The Nevada State Museum collects artifacts from Nevada's history, focusing on mining society, pioneer society, children's culture, etc.
The Museum offers "clipboard tours" for school group as well as the corresponding teacher resources. Travelling trunks are also loaned out to teachers.
The Big Horn County Historical Society and Museum seeks to preserve and protect the history of Big Horn County, MT. To this end, the society operates a museum. The museum includes 23 historic structures on 22-acres of land, previously used as a vegetable farm. The farmhouse and barn are original to the location, while the remaining 21 structures have been transported to the site from within Big Horn County. Three buildings house exhibits, which include horse-drawn vehicles, tractors, early automobiles, and farm machinery.
The society offers exhibits, self-guided tours, and guided tours.
The Lake Hopatcong Historical Museum presents the history of New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong. Topics include the Lenape, Morris Canal, Bertrand Island Amusement Park, and the lake's prime resort years between the 1880s and 1930s.
The museum offers exhibits and lectures.
The Nevada Historical Society museum collections house over 15,000 artifacts, including mining and ranching equipment, artwork, clothing, and items related to the state's gambling industry. The permanent exhibition on Nevada history illustrates the lives of the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin, the desert stretches of the Immigrant Trail, the Comstock era, the effects of Nevada's liberal marriage and divorce laws, and the rise of the gambling industry. The Nevada Historical Society's library, photograph, and manuscript collections constitute the largest and most complete repository of materials related to the history of Nevada and the Great Basin. Materials available to the public include books, newspapers and periodicals, print files, maps, government documents, subject files, ephemera, manuscript collections, and over 500,000 photographs.
The museum offers exhibits, guided and selfguided tours, hands-on activities, inclassroom presentations on a variety of subjects, a documentary presentation and discussion series, screenings of movies which are set in Nevada, and a research library. The website offers virtual exhibits, children's activities, and a comprehensive PDF outlining available teacher resources.
The Chester Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the cultural and architectural history of Chester, Massachusetts.
The society offers library and archival access.
The Lapakahi State Historical Park consists of a partially restored ancient Hawaiian coastal settlement. In addition to the settlement, the park is also home to a marine preserve.
The park offers self-guided tours and a visitor kiosk with interpretive displays. The website offers visitor information.
The Arlington Historical Museum is located in the historic Hume School Building, which was built in 1891 and became the Arlington Historical Museum in the early 1960s. The site is located close to the Pentagon and Crystal City metro stations. The museum is focused on preserving and showcasing the history of Arlington and Arlington County. Visitors can view a wide variety of historic photographs and pictures, as well as marvel at the beautiful turn-of-the-century architecture of the Hume Schoolhouse.
The site offers visitor information about the museum. In addition, the site is part of the Arlington Historical Society website, and thus provides information on all resources offered by the historical society, including historic house museums and publications.
In 1864, Ben Holladay was awarded a contract to deliver mail from Salt Lake City to Walla Walla, WA. Rock Creek became a "home station," where stage drivers and attendants lived while they were off-duty and where passengers could buy a meal or a night's lodging. The original station consisted of a lava-rock building that served as a hotel and barn. In 1865 a store was built at the site. A small community grew up around the business, which also became a social center.
The site offers tours.
New Harmony, IN, located on the banks of the Wabash River, preserves the history of a community that began almost 200 years ahead of its time, evolving from a spiritual sanctuary into a haven for international scientists, scholars, and educators who sought equality in communal living.
The site offers tours, exhibits, a short film, and educational and recreational programs.
According to the Montclair Historical Society site, "As a means to fulfill its mission, the Society preserves, restores, and furnishes the 1796 Crane House Museum, as well as other buildings at its Orange Road complex. The Crane House serves as the house museum, exhibition center, and meeting space. Next door, the Clark House houses the Terhune Library as well as historic skills classrooms and administrative offices. Two smaller buildings to the rear of the property, the Crafts Building and Historic Country Store and Museum Shop, offer space for exhibition and educational purposes." The Society also operates the 1896 home Evergreens as a house museum, on a limited basis.
The museums offer exhibits and tours; the society offers classes, research library access, and educational and recreational programs