Center for Jewish History [NY]

Description

The Center for Jewish History houses five major Jewish cultural institutions: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The institutions offer galleries of exhibits and access to their collected archives.

The center offers exhibits, research library access, guided tours for groups, the Samberg Family History Program for high school students, film screenings, performances, and other recreational and educational events.

Flushing Town Hall [NY]

Description

Flushing Town Hall provides a venue for cultural events and explorations, including performances and gallery exhibits on arts and culture.

The site offers exhibits; programs, performances, and guided tours for school groups; and occasional recreational and educational events.

New York State Museum

Description

The New York State Museum, according to its website, "is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's past, present and future."

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided tours for school groups, professional development for educators, after-school programs, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

Durham Museum [NE]

Description

Housed in Omaha's Union Station, the Durham Museum preserve and interprets local and Nebraska history.

The museum offers exhibits, a working soda fountain, tours and programs for school groups, summer camps, programs for homeschoolers, lectures, research library access, and other recreational and educational events.

Museum of the Rockies [MT]

Description

The Museum of the Rockies, according to its website, "houses one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaurs, permanent exhibits on Western history and American Indians, several changing exhibits each year, and a planetarium." During the summer months, it also operates the Living History Farm, which recreates life in the 1890s.

The museum offers exhibits, planetarium shows, classes, tours for school groups, traveling trunks for rent, professional development opportunities for educators, and other recreational and educational events.

Union Station [MO]

Description

Union Station, built in 1814, today has been restored to house, among other attractions, traveling exhibits, presentations and shows, and a permanent rail exhibit.

The Station offers exhibits, planetarium shows, performances, science demonstrations, big-screen presentations, tours for school groups, and home school days.

Saginaw Art Museum [MI]

Description

The Saginaw Art Museum invites the public to view and learn about the visual arts.

The museum offers exhibits, guided tours for school groups, several grant-based on-site and in-school arts education programs, outreach presentations, research library access, classes, and other recreational and educational events.