The Historical Society of Marshall County owns and operates four buildings that help to preserve the history of Marshall County. First, the society maintains a local history museum that is open year round. The Glick-Sower House and Country School are open to visitors by appointment and are both carefully preserved 19th century structures. The Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop is open during the summer and gives visitors a glimpse into the life of a blacksmith.

The society offers visitors guided tours of all of the above structures. Exhibits are available to visitors in the museum. The website offers visitor information and a brief history of each building.

Two centuries ago, the White River was the highway to the American frontier of north Arkansas. Through exhibits and programs, Prairie County Museum tells the story of the exploration and settlement of the lower White River from 1831 to 1931.

The site offers exhibits, research library access, and workshops.

The Quincy Historical Society presents the history of Quincy, Massachusetts, best known as the home of John and Abigail Adams and John Quincy Adams, and the its contributions to ways of life in the United States. Other notable influences from Quincy include use of their granite supplies; the "Quincy Method" in education; the Fore River Shipyard and its products; and Howard Johnson ice cream, restaurants, and hotels. The Adams Academy, which houses the society, used to function as a boys' college preparatory school and dates to 1872. Gothic revival in style and using local granite, the academy stands on the previous site of the house in which patriot John Hancock was born.

The society offers exhibits, guest lectures, guest performances, curricula, public speaking by request, several publications, and a non-circulating library.

Rural Hill consists of the 265-acre farmlands of John Davidson, Revolutionary War soldier and son of Scottish immigrants. The site contains a reconstruction of the Davidson home, as well as two historic schoolhouses (built 1890 and circa 1898) and the original ash house, chicken shed, granary, barn, well house, and smoke house. Today, the property operates as a working farm.

The center offers educational programs, walking trails, hayrides, and guided tours on period farm life and Rural Hill's involvement in the American Revolution. The website offers activities and suggested reading for educators.

The "Old Jail" at 175 East King Street in Chambersburg, PA, is home to the Society. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, the Old Jail also houses a museum and genealogical library. The Society also owns and maintains the Brown's Mill School (a primary school in use from 1836–1921).

The society offers research library access, tours, and lectures; the museum offers exhibits and tours; the school offers access.

The Wayne County Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the history of Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The society owns and operates three museums, the 810 Main Street Museum which focuses on local history, the JB Parks Farm Museum, which is open during the county fair and showcases the history of Wayne County agriculture, and the Bethel School, which is a historic one room schoolhouse.

The 810 Main Street Museum offers guided tours while the J.B. Parks Farm Museum and the Bethel Schoolhouse both offer self-guided tours. The society also offers special events including periodic speakers, and offers speakers which will lecture on a variety of topics. The website offers visitor information, a brief history of the area, and an events calendar.

The Old Cowtown Museum is a living history museum where visitors can experience life in the midwest during the 1870s. Old Cowtown consists of a visitor's center, which offers exhibits and visitor information, as well as a fully reconstructed pioneer town. The reconstructed town contains a residential section, a blacksmithing shop, a business area, and a farm.

The museum offers educational programs, including tours tailored for specific grade groups; wagon rides; costumed interpreters; historic structures furnished with time period furnishings; and special events such as lectures, reenactments, and special interpretive events. The website offers visitor information, information regarding educational programs, supplemental materials for teachers including lesson plans and worksheets, and an events calendar.

The MIT Museum showcases current technologies and research being done at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The museum houses a variety of exhibits and demonstrations that give visitors a glimpse into cutting edge technologies and innovations.

The museum offers exhibits, presentations, and programs that showcase current MIT research. In addition, the museum runs hands-on educational programs for local schoolchildren. The museum also offers individual and group tours of the museum. The website offers visitor information as well as information regarding upcoming events, presentations, and programs.

University Museums is a collection of five organizations; three museums, one educational program, and a sculpture garden, which are affiliated with the Iowa State educational system. The museums are the Brunnier Art Museum, Farm House Museum, Art on Campus Program, Christian Petersen Art Museum, and Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden.

The museums offer exhibits, tours, and a variety of special events and presentations. Group tours and field trip programs are offered year round, and consist of tours of all five organizations within the University Museums umbrella. The website offers visitor information, information on current museum exhibits and collections, a calendar of events, and research information.

Visitors to the Goodnow House gain a glimpse into domestic life in the 1800s and learn the story of free-staters who wanted organized and equal education for the boys and girls of Kansas. Isaac Goodnow, one of Manhattan's founders, and his wife, Ellen, built this stone farmhouse, which still holds many original furnishings and documents, in the 1860s. Isaac started the Kansas State Teachers Association and established the college that became Kansas State University.

The site offers exhibits and tours.