The Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Southwestern Dane County, Wisconsin. To this end, the society operates a museum. Collection highlights include textiles from the 1840s to present.
The museum offers exhibits and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours.
The Ships of the Sea Museum presents the history of 18th- and 19th-century Atlantic maritime trade and travel between England and America. The museum is located within the 1819 Greek Revival Scarbrough House, historic home of the president of the Savannah Steamship Company. Exhibits topics include vessel models, maritime art, steamships, scrimshaw, the Civil War, and shipbuilding. The garden design is based on 19th-century parlor gardens. The gardens include Savannah's historic official federal weather station.
The museum offers exhibits, gardens, educational programs for students, and Scout activities.
The Savannah History Museum presents the history of Savannah, Georgia, from its founding in 1733 to present day. Exhibit topics include the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, women's costume of the 19th and 20th centuries, 19th-century dugout canoes, railway history, weaponry, and military uniforms. Collections consist of more than 10,000 artifacts. The museum is located in the Central of Georgia Railway passenger shed, completed in the 1860s.
The museum offers an 18-minute introductory film, exhibits, self-guided student tours, visit and meal packages, and a cafe.
The Athens County Historical Society and Museum seeks to preserve and share the history of Athens County, Ohio. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history.
The society offers exhibits and interactive curriculum-based programs for students. Program participants receive pre-visit activity packets and access to a post-visit PowerPoint presentation.
The Babylon Village Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Babylon, NY and the surrounding area. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history. Exhibit topics include 19th-century life, historic farming tools, Victorian life, and life in the 1920s-1940s.
The society offers exhibits, a scholarship, and a fourth grade educational program.
The Rome Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Oneida County and Rome, NY. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history which covers the Ice Age through present day. Permanent exhibits address Iroquois life, manufacturing, daily life, area canals, forts along the Carry, and the dairy industry.
The society offers exhibits, a multimedia presentation, guided group tours, educational kits, outreach speakers and slide presentations, and archive access. Reservations are required for guided tours. Appointments are recommended for archive use.
The Hageman House and Farm preserves the 1861 Italianate-Victorian home of two Dutch immigrant families. Although the home dates to 1861, the farm site was in use by these families as of 1756. The grounds also contain a reconstructed horse barn, which replicates the circa 1867 original.
The farm offers tours.
Tours are currently unavailable.
The Virginia Museum of Transportation presents the history of transportation within the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Automotive Gallery features historic automobiles from each decade of the 20th century.
The museum offers exhibits and archives access. Archives access is available by appointment only.
The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Columbia County, PA, and its people.
The society offers archive access and research services. A fee is charged for research conducted upon request.
The Artillery Company of Newport operates a military museum in its Armory. The Museum houses one of the country's most extensive collections of military uniforms and memorabilia, including uniforms worn by His Royal Highness Prince Phillip; Lord Louis Mountbatten; Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery of Alamein; President Anwar Sadat of Egypt; Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz; Generals of the Army Dwight Eisenhower and Mark Clark; Generals William Westmoreland, Creighton Abrams, and Alexander Haig; and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as other American commanders. The Museum collection also includes four bronze cannon cast by Paul Revere in 1798 for the State of Rhode Island, three Civil War artillery pieces, a letter written to the men of the Artillery Company in 1794 by George Washington, and a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, as well as numerous artifacts of particular significance to the history of the State of Rhode Island and the Artillery Company of Newport.
The museum offers exhibits.