Maintained by the Fairfield Heritage Organization, the 1811 Sherman House was the birthplace of General William Tecumseh Sherman and his brother, U.S. Senator John Sherman, and has been restored and furnished to period. Exhibits in the space include Sherman family memorabilia; a recreation of General Sherman's Civil War field tent including several items he used during the war; and a sound and light presentation depicting his passion for the Union.

The Georgian Museum is housed in an 1832 Federal-style home has been restored and furnished today as it would have been in the 1830s with some original pieces and numerous early Fairfield County items.

Both museums offer exhibits and tours, as well as educational programs.

The Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, was designed in 1897 by noted Prairie Style architect George W. Maher for investment banker and philanthropist John W. Farson. This makes the house one of the earliest and most distinguished examples of the Prairie School of architecture and earned it National Historic Landmark status.

The home offers tours.

The Lakewood Historical Society maintains Lakewood's Oldest Stone House, built in 1838. The house continues memorabilia revealing the pioneer past of the city, including spinning wheels, furniture, household items, clothing, tools, books, dolls, and toys.

The museum offers tours, exhibits, demonstrations, and education and recreational programs.

The mission of the Shrewsbury Historical Society is to preserve Shrewsbury history, promote participation from the community at large, highlight Shrewsbury's historical significance, and share the valuable resources of the Society through educational programs. The Society's headquarters also serves as a museum and educational center, displaying artifacts from the area's past.

The museum offers exhibits and education programs.

NORM was founded in 1965 and incorporated in 1976 as a not-for-profit education and historical organization. Its goals are to collect, preserve, restore, operate, and display streetcars and other railway-related equipment. On two miles of the historic Cleveland Southwestern Railway, the museum is working towards its goals to collect, preserve, restore, display, and operate streetcars and other railway equipment for use by the public.

The museums offers tours, exhibits, and monthly meetings.

Robert Lincoln, the only child of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln to survive to adulthood, became chairman of the Pullman Company at the turn of the 20th century. He built Hildene, a Georgian Revival mansion, in 1905 in the scenic village of Manchester, Vermont. It became home to only Lincoln descendants until 1975, longer than any other Lincoln residence. Today, its historic home, gardens, trails, woods, and farm are preserved on 412 acres of quintessential Vermont landscape. Our camps and school programs foster children's love of learning in a safe and friendly environment. Each day they experience a wide variety of hands-on activities that are educational and fun. They are encouraged to explore, experiment and make their own discoveries. All of our school programs support Vermont's Framework of Standards & Learning Opportunities.

Hildene offers tours; exhibits, including "The American Ideal; Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural"; and educational programs.

The Westwego Historical Museum is housed in the historic Fisherman's Exchange/L.J. Bernard Hardware Store Building on Sala Avenue in Salaville, Westwego's Historic District. While telling the unique story of the people of Westwego, the museum features a completely restored turn-of-the-century general store, furnished period upstairs living quarters, and a main exhibit area boasting thousands of artifacts and historical treasures.

The museum offers exhibits and tours.

The WSRHS is dedicated to preserving the history of the railroads that helped build the State of Washington, from the Great Northern Railway, Milwaukee Road, to the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, SP&S Railway, and all the railroads in between. It operates the Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Caldwell County Historical Railroad Society presents railway history via a museum. Artifacts include model trains, railroad nails and equipment, signals, engine controls, and a restored ICRR caboose.

The museum offers exhibits.

We are the sole organization devoted to:
*maintaining & preserving the Deep River Stone House and grounds;
*promoting general interest in the history of Deep River, Connecticut, and the United States;
*collecting and preserving historical records and artifacts of Deep River and its environs.