The Grand Encampment Museum presents the mining, timber, and agricultural histories of Encampment, Wyoming and the surrounding area. Collection highlights include a Mosley folding bathtub and a two-story outhouse.
The museum offers exhibits and a research area.
The Beaufort Historical Association works to preserve and showcase the history of Beaufort, North Carolina. The association works closely with the Beaufort Historic Site, which is located in downtown Beaufort, and which showcases the history of this quaint seaport.
The Beaufort Historic Site offers guided tours of historic homes, living history demonstrations, a variety of student programs including a courthouse dramatization and the Harvest Time program which gives students a view into colonial Beaufort, and tours of the nearby Old Burying Ground. The website offers visitor information, information regarding educational programs, an events calendar, and a brief history of Beaufort.
The Dyckman House Park consists of a circa 1784 Dutch Colonial farmhouse, surrounded by a small park, in New York City. The site focuses on the years 1815 through 1820 and 1915 through 1916, referred to by the park as the "farm" and "city" periods of the property.
The park offers period rooms, guided tours, educational programs which meet state educational standards. Reservations are required for groups of ten or more. The website offers pre- and post-visit activities.
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.
The Houston Fire Museum presents the history of U.S. firefighting. It is housed in the historic Fire Station No. 7, which was built in 1895. Collection highlights include a 19th-century pumper, an 1895 steamer, and a restored watch office. A new museum building is being added, and will emphasize fire safety.
The museum offers exhibits and guided tours. Reservations are required for group tours.
The Wortendyke Barn is a mid-18th-century New World Dutch barn. The interior houses an exhibit on the agricultural history of Bergen County, New Jersey.
The barn offers exhibits.
The Idaho State Historical Society is primarily a state-wide preservation advocacy organization. However, the society does operate the Idaho Historical Museum and an exhibit on military history located in the Old Idaho Penitentiary. The museum covers topics inclusive of prehistoric life, the fur trade, the gold rush, pioneer life, Native American life, and area Chinese and Basque populations. It also offers 18th- and 19th-century period rooms. The military exhibit offers artifacts from as early as the Middle Ages.
The museum offers tours, exhibits, period rooms, collections access for researchers, a monthly brown bag series, traveling exhibits, traveling trunks, student worksheets, educational marionette shows, hands-on activities, outreach programs, slide shows for rent, and other educational programming. The society also offers a public archives and research center. The website offers lesson plans, a club for fourth graders with activity downloads, and reading materials for young children.
The New England Fire and History Museum presents the history of firefighting on both regional and national levels. Collections include the world's last remaining 1929 Mercedes Benz firetruck, antique firefighting equipment, and a diorama of the Great Chicago Fire. The complex also boasts a blacksmith shop, herb and contemplation gardens, and a restored apothecary.
The museum offers exhibits, gardens, and blacksmithing demonstrations.
The U.S.S. Constellation serves as a museum of its own history. The vessel is the final sail-powered warship built by the Navy, and the last floating Civil War era vessel. Education program topics include African Americans in the Navy, life at sea as a powder monkey, the Constellation's efforts against the slave trade, and the construction of the sloop-of-war.
The vessel offers gun drills, exhibits, an audio tour, an overnight program, educational programs, and educational outreach presentations. The website offers downloadable curriculum.
The Wallace House Foundation presents information on the Wallace family of Iowa and its far-ranging influences. The Wallaces included the co-founder of the American Farm Bureau Foundation, two Secretaries of Agriculture (1921-1924 and 1933-1940), and a Secretary of Commerce. The foundation operates a museum, located in an 1882 Italianate Victorian residence once owned by the Wallaces.
The museum offers exhibits and group tours. Reservations are required for group tours.