The Falmouth Historical Society operates a selection of museums, which preserve and share the history of Falmouth, Massachusetts. Two 18th–century houses display fine art, furniture, and other decorative arts; while exhibits discuss pre–Civil War medical practice, the 1800's whaling industry, and the life of Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929), author of "America, the Beautiful." The area surrounding the structures contains three gardens—one a Colonial–style flower garden—and a green which has been used for Colonial militia practice.

The society offers period rooms; exhibits; guided walking tours; trolley tours on maritime life and agricultural life; hands-on children's activities; and archives, including maritime log books.

The National Museum of Roller Skating contains the largest collection of historical roller skates, dating to 1819, in the world. It also contains patents, medals, trophies, photographs, artwork, films and videotapes, costumes, library and archival materials, and roller skating memorabilia. The museum holds approximately 1,500 volumes of roller skating books and periodicals, including over 125 titles (American and foreign) in its periodical collection. The archives also includes over 8,000 photographs; personal papers of individuals prominent in roller skating from 1800 to the present; programs and archival material for local, regional, national, and international roller skating competitions; and miscellaneous articles and images related to roller skating.

The museum offers exhibits and films.

The Jacobsburg Historical Society preserves and interprets the historical Henry family estate, early industrial properties, and the family's gun and iron making heritage. Henrys not only produced firearms for all U.S. major conflicts from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, but they were also the primary suppliers of rifles for the largest American business enterprise of the early 19th century, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company. The Henry firearm became the most prominent weapon of the western frontier due to its durability, accuracy, and relatively low cost. The society operates the Pennsylvania Long Rifle Museum; the 1832 John Joseph Henry House; and the Nicholas Hawk Gun Shop, a reconstruction of an 1802 structure.

The society offers visitor center exhibits, a historic house museum, living history encampments, school programs, a monthly community lecture series, a youth history day camp, a number of publications, and early American gunsmithing courses.

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society restores and operates steam locomotives relevant to Midwestern history. The society also operates TrainTown, a transportation museum.

The museum offers self-guided tours and 20-minute caboose rides. The website offers historic photographs.

The Haddon Fire Company Museum houses two pumpers (dating from 1818 and 1873), helmets, uniforms, a collection of metal toy fire equipment, and the company's original banner. The site has been structured to suggest how a fire house might have looked 200 years ago. The Haddon Fire Company is the nation's second oldest volunteer fire company in continuous existence, founded in 1764.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Finger Lakes Boating Museum presents information concerning the long history of boating in the region, dating back to the Iroquois Nation. The collection includes over 90 boats built in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, as well as related artifacts. The archive contains extensive information about the boat building industry within the region. It is of note that the museum currently displays its collection in a variety of venues, as it has yet to establish a dedicated architectural space.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Benicia Fire Museum houses historic fire service equipment and hundreds of related items from the Benecia Volunteer Firemen Incorporated, the oldest continuous volunteer fire service in California (dating to 1847). Fire equipment from the former Benicia Arsenal Military Reservation in also on display. Collection highlights include a 1920's Phoenix engine, a circa 1855 Solano engine, an 1833 Griffin pumper, a replica of the first hand pumper, a circa 1932 Dodge, and the only open cab four wheel drive fire engine west of the Mississippi.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Hose No. 5 Fire Museum presents firefighting history via artifacts. Collection highlights include a 1930 McCann pumper, a 1946 Jeep Willys outfitted for fighting forest fires, and a 1917 Garford pumper—one of three Garford fire engines still in existence. The museum is housed in a 1897 fire station. The station remained in use for nearly a century.

The museum offers exhibits.

The Buffalo Gap Historic Village preserves and presents the history and heritage of the last 50 years of the Texas frontier (1875–1925). The living history village contains at least 12 original building; a museum; collections of arrowheads, frontier weapons, and medical instruments; and two Model T hacks.

The village offers exhibits, lectures, audio wand tours, a school day utilizing 1925 curriculum, a curriculum guide, and vintage baseball.

The Cincinnatti Fire Museum exhibits Greater Cincinnati's firefighting artifacts while honoring firefighters, past and present. The collection covers 200 years; and highlights include early leather fire buckets; an 1808 fire drum; and the oldest surviving fire engine in Cincinnati, an Hunneman hand pumper. Guests can also enter a modern Emergency–One fire engine cab. The museum is located in a 1907 firehouse.

The museum offers exhibits, field trip programming, a short film, computer interactives, hands–on activities, and safety demonstrations.