The Albany Regional Museum presents the history of Albany, Oregon and areas influenced by actions within Albany. The museum is housed within an 1887 S.E. Young company building.
The museum offers exhibits and research library access.
The 3,700-acre Fort Stevens State Historical Site commemorates Fort Stevens, one of three forts created to defend the harbor near the mouth of the Columbia River. The fort remained an active military site between the Civil War and World War II. The grounds also include a historic shipwreck, a gun battery and World War II command center, a museum of the fort's history, and enclosed Civil War earthworks.
The site offers exhibits, nine miles of bicycle trails, six miles of hiking trails, outdoor activities, and a picnic area. During the summer, the site also offers blacksmithing demonstrations, 90-minute tours of the gun batteries, and truck tours of the fortifications.
Visitors to the house enter one of Denver's great historic homes, built in 1883 by Rocky Mountain News publisher Williams Byers and sold in 1889 to the family of William Gray Evans, an officer of the Denver Tramway Company. The museum also screens a short film featuring the careers of these two pioneer Denver families and the city they built.
The house offers a short film, exhibits, tours, and educational programs.
The Montana State Capitol is the active legislative center of the state of Montana. The site offers information on the building's history, function, art, and architecture.
The capitol offers self-guided tours and guided tours. When the legislature is in session, guided tours present information on the legislature and democratic process.
The 1881 Mueller-Schmidt House once housed the family of John Mueller, a German immigrant, cobbler, saloon proprietor, and rancher. The home presents pioneer-era life.
The house offers period rooms and exhibits.
The Meux House Museum is focused on preserving the beautiful Meux home, a premier architectural treasure of Fresno. The home was built in 1889 by Dr. Thomas Meux, formerly of Tennessee. The Meux family occupied the home until 1970, and now is open as a historic house museum.
The museum offers guided tours and special events. The website offers a brief biography of Dr. Meux, a brief history of the home, and visitor information.
The Haggin Museum displays paintings by major artists and presents the history of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Artworks within the collection are both European and American in origin, and date from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Artists include Jean Béraud, Rosa Bonheur, William Bouguereau, Jean-Léon Gérôme, George Inness, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Albert Bierstadt.
The museum offers exhibits and summer art workshops.
The 1910 neoclassical Missoula County Courthouse contains murals by Edgar Samuel Paxson (1852-1919). These works depict Montana history. Paxson is best known for his 1899 painting of Custer's Last Stand.
The courthouse offers self-guided tours.
The Los Angeles State Historic Park, although under development, opened a 13-acre preview of the completed park to the public. In addition to land suitable to a wide variety of outdoor activities, the park encompasses the waterwheel, round house, freight house, station yard, and depot of the 1875 Southern Pacific Railroad’s River Station and a glass footprint of the 1879 Pacific Hotel.
The park offers bike trails, urban wildlife viewing, guided interpretive programs, and picnic areas.
The Heritage Museum presents the history of Polk County and Independence, Oregon.
The museum offers exhibits, treasure hunts, tours, traveling exhibits, virtual exhibits, and a collections research kiosk for rental. Reservations are required for tours with five or more individuals. The museum is not currently wheelchair accessible.