and interpretive signs. Reservations are required for field trips.
The Bennington Museum presents southern Vermont history through vernacular artifacts, fine arts, artifacts from the 1777 Battle of Bennington, and the decorative arts. Collection highlights include 19th-century glass, portraits by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), and the largest number of publicly accessible paintings by Grandma Moses (1860-1961).
The museum offers exhibits, summer history camps, 90-minute curriculum-based thematic tours, one-hour curriculum-based outreach programs, traveling trunks, nature trails, and research library access.
In 1817, Historic Jefferson College became the first institute of higher education in Mississipii, although it had served as a preparatory school since 1811. Jefferson Davis, future President of the Confederacy, attended class at this institution. In 1864, the school was temporarily closed as a result of the Civil War. After reopening in 1866, it would once again serve as a preparatory school, rather than a college. Sights include a restored dormitory room, kitchen buildings, and the student dining room.
The college offers period rooms, exhibits, self-guided tours, summer camps, and a nature trail.
The Pruyn House is a circa 1830 Greek Revival and Federal-style home, in which Casparus Pruyn and his family lived. Pruyn was both a businessman, with strong ties to Dutch interests, and farmer. In addition to the home, the grounds offer a smokehouse, potting shed, reconstructed barn, 1910 schoolhouse, well house, woodshed and privy, and gardens.
The house offers period rooms and gardens.
The State Historical Society of Missouri is dedicated to preserving the history of the state of Missouri. The society is located in the center of the University of Missouri Columbia campus and offers extensive collections for research as well as educational and outreach programs.
The website offers basic information regarding all programs the society offers.
Chimney Point of Lake Champlain in Vermont is notable for being one of the earliest and most intensely settled sites in the Champlain Valley. Chimney Rock has had human habitation for 7,500 years, and today the State Historic Site is focused on chronicling the history of human settlement at the location, from American Indians through the French colonials up to early American settlement.
The historic site offers exhibits, special events, and guided tours. The website offers visitor information, a history of the site, and a calendar of events.