Manteca Historical Society and Museum
The Society operates a museum which presents displays related to local history.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Society operates a museum which presents displays related to local history.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Cass County Historical Society Museum presents the archaeological, geological, sociocultural, and economic histories of Cass County, Nebraska, founded 1854.
The museum offers exhibits and genealogical research assistance. A fee is charged for research queries.
The Aurora Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Aurora, Ohio. To this end, the society offers a museum of local history with rotating exhibits.
The society offers exhibits.
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum commemorates figures and processes crucial to or exemplary of Mississippi sportsmanship. Museum exhibit topics include sports broadcasting; Dizzy Dean (1910-1974), famed baseball pitcher; major sports figures; Mississippi Olympic medal winners; sports medicine; high school athletes; golf; soccer; baseball; and football. Several exhibits encourage active participation.
The museum offers an 11-minute introductory film, interactive and traditional exhibits, scavenger hunts for groups, and food service for groups. Reservations are suggested for groups of 12 or more. Advance notice is required for food service.
The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center aims to educate the public about African-American history and culture from African origins to the present through a variety of programs, including museum exhibits, research and publications, visiting scholars, oral and visual history, and adult and children's educational activities.
The museum and center offer exhibits and tours.
The Northern Lincoln County Historical Museum presents the history of Northern Lincoln County, Oregon. Exhibit topics include a historic overview covering prehistory through the 1920s, tourism between the 1920s and 1965, and individual towns. Collection highlights include Japanese fishing floats. Exhibits incorporate quotes from oral histories.
The museum offers exhibits, a children's corner, tours, and research library access. Tours are available on request. Library access is by appointment only.
The Bostonian Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Boston, Massachusetts. To this end, the society operates the Old State House Museum. The museum presents information on the Old State House itself, the Boston Massacre, Boston and the Revolutionary War, staff favorite artifacts, and architectural conservation and preservation, among other topics. The Old State House itself was built in 1713 to house local government offices.
The society offers interactive and traditional exhibits, a multimedia presentation, guided student tours, self-guided student tours, an educational program for students, self-guided group tours, guided group tours, wayside historical markers, research library access, research assistance, and teacher workshops. Groups of 10 or more are required to make reservations at least three weeks in advance. The library is open by appointment only. Non-member library use requires payment of a fee, and is limited to two-hour sessions. The museum is not wheelchair accessible. The website offers virtual exhibits, lesson plans, primary documents, pre- and post-visit activities, a scavenger hunt and self-guided tour for use on site, and an online Boston Massacre game.
The Cape May Fire Department Museum presents firefighting history. Collections include a 1928 La France engine, historic firefighting tools, and photographs of past fires and department employees. The museum represents the appearance of a Victorian firehouse.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Highlands Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Highlands, North Carolina, founded in 1875. To this end, the society operates the Historic Village, which consists of the 1877 House-Trapier-Wright Home, 1908 Bug Hill Cottage, and the Highlands Historical Museum and Archives. The House-Trapier-Wright Home serves as a living history museum. The Bug Hill Cottage is an open-air cubicle once used to house and treat tuberculosis patients. 60 such cubicles once existed at the sanatorium on site. The historical museums exhibits address women's lives, moonshine, historic structures, genealogy, education, religion, and the area tuberculosis sanatorium, among other topics.
The society offers exhibits, period rooms, and living history interpretation.
The Jacobsburg National Historic District preserves the site where the Henry Rifle was made, and serves as a center for environmental education. Historic buildings are open for tours. The Henrys manufactured small arms for both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, as well as being the primary firearms supplier for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company.
The district offers educational programs for students, teacher workshops, public programs, 18.5 miles of hiking and multi-use trails, outdoor activities, living history events, gunmaking demonstrations, gunmaking and blacksmithing classes, building tours, and a picnic area. The park recommends that visitors dress in blaze orange during hunting season.