House of Cars Museum
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Housed in a 1910 railroad passenger depot, the Museum devotes its over 5,000 square feet of space to rail history. Also offered are historical displays and information about North Carolina's strawberry industry, which originated in Chadbourn.
The museum offers exhibits.
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Today, the Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) of the Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) keeps the industrial legacy of this region alive. Through its chapter newsletter, annual conference on New England industrial archeology and exclusive tours of industrial sites—most of them active, working factories otherwise inaccessible to the general public—the Society explores the places, lives, and ideas of the region's industrial heritage.
General interest organization for adults; does not seem to be focused on youth or school education.
More a preservation organization than an individual historic site.
Currently has no exhibit space, according to website.
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Over 150 years ago, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded a company that has gone on to become one of the largest financial services companies in the U.S. Today, it operates museum exhibits detailing U.S. history and the company's history at twelve of its offices: Fort Wayne, Indiana; Denver, CO; Tucson, AZ; Omaha, NE; Waco, TX; Astoria and La Grande, OR; and Seattle, WA. It also runs full museums documenting U.S. and company history in Portland, OR; Anchoraga, AK; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; and San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, and Los Angeles, CA.
The site offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs.