The Anniston Museum of Natural History maintains seven exhibit halls exploring the natural history of Alabama and the globe. Changing exhibits may be relevant to U.S. history topics.
The museum offers exhibits, self-guided and guided tours for school groups, educational resource trunks for loan, and in-class outreach presentations.
Housed in DC's Old Post Office, the National Postal Museum guides visitors through the history and development of the U.S. Postal Service, and its operation today.
The museum offers exhibits; self-guided and guided tours for school groups (for preK-8); and recreational and educational events, including lectures.
The National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institute, presents visitors with a chance to explore the sweep of global natural history, from human to mineral to animal. Temporary exhibits may highlight topics relevant to U.S. history education.
The museum offers exhibits, self-guided tours for school groups (orientation and pre- and post-visit materials are available online), IMAX presentations, and recreational and educational events.
The St. Clement's Island Museum, located at the site of Maryland's first colonial landing, guides visitors through the events that led up to that moment in 1634 and examines the industries that sprang up in Maryland as it was colonized.
The museum offers exhibits and guided tours for school groups.
From the Michigan Historical Museum website:
"The flagship of the Michigan Historical Museum System, the Michigan Historical Museum offers you Michigan's rich past, from the time of the state's earliest peoples to the late 20th century."
The museum offers exhibits; self-guided and guided tours and programs for school groups; recreational and educational events; and the yearly BIG History Program, which allows teachers to use the museum as a classroom for five days, open acceptance by application.
The New Mexico History Museum presents the history of the state of New Mexico in six sections—five following the state from the days of Spanish colonization through stages up the present day, and the sixth focusing on modern New Mexicans' perceptions of their state.
The museum offers exhibits, research library access, and recreational and educational events.
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages allows visitors the chance to learn about three unique subjects. Through recreated period rooms and permanent and traveling exhibits, visitors can explore Long Island history and its relation to natural history; in the art galleries, they can view pieces from the early 1800s to the present day; and, in the 10 carriage galleries, they can compare almost 100 carriages. Visitors may also walk through the grounds and the historic structures on-site, dating from the late 18th through the late 19th century.
The museum offers exhibits and tours and educational programs for school groups.
The Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum preserves and presents the history of Johnson County, Wyoming—with a particular focus on the Frontier Era.
The museum offers exhibits and tours for school groups, as well as a pre-visit online booklet of resources.
The Oglebay Institute maintains two museums: the Wheeling Mansion Museum and the Glass Museum. Built in 1846 by Hanson Chapline, Oglebay Institute's Mansion Museum was originally an eight-room farmhouse; today, it serves as a museum of local history. Situated adjacent to the Mansion, the Oglebay Institute Glass Museum displays cut-lead crystal, Victorian art glass, Peachblow, pattern and depression and Northwood's carnival glass, and many other glass examples showcasing Ohio Valley history. Visitors can also watch skilled glass artisans at work.
The museums offer exhibits, educational programs for school groups, workshops and classes, and recreational and educational events.
The Chippewa Valley Museum preserves and presents the history of Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley through exhibits on the region's history and through historical structures, including the 1866 Lars and Grethe Anderson log home, the 1882 one-room Sunnyview School, and the 1871 Schlegelmilch House. Visitors may also eat and drink at a turn-of-the-century ice cream parlor within the museum.
The museum offers exhibits, tours for school groups, history kits for rent, a one-room schoolhouse which educators may rent for classes, and research library access.