The Marion County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Marion County, Oregon. To this end, the society operates a local history museum.
The society offers exhibits and archival access. Advance notice is required for group tours. The website offers a teacher's guide.
The Smokey Bear Historical Park was created to memorialize a North American black bear cub. Found in the Capitan Mountains in 1950, the cub had survived a 17,000-acre forest fire; and was dubbed Smokey. Smokey Bear eventually became a national symbol of forest fire prevention. Although the character Smokey Bear had existed previously, the actual cub became his legally authorized face. The park presents topics such as the purpose of forest fires, forest health, and the interactive between natural and urban environments. Sites include Smokey Bear's gravesite and the Village of Capitan's first train depot.
The park offers indoor and outdoor exhibits, a 10-minute introductory film, a gravesite, a playground, and a picnic area. The website offers children's activities, coloring pages, and a Smokey Bear song and play.
The Echo Park Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Echo Park, one of the older neighborhoods of Los Angeles, CA. Echo Park dates to the late 19th century.
The society offers periodic area walking tours. Reservations are required.
The Maturango Museum presents the geology and cultural and natural histories of the Northern Mojave Desert. Artifacts on display include mammoth and bison fossils, items from the Native American populations of California, a Sidewinder missile, and local minerals. The grounds hold a desert garden.
The museum offers exhibits, a hands-on children's area, a garden, lectures, concerts, and an art gallery.
The Kelly Art Deco Lighting Museum is the world's only museum dedicated to displaying U.S. Art Deco slipe-shade lights. Collections include chandeliers, sconces, and table lights from between 1928 and 1938.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Harvey House Museum is located within the dining room of the circa 1939 Harvey House. Collections include artifacts of the Santa Fe Railway and of daily life in the history of Valencia County, New Mexico.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Utah Fire Museum is home to more than 35 fire apparatuses and covers over 30,000 sq. feet.
Tours are available for schools on appointment. No other educational programming exists.
The Pioneer Living History Village is a 90-acre living history 1800s town. Structures are either period or reproductions based on historical research. Sights include an opera house in which Lilly Langtry (1853-1929), famed English actress and beauty, once sang; the childhood home of Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962), one of the first Senators of Arizona; and a circa 1880 cabin which survived an Apache raid.
The museum offers period rooms, demonstrations, living history interpreters, and re-enactments. The museum is closed on rainy days.
The Moraga Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados—now Moraga, Orinda, and Lafayette, CA. The rancho, created in 1841, was a 13,316-acre land grant awarded to Joaquin Moraga and Juan Bernal by the Mexican government. To achieve their goal, the society operates a history center with artifacts and archival materials.
The society offers exhibits and archival access.
The Bandon Historical Society Museum presents the history of Bandon, Oregon and its surrounding area. Exhibit topics include Native American life, the fire of 1936, fishing, logging, and cranberry farming.
The museum offers exhibits.