The Kingston Urban Cultural Park/Heritage Area presents the historical importance of Kingston, New York. Kingston was a site of Dutch colonization and Revolutionary War meetings and attacks, as well as a major transportation nexus.
The park offers exhibits and interpretive signs.
The Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University is the former home of New Jersey's first elected governor, William Livingston, who is also notable for being a signer of the US Constitution. The home was originally built as a 14-room Georgian style home, and has since grown into a 50-room Victorian mansion. The site houses extensive collections of antique furniture and historical artifacts owned by the seven generations of Livingston and Kean families who have since owned the home.
The home offers guided tours, special events, and field trip programs. The website offers a history of the home, an events calendar, and visitor information.
The 100-acre Grey Towers National Historic Landmark contains Grey Towers, summer home of Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946), Pennsylvania Governor and first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Pinchot is attributed the concepts of conservation and sustainable use. Gifford's wife Cornelia Bryce Pinchot (1881-1960) advocated women's right to vote, child labor reform, and the formation of trade unions. The structure itself was erected in 1886.
The site offers one-hour guided tours of the gardens and the residence's first floor, historic gardens, customizable field trips, environmental outreach programs for students, a 15-minute history interpretive trail, a hands-on forestry trail running less than one mile, a bluebird nestbox trail running 1/4 of a mile, conservation education programs, a trail describing types and uses of trees, and Smokey Bear and forest fire activity backpacks for use on site.
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania houses one of the most significant collections of historic railroad artifacts in the world. Devoted to preserving and interpreting the broad impact of railroad development on society, the Museum displays over 100 locomotives and cars from the mid-19th and 20th centuries, including the priceless Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Collection.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, train rides, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).
The Historical Society of the Town of Warwick, New York seeks to preserve and share the history and historical structures of Warwick, New York. To this end, the society offers several museum buildings. These include the 1764 Shingle House, the 1890 Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad Caboose, circa 1825 Sly Barn, the 1819 Old School Baptist Meeting House, the 1810 House, the 1766 Baird's Tavern, and the Carriage House at Baird's Tavern. The 1810 House grounds contain a wheel garden; the Sly Barn contains a wide variety of farming tools and household appliances; and the Carriage House holds a recreated circa 1900 rural doctor's office.
The Shingle House, 1810 House, Baird's Tavern, and the Carriage House offer period rooms. The 1810 House offers exhibits and a wheel garden. The society offers tours.
The Friends of Historic Kingston is a preservation organization dedicated to maintaining and restoring the architectural heritage of Kingston, New York, the state's original capital city. The organization also operates the Fred J. Johnston Museum, the Friends of Historic Kingston Museum, the Louw-Bogardus Ruin in Frog Alley Park, and the Sharp Burying Ground. The ruins offer an exhibit depicting the 1658 Kingston stockade. The Fred J. Johnston Museum consists of Johnston's (1911-1993) collection of 18th- and early 19th-century furniture and decorative arts, located within the antique dealer's own home and showroom. The circa 1812 structure itself is Federal in style. The Friends of Historic Kingston Museum contains exhibits relevant to local history and Kingston's contemporary art scene.
The organization offers two-hour guided walking tours of the Historic Stockade District, guided walking tours of the Rondout District, a treasure hunt tour of the Stockade District designed for children between 7 and 12 years of age, lectures, exhibits, historic skill demonstrations, and guided tours of the Fred J. Johnston Museum. Appointments are required for groups interested in the district walking tour and/or viewing the Johnston house and museum.
The Historical Society of Schuylkill County seeks to preserve and share the history of Schuylkill County, PA. To this end, the society operates a research library.
The society offers research library access.
The Howell Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Howell Township, New Jersey. To this end, the society operates the Old Ardena Schoolhouse and MacKenzie Museum. The museum and accompanying research library are located within a circa 1807-1855 structure. The schoolhouse dates to circa 1855.
The society offers exhibits, research library access, activities, and tours of the Old Ardena Schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is open to the public the last Sunday of each month.
The Civilian Conservation Corps Interpretive Center is located in the Parker Dam State Park, and consists of a small visitor center type structure which offers displays and workshops which educated visitors about the life and times of members of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The website offers detailed visitor information regarding the park, and brief information regarding the interpretive center.
The Hurley Heritage Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Hurley, New York. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history, located within the 1790 Col. Jonathan Elmendorf House. Main Street is a Historic Landmark District, containing six of Hurley's stone houses built between the late 1600s and 1818; and is used during guided tours to discuss local Dutch heritage.
The society offers exhibits, monthly guided walking tours of Main Street, guided group tours of individual stone houses, and a self-guided driving tour of the area. Reservations are required for stone house tours.