Adams County Historical Society [PA]

Description

The Adams County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Adams County, PA, and its people. To this end, the society operates a museum, located within the dormitory of the first U.S. Lutheran seminary, founded in 1826. The building later served as a Civil War hospital. Exhibit topics include iron works, social classes, pre-history, county development between 1745 and 1945, the Civil War and Battle of Gettysburg, mortuary equipment and mourning practices, religion, education, children's toys, furniture making, seminary history, and circa 1900 dorm life. Other holdings include more than 200,000 photographs and negatives, manuscripts, and county records.

The society offers exhibits, guided museum tours, guided behind-the-scenes tours, research library access, and research services. Appointments are required for all tours to ensure docent availability, with tours only being offered to groups of 10 or more. Students and members may use the research library free of charge. A fee is charged for research conducted upon request.

Frisco Native American Museum [NC]

Description

The Frisco Native American Museum is located on Hatteras Island in the North Carolina Outer Banks and was first opened in 1987. The museum is the brainchild of Carl and Joyce Bornfriend, who still operate the museum year round. In addition to the exhibits and special programs in the structure, the museum offers several miles of nature trails.

The museum offers exhibits and special events, including Native American workshops, school science projects, Native American studies, and scout badge work. The website offers visitor information, a brief history of the museum, and and information regarding upcoming events.

Iroquois Indian Museum [NY]

Description

From the museum website: "The Iroquois Indian Museum is an anthropological museum that uses art to educate and inspire." The museum is located in upstate New York, and explores the history of the Iroquois Indians from pre-history to the present day.

The museum offers exhibits and collections pertaining to Iroquois history, educational programs which conform to NYS learning standards, Iroquois Indian Museum Education Kits that are available for rental or purchase, a children's museum, guided tours, and special events that focus on one particular aspect of Iroquois history. The website offers visitor information, a calendar of events, and information regarding special programs.

Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation [NM]

Description

While the Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation (CCHP) is focused primarily on preserving and advocating for the preservation of local historic structures, CCHP also provides a variety of events which focus on local history.

CCHP offers weekly speakers through its "Glimpses of the Past" program, tours of local historic structures and neighborhoods, and annual events such as the Las Vegas Heritage Week. The website offers an events calendar, the committee's newsletter, virtual tours of Las Vegas, and information about the CCHP.

Civil War Preservation Trust

Description

The Civil War Preservation Trust is America's largest non-profit organization (501-C3) devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields. The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war’s history and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it.

Shoshone County Mining and Smelting Museum [ID]

Description

The Shoshone County Mining and Smelting Museum presents the local history of the Silver Valley, Idaho, with a particular emphasis on mining and smelting history. Exhibits cover mining, environmental history, smelting equipment, minerals, metallurgy, medicine, and electricity. Collection highlights include an 1899 Nordberg Air Compressor and scale models of the Bunker Hill and Sunshine Mines. Dating to 1906, the museum structure was built as the residence of Stanley A. Easton (died 1961), manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company.

The museum offers exhibits and a period sitting room.

Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation [CA]

Description

The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation operates the Tor House and Hawk Tower. The Tor House was built in 1918 through 1919 as the residence of poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) and his family. The property was modeled after English Tudor barns. Jeffers later built the 1924 Hawk Tower for his wife and children. Guests who visited the Jeffers on their land include Sinclair Lewis, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Langston Hughes, Charles Lindbergh, George Gershwin, and Charlie Chaplin. The site also includes an English-style garden. Jeffers's poetry often focused on the Californian coast, and today his work is highly lauded for its environmental consciousness.

The foundation offers tours.

Custer State Park [SD]

Description

Custer State Park commemorates the 1874 military expedition of Lt. Colonel George A. Custer (1839-1876). He entered the Black Hills seeking a location for a Dakota Territory frontier post, to map the area, and to catalog its natural resources. These resources included gold, triggering a rush to the area and substantial environmental damage. The park also include The Badger Hole, home of Charles Badger Clark (1883-1957), first South Dakota poet laureate, and the Gordon Stockade built between 1874 and 1875. Clark is best known for his cowboy poetry.

The park offers gold panning demonstrations, hands-on gold panning, tours of The Badger Hole, and interpretive signage near the stockade. The website offers a printable geocaching activity.

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium [IA]

Description

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium presents the history of the Mississippi River. Topics covered include famous men who made contributions to national river culture, riverboats, Other points of interest include a Native American wikiup; a restored fur trader's cabin; and the 1934 steamer W.M. Black , which was used as a dredge boat in WWII.

The museum offers traditional and interactive exhibits, a theater, a towboat pilothouse simulator, period rooms, tours of the W.M. Black, living history demonstrations, tours for field trips, educational programming, outreach programming, and overnight opportunities. The website offers lesson plans, curriculum