Deerfield Area Historical Society

Description

The Deerfield Area Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and interpreting local history and architecture in Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods, and Lincolnshire. It also created and maintains the Deerfield Historic Village, made up of five buildings dating from 1837 to 1905 that offer a look at a typical prairie community.

The village offers tours, exhibits, and educational programs.

Lakewood Historical Society and the Oldest Stone House Museum

Description

The Lakewood Historical Society maintains Lakewood's Oldest Stone House, built in 1838. The house continues memorabilia revealing the pioneer past of the city, including spinning wheels, furniture, household items, clothing, tools, books, dolls, and toys.

The museum offers tours, exhibits, demonstrations, and education and recreational programs.

Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society and Museum Complex [NY]

Description

The Bellport-Brookhaven Historical Society is devoted to the preservation and interpretation of Long Island's past—in particular, the history of the Bellport-Brookhaven-East-Patchogue area. The Society pursues this goal through its Museum Complex, its museum collections and gallery exhibitions, its educational programs, its outreach to the community, and its publication of studies on local history and material culture. The Museum Complex includes the 1833 Post-Crowell House, the 19th-century Ralph Brown Building, a blacksmith shop, the Barn Museum, the John Chester Memorial Boathouse, and an 1850 gazebo.

The society offers research library access and occasional recreational and educational events; the Museum Complex provides exhibits and tours.

Hopsewee Plantation

Description

Built almost 40 years prior to the American Revolution, the Hopsewee Plantation House, still a private residence, is a typical low-country rice plantation dwelling of the early 18th century, with four rooms opening into a wide center hall on each floor, a full brick cellar, and attic rooms. Constructed on a brick foundation covered by scored tabby, the house is built of black cypress. It is furnished in 18th- and 19th-century furniture.

The house offers tours.

Branford Historical Society and the Harrison House Museum

Description

The society is dedicated to the acquisition and preservation of artifacts, documents, and records pertaining to the history of Branford provenance. It also maintains a museum in the 1724 Harrison House.

The museum offers tours and exhibits; the society offers lectures and research library access. School groups are welcome to come by appointment, and background information is offered to local schools.

New Castle Historical Society: Dutch House, Amstel House, and Old Library Museum [DE]

Description

The New Castle Historical Society's three museums—the late-17th-century Dutch House, the 1730s Amstel House, and the 1892 Old Library Museum—tell unique stories about the town's past and its residents. From Dutch laborers and British colonial governors to prominent American architects, the New Castle Historical Society celebrates New Castle's diverse history from the town's 17th-century founding through the preservation efforts of the 21st century. The Society offer tours, educational programs, and recreational and educational events.

Student museum tours are available that emphasize colonial and revolutionary Delaware and American history. Ideal for fourth and fifth grade students, our tours are aligned with Delaware history education standards. Additional tours are available for other grade levels.

The Society’s website offers an events calendar, visitor information, and an online gift shop.

Historical Society of Princeton: Bainbridge House [NJ]

Description

Bainbridge House is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Princeton still on its original foundation. It is also one of the area's best-preserved examples of mid-Georgian architecture. Located on Nassau Street, the town's busiest and most historic thoroughfare, Bainbridge House is situated directly across from Princeton University. It serves as the Historical Society's headquarters, including spaces for temporary and permanent exhibitions, a small museum shop, a library, and staff offices. The House offers exhibits and research library access; the society offers walking tours, field trips, and outreach programs, as well as teacher workshops.

The site offers online exhibits, visitor information, historical information, an events calendar, educational resources, including lesson plans and field trip information, and research information.

Brimstone Historical Society and Museum

Description

The society's mission is to preserve and enrich the culture of Southwest Louisiana. Housed in the 1915 Southern Pacific Railway Depot, it currently has artwork on display from local artists and historical artifacts from the history of the town, as well as permanent exhibits on the history of the town and the Frasch mining process. The society also maintains the Henning Cultural Center, housed in a 1904 home, which showcases cultural traveling exhibits from around the country.

Both locations offer exhibits.

Moross House/Detroit Garden Center

Description

The Detroit Garden Center is a nonprofit horticultural organization located in Detroit's oldest brick house, historic 1840s-era Moross House. The Center offers tours of the house with its restored parlor and hallway, as well as educational garden-related activities. The Detroit Garden Center is an organization whose primary focus is offering educational gardening related activities.

The house offers tours.

Washington County Historical Society, LeMoyne House, and LeMoyne Crematory [Pennsylvania]

Description

Located in the LeMoyne House in Washington, Pennsylvania, the WCHS provides many programs, activities, and services to individuals and groups in the tri-state area. The LeMoyne House is Pennsylvania's first National Historic Landmark of the Underground Railroad. Built in 1812 by John Julius LeMoyne, the house became part of the Underground Railroad under his son, Francis Julius LeMoyne. The society also oversees the LeMoyne Crematory, the first crematory in the United States.

The house offers tours, exhibits, and access to a research library; the crematory offers tours; and the society offers lectures, workshops, conferences, and other educational programs.