The Lysander and Susan Flagg Museum is the first museum in Central Falls history. It celebrates local history with a large collection of maps, newspapers, photographs, paintings, and artifacts. It houses the invaluable Gilbert R. Merrill Textile collection, and several paintings by renowned artist Lorenzo DeNevers. The Flagg Museum also includes a room dedicated to local veterans.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Battleship Missouri Memorial commemorates (and physically is) the U.S.S. Missouri, the site of Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces on Sept. 2, 1945, and, therefore, the conclusion of World War II. The Missouri was launched on Jan. 29, 1944, and commissioned on June 11, 1944. She was assigned to the Pacific Third Fleet and steamed into Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1944. The U.S.S. Missouri was also part of the force that carried out bombing raids over Tokyo and provided firepower in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In 1955, the Missouri was decommissioned and mothballed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. But in 1986, she was recommissioned after undergoing an extensive modernization and refurbishment. In 1992, the Missouri was decommissioned for the second time.
The memorial offers self-guided tours; a selection of tours guided by volunteers, including retired military veterans; audio tours; Guide2Go tours; an overnight program; a 30-minute outreach presentation available to Hawaii schools; and space for school band or choir performances. The website offers a variety of curriculum ideas and resources, extensive blueprints, vessel characteristic statistics, a photo gallery, relevant videos, and oral history transcriptions.
The Hideout, created in the early 1920's, was the retreat of notorious crime syndicate leader Al Capone (18991947). The site includes the main lodge, which contains period furnishings; gun tower for protecting the site when in use by Capone; jail cell; bunk house; and an added museum about the 1920's.
The site offers exhibits and a guided tour.
The Livingston County Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of Livingston County and the Geneseo area. The society owns and operates a local history museum, presenting a variety of exhibits on the history of the Geneseo area.
The museum offers exhibits on local history, including pieces of historic furniture and historic artifacts, and is one of the few remaining examples of cobblestone architecture in New York. The website offers visitor information and a brief history of the society.
The 3,800-acre Historic Blakeley State Park contains Native American mounds; a Civil War battlefield, site of the clash at Fort Blakeley; and an 1814 ghost town. The 1865 Battle of Blakeley was actually fought after the General Lee's surrender of the Confederate Army, and is considered the last major Civil War action. The park owns and operates a passenger boat, the Delta Explorer, which is used to provide tours.
The site offers more than 10 miles of trails, two-hour ecological boat tours, and guided tours. School tours aboard the Delta Explorer are welcome.
The 1,725-acre Fort McAllister Historic Park is the site of the best preserved Confederate earthwork fortification. Withstanding numerous attacks, the fortification finally fell to the Union during General William T. Sherman's 1864 March to the Sea, also known as the Savannah Campaign. A museum on site presents Civil War history.
The park offers exhibits, fort tours, 4.3 miles of trails, a variety of outdoor activities, playgrounds, and two picnic shelters. The picnic shelters and fort tours are available by reservation.
The Winterville Mounds comprise the remains of a religious and ceremonial center used by an unidentified Native American population between circa 1000 and 1450. After 1450, the site appears to have been entirely abandoned. The people who made use of the mounds were a scattered farming culture located throughout the Yazoo-Mississippi River Delta basin. A few high-ranking individuals appear to have lived near the mounds.
The site offers exhibits.
The Erie County Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the unique historical heritage of Erie, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area. The society runs two museums, the Battles Museums of Rural Life and the Museum of Erie County History, and also operates two historic house museums, the Cashier's House and the Watson-Curtze Mansion. Finally, the society owns and operates the Erie Planetarium, a prime attraction for school groups and visitors of all ages.
The society offers guided tours, exhibits, traveling exhibits, school outreach programs featuring 60-90 minute presentations, planetarium shows, and special events. The website offers visitor information, histories of the society and its attractions, a calendar of events, and information regarding the educational programs offered by the society.
The Governor's Mansion is a 1842 Greek Revival Mansion which has served as Mississippi's gubernatorial residence since its erection. Most furnishings are Empire style (1810-1830), although the site also contains French Restoration (1830-1850), Rococo Revival (1850-1870), and Renaissance Revival (1860-1880) pieces.
The mansion offers period rooms and guided tours. Reservations must be made for groups of 10 or more. As the residence may be closed for state events, it is suggested that visitors call ahead to confirm that tours will be offered on the day which they wish to visit. The website offers small galleries of furniture images arranged by style, as well as floor plans.
The East Contra Costa Historical Society is located in Brentwood, California, and is headquarted in a historic home that serves as both a local history museum and as a historic house museum.
The museum offers exhibits, period rooms, and guided tours. The website offers photographs of the home, visitor information, and a brief history of the area.