The 1835 Federal and Georgian Wylie House was home to Andrew Wylie, the first president of Indiana University. The site has been restored to its appearance prior to 1860. Topics addressed include Bloomington, IN; Indiana University; and domestic life.
The museum offers exhibits, period rooms, guided tours, and educational programs for students. The museum is open March through November. The website offers virtual exhibits.
The Hampton Historical Society of Hampton, NH is a local history organization with its own museum, the Tuck Museum. The Tuck Museum currently consists of many 20th century historical buildings including the Museum building, barn, beach cottage, schoolhouse, fire museum, well, and various monuments and markers. The collection contains period school equipment, antique fire-fighting tools, maps, photographs, painting, and other authentic local items.
The site offers group tours for school groups and customized educational programs for grades 1,2,3, and 8. Home-school activities are also available.
The Stately Oaks Plantation bills itself as the inspiration for Margaret Mitchell's classic Gone with the Wind and it’s easy to see why. This 19th century Southern plantation home is complete with costumed interpreters, a country store, and Civil War artifacts.
Guided or MP3 tours are available for groups as well as educational tours especially for students. Educational program topics include Native Americans and the Civil War.
The Museum at Warms Springs is devoted to exhibiting the history of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, a Native American reservation in Oregon. The Museum rotates its exhibits once a year but focuses on showcasing the culture of the tribes, including tribal song and language, craftsmanship, and daily life.
School groups are welcome to tour the museum's gallery and its outdoor portion of the museum containing information on the museum's traditional architecture.
The Slaughter Ranch is a 19th century ranch once owned by "Texas" John Slaughter, a powerful cattle rancher and legendary sheriff in modern day Arizona. The 1893 ranch consists of a five bedroom ranch house, an ice house, a wash house, a granary, a commissary, and a car shed.
Groups may tour the house and grounds, as well as use the designated picnic area.
The E. St. Julien Cox House is the fully restored 1871 Italianate style home of Eugene Cox, a prominent statesman who served as mayor of St. Peter as well as in the State House and Senate.
Student group tours are led by costumed guides and educational programs are offered.
The Frederick County Landmarks Foundation maintains two historic sites, the Beatty-Cramer House Site and the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum. The Beatty-Cramer House is the oldest home in Frederick County, dating back to 1732. The Schifferstadt Architectural Museum is colonial German stone house built in 1758. Both sites teach about Frederick County's local history and architecture, focusing on the era of the French and Indian War.
The Beatty-Cramer House offers school tours and occasional education programs. The Schifferstadt Architectural Museum offers occasional educational programs for students and specialized lesson plans for 3rd and 4th grade Maryland teachers.
The Calvert County Historical Society owns the historic Linden home and has created a museum with local historical artifacts. The collection includes family papers, wills, Bibles, photographs, and other primary documents that tell the history of Calvert County.
Groups may tour the house museum and use the museum's local history Research Library.
The John Jay Homestead State Historic Site maintains the 1801 home of Founding Father John Jay who served as the first Chief Justice of the Supreme court and co-authored the Treaty of Paris, among his many other accomplishments. The home is interpreted as an 1820's country home with 12 or its 24 rooms decorated and open to the public for tours.
Specialized tours and education programs are available by appointment. School groups may also tour the 1820's schoolhouse and the 1830s barn as wells as the formal gardens on the property.
The Landmark Park in Dothan, Alabama is an outdoor classroom that is designed to educate children about local history and nature. The site has a turn-of-the-century school house and farmstead, a general store, and an Interpretative Center. "Learning Labs" that focus on nature are also available in addition to the history labs.
The site offers history education programs for school groups that include a turn-of-the-century school lesson in the schoolhouse, visit the blacksmith shop and general store, and the Wiregrass farmstead where they will participate in 1900's farm chores and recreation.