The Marshall Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Marshall, MI and its people. To his end, the society operates the Honolulu House.
The society offers group tours of the Honolulu House Museum, the Grand Army of the Republic Hall, the Capitol Hill School and Children’s Museum, and the Governor’s Mansion, as well as step-on guides for historic district bus tours.
The Pittsfield Historical Society maintains the Depot House Museum, displaying artifacts from local history.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Northbrook Historical Society maintains a local history museum in its headquarters, the 1894 Northfield Inn. The lower level contains permanent exhibits, the main floor changing exhibits, and the top floor a recreation of an 1890s home.
The museum offers exhibits, a video tour, programs for school groups (grades 2-4), and research library access.
The Newton Fire Museum presents firefighting history. The museum collections include an 1873 engine, circa 1849 hose carriage, uniforms, and turnout gear. The museum is housed in an 1891 firehouse.
The museum offers exhibits. The museum is open May through October. Groups are welcome throughout the year by appointment. The website offers historical photographs.
The Broome County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of the Broome County area, New York. Collections include more than 100,000 artifacts. The society contributes to the Local History and Genealogy Center in the Broome County Public Library.
The society offers exhibits, research center access, and research assistance. A fee is charged for research conducted on request.
The Effingham Museum presents exhibits pertinent to the history of Effingham, GA and its people. The Seckinger-Bridgers House, a part of the museum, is a living history site.
The site offers exhibits and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours.
The Placer County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Placer County, CA. To this end, the society operates a restored classroom, which depicts education circa 1900. A variety of local history displays, such as Native American artifacts and early encyclopedias, can be found within the room.
The society offers classroom tours. Reservations are required.
The New York City Fire Museum presents firefighting history from the late 18th century to present day. The largest firefighting collection in the country, museum artifacts include art, uniforms, parade hats, tools, fire engines dating from the 1700s onward, other vehicles, and more than 2,000 fire marks. A permanent exhibit memorializes the firefighters involved in 9-11 disaster relief. The museum is located within a 1904 firehouse.
The museum offers exhibits, guided historical tours for groups, and interactive guided fire safety tours for students. Reservations are required for history group tours, which must include at least 20 individuals, and student tours. The website offers a teacher resource guide and a summary of the New York Fire Department's history.
The Coopersville Area Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Coopersville, MI. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history. The museum is housed within two structures, one of which is an early 20th-century railway depot. Exhibit topics include sawmills, settler lifestyles, rock music, logging, and business. Period settings include an early 20th-century school room and an 1880s drugstore. The museum contains a memorial to rock and roll singer Del Shannon (1934-1990).
The museum offers exhibits, period rooms, and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours.
The Getty Center presents artworks with dates of origin ranging the Medieval period to present day. Collections include manuscripts, drawings, paintings, photographs, decorative arts, and sculpture. Members of nearly all of these categories are solely European in origin at the Getty Center. However, select photographs were produced in the United States. The center's research library contains more than 900,000 volumes.
The center offers a 10-minute orientation video, exhibits, gardens, guided collection highlight tours, guided garden tours, guided exhibit tours, guided focus tours, guided architecture tours, audio tours, self-guided sculpture garden tours, self-guided student tours, guided student architecture and garden tours, interactive guided lessons for students, a family room, research library access, a teacher resource center, a variety of teacher workshops and institutes, a restaurant, two cafes, a picnic area, and coffee carts. Appointments are recommended for research library use. Teachers may reserve audio guides for their students. Strollers and wheelchairs are available for use on site. The website offers the 10-minute orientation video, a collections database, a guide to creating lessons which focus on the arts, more than 200 searchable lesson plans, online games, a virtual world for children, and an educator listserv.