Carroll County Historical & Genealogical Society [AR]

Description

The Carroll County Historical & Genealogical Society is dedicated to preserving the history of Carroll County and the people that lived there. In addition to providing extensive genealogical research resources, the society runs a local history museum that is located in the 1880 courthouse in Berryville, Arkansas. The museum has several themed period rooms that showcase different aspects of local history.

The society offers research resources and guided tours in the courthouse. The website offers visitor information and research resources including census, tax, and marriage records.

Van Cortlandt House Museum [NY]

Description

Van Cortlandt House Museum is a beautiful historical house museum located in Van Cortlandt Park, which is in the Bronx. The house was home to the wealthy Van Cortlandt family, and takes visitors back to a period when Van Cortlandt Park was no more than a farm.

The museum offers individual and group tours along with special events. The website offers visitor information.

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum [OR]

Description

The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum chronicles the history of the peoples of Tillamook County, from the Tillamook Indians to Captain Gray's 1788 voyabe into the Tillamook Bay. The Pioneer Museum now contains over 35,000 items, covering Tillamook county history from the prehistorical periods up to the modern day.

The museum offers exhibits and guided tours. The website offers visitor information and a history of the museum.

Chinqua-Penn Plantation [NC]

Description

The Chinqua-Penn Plantation, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is one of America's great architectural models. Designed in the fashion of an English Countryside Mansion, Chinqua-Penn is notable both for its size and its grandeur. Today, the home stands as a historic house museum and is furnished with the same furniture used by the Penns.

The home offers guided tours and special events. The website offers visitor information, a history of the home, an events calendar, and a virtual tour. In order to contact the mansion via email, use the "contact us" link located on the left side of the webpage.

Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society [CA]

Description

The Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society is dedicated to preserving the historical and architectural heritage of Santa Anna, California. The society owns and operates the Dr. Howe-Waffle House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and today operates as a historic house museum.

The society offers guided tours of the Dr. Howe-Waffle House and special events. The website offers visitor information, histories of Santa Anna and the Dr. Howe-Waffle House, an events calendar, and a virtual tour of the home.

Monroe County Historical Association [PA]

Description

The Monroe County Historical Association is dedicated to the preservation of Monroe County history. The association is headquartered in the Stroud Mansion, which is located in downtown Stroudsburg. The Stroud Mansion also serves as a historic house museum and houses the association's research library. The association also owns the Bell School, a one-room schoolhouse used for tours, and the Driebe Freight Station which now houses an art museum.

The society offers guided tours, exhibits in the Stroud Mansion and Driebe Freight Station, and special events. The website offers visitor information, an extensive photo album, and a calendar of events. In order to contact the association via email, use the "contact us" link located at the top of the webpage.

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation

Description

The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is located within Pennsylvania's 2,606-acre Ridley Creek State Park. The 112-acre Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation itself is a living history farm, depicting life in the region circa 1760 through 1790. Demonstrations include food preservation, open hearth cooking, fiber processing, and farming.

The park offers 12 miles of trails, gardens, and 14 picnic areas. The plantation offers costumed living history interpreters; demonstrations; educational programs which meet state history, geography, environment, and ecology standards; workshops; lecture, demonstration, and/or hands-on outreach programs; summer camps; Scout programs; and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours, and on site educational programs are available between April and mid-November only.

T.C. Steele State Historic Site [IN]

Description

The T.C. Steele State Historic Site preserves the home of American Impressionist and portraitist Theodore Clement Steele (1847-1926) and his wife Selma Neubacher Steele (1870-1945). As such, the site was once privy to visits from a wide range of U.S. artists. The grounds include the 1907 "House of the Singing Winds," two studios, a garage, guest cottages, and remote painting shacks to permit outdoor painting in a wide range of weather conditions.

The site offers guided building tours, a summer camp, educational programs which meet state standards, educational outreach programs, trails, gardens, and a nature preserve.

The Peekskill Museum [NY]

Description

The Peekskill Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of Peekskill, and maintains an impressive collection of Peekskill artifacts and documents.

The museum offers exhibits and guided tours. The website offers an extensive photo gallery, virtual tour of the museum, history of Peekskill, and visitor information.

Brandywine Battlefield Park [PA]

Description

The Brandywine Battlefield Historic Site brings to life the largest engagement of the Revolutionary War, fought on September 11, 1777, between the Continental Army led by General George Washington and the British forces headed by General William Howe.

The site offers a short film, exhibits, tours, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).