Old Economy Village interprets the history of the Harmony Society, a highly successful 19th-century religious communal society, and preserves and interprets the unique material culture of the Society during its period of residence in Beaver County, PA, for citizens of and visitors to the Commonwealth.
The site offers tours, exhibits, educational programs, workshops, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The Tod Engine Foundation works towards the preservation of the history of the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio. A big part of the foundation's focus is the preservation of the equipment used to manufacture steel. The Tod engine was a 260 ton rolling mill steam engine built in Youngstown that was central in one of the area's biggest steel plants. The foundation has recently completed the Tod Engine Heritage Park, a park in Youngstown housing the Tod engine and a small museum.
The heritage park offers exhibits regarding the steel industry and the Tod Engine. Volunteers can give visitors a sense of the importance of the Tod Engine. The website offers historical information regarding the steel industry and Tod Engine.
The Honesdale Fire Museum hosts an impressive collection of fire equipment and memorabilia which is centered around the 1874 Silsby steamer no. 483 and its replacement, the 1936 Seagrave triple combination pumper. Displays also include other pieces of historic firefighting memorabilia, including photographs and helmets.
The museum offers both public and private guided tours by appointment. The website offers basic visitor information.
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 Museum at Prophetstown presents the history of Indiana's Wabash River Valley through the stories of a 1920s farmstead, a Native American settlement, and the prairie itself. The working farmstead includes a replica Sears Roebuck and Company Catalog farmhouse. The Shawnee brothers Tenskwautawaw and Tecumseh founded the 1808 Native American settlement in Prophetstown as capital of a new Native American Confederation. The settlement was attacked in 1811 by U.S. forces; and today displays replicas of the Council House, medicine lodge, "chief's" cabin, and granary.
The museum offers workshops; guided tours of the farmstead; period rooms; summer camps; and a program for boys from Cary County, allowing them to work with draft horses. The website offers listings of relevant state educational standards.
The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site presents Calvin Coolidge's (1872-1933) boyhood home, which also served as the site where he was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States following the death of Warren Harding. The site has been restored to its appearance in 1923, the year in which the aforementioned event took place. In addition to Coolidge's home, the public can also visit the Plymouth Cheese Factory, created by Coolidge's father; a general store; a church; several barns; the dance hall turned temporary White House; heritage gardens; and the home in which Coolidge was born.
The museum offers period rooms and exhibits on Coolidge's life, horse-drawn vehicles, and farming equipment, among other topics.
The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County seeks to preserve and share the history of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. To this end, the society operates a museum and a research library. Exhibit topics include Native American life, farm life, historical medicine, and coal mining.
The society offers exhibits and library access. There is a nominal fee for library use by individuals who are not society members.
The East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation presents the maritime history of the East End of Long Island, New York. Museum highlights include historic Fresnel lenses. The foundation also operates a reconstructed blacksmith's shop and the 1906 schooner Mary E.
The society offers exhibits, lectures, children's summer programs, and blacksmithing demonstrations.
The 217-acre Olmstead Place State Park contains a working pioneer farm. Structures include an 1875 log cabin, a 1908 farmhouse, and numerous outbuildings.
The park offers exhibits, tours, interpretive activities, and a picnic site.
The Whitewater Canal State Historic Site preserves one of the remaining canals in Indiana. The site consists of the canal, which is still navigable, and a grist mill. Both are open to visitors during the summer months.
The Canal offers boat rides, tours of the grist mill, carriage rides, tours for school groups, in-class standards-based outreach programs, and educational materials available for checkout. The website offers visitor information, a calendar of events, and a brief history of the website.