Strong National Museum of Play [NY]

Description

Strong National Museum of Play houses the National Toy Hall of Fame, the National Center for the History of Electronic Games, and the world's largest collection of toys, dolls, games, and other items that celebrate play. Visitors may explore both interactive exhibits designed for children and display exhibits preserving and presenting the history of play. History-relevant exhibits for children include One History Place and TimeLab, which explore U.S. history and pop culture history, respectively.

The museum offers exhibits and a range of educational programs, including standards-based tours for student groups and orientation programs for educators.

Silver City Museum [NM]

Description

The Silver City Museum preserves, presents, and interprets the history of southwestern New Mexico through exhibits and public programs.

The museum offers exhibits, traveling trunks for loan, in-class outreach presentations, guided tours of the museum for school groups, speakers to guide school bus tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Greensboro Historical Museum [NC]

Description

The 17,000-square-foot Greensboro Historical Museum preserves and presents the history of the Piedmont area. Visitors can explore exhibits recreating Greensboro life at the turn of the previous century or on topics including short-story writer O. Henry, First Lady Dolley Madison, the Greensboro Sit-ins, war, and work life. They can also tour the 1788 Isley House, the 1781 McNairy House (restored to its 1850 condition), and the First Presbyterian Cemetery.

The museum offers exhibits, guided tours for school groups, traveling trunks on loan for a small fee, in-class outreach presentations for a small fee, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula [MT]

Description

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Missoula County, Fort Missoula, and the timber products industry in western Montana for the education, recreation, and cultural enrichment of visitors and area residents.

The museum offers exhibits, educational programs and tours customized to fit educator needs, outreach presentations, traveling trunks for loan, lecture series, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Heritage Museum and Cultural Center [MI]

Description

The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center promotes historical preservation, education, and research that relates to Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, and the surrounding region through the presentation of exhibits and programs to the public.

The museum offers exhibits, educational tours for students in all grade levels, lending kits, outreach in-classroom presentations, curriculum guides, and research library access.

Missouri History Museum

Description

The Missouri History Museum, operated by the Missouri Historical Society, presents and interprets the state's history to the public. Through a wide range of exhibits and programming, it highlights such events and personages as the Louis and Clark Expedition and the Louisiana Purchase, Charles Lindbergh, and local Native American populations.

The museum offers a range of educational programs and tours for all grade levels, history boxes for rent, historical reenactor presentations for the classroom, research library access and orientation programs for students and educators, theatrical performances, and educational and recreational events

Holland Museum [MI]

Description

The Holland Museum features permanent exhibits on Holland's history "from settlement to city" and over 400 years of Dutch history in its Dutch Galleries. The Archives and Research Library, in the same building, houses the museum's collection of books, papers, and photographs related to Holland's history. Four Dutch art galleries exhibit a collection of 17th- to 19th-century paintings and decorative arts.

The museum offers educational tours for all grade levels, teaching resources for rent, research library access, and occasional recreational and educational events.

Newton History Museum at the Jackson Homestead [MA]

Description

The Newton History Museum presents permanent and changing exhibits on a variety of local historic topics. Visitors can discover what life was like for New England's earliest settlers, or learn about the abolition movement in Newton and how the Jackson family used their home as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The museum also serves as headquarters for the Newton Historical Society and holds its library and research collection.

The museum offers exhibits, educational programs for students, reference library access, and occasional recreational and educational events.