Exhibits at the Society's museum display mammoth bones; the McCabe Aeroplane, or "Baby Biplane"; and artifacts from local pioneer history, railroad and highway building, military history, and daily life throughout the county's existence.
The site offers exhibits and research library access.
The Museums at Wytheville includes the Haller-Gibboney Rock House Museum and the Thomas J. Boyd Museum. The home of Wytheville's first resident physician, the Haller-Gibboney Rock House has played a significant role in Wytheville's history since its construction in 1823. Dr. John Haller served his community as a country doctor, county coroner, and delegate to the Virginia Legislature. As a Registered Historical Landmark, the home now serves as a museum containing over 1,400 original artifacts and period furnishings. The purpose of the Rock House Museum is to preserve its collections, structure, and grounds in a manner that promotes understanding and appreciation of family life in Wytheville within the context of the events of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The purpose of the Thomas J. Boyd Museum is to interpret the history of the people of Wythe County, and to collect, preserve, and utilize artifacts and other material of intrinsic historical significance relating to their lives and experience. In addition to exhibits on polio and the Civil War, visitors will also find information on the lead-mining industry, the first European settlers, and Wythe County connections to famous Americans.
The museums offer exhibits, tours, research library access, occasional living history events, and educational and recreational programs.
The year was 1773 and the town of East Greenwich, RI, was still very much a part of English Colonial America. The two-storied frame house being built just above the Kent Country Courthouse was the new home of a young lawyer, James Mitchell Varnum, and his bride, Martha. Built in keeping with the best architectural standards of the day, the new mansion had a hipped roof, modillioned cornices, heavily moulded caps, and a central pedimented doorway with columned porch. The two-storied ell was added sometime in the late 1800s. A fine example of late 18th-century Rhode Island architecture, the Varnum house is on the National Register of Historic Places, and has been furnished throughout with notable pieces from the Revolutionary period. Several of the rooms were restored and furnished by individual Rhode Island familes.
The house offers tours.
The Society operates two museums: the Warden's House Museum and the Hay Lake School and Erikson Log House Museum. The Warden's House Museum was built in 1853 as the residence of the Minnesota Territorial Prison warden. The museum consists of 14 rooms decorated in the late 19th- and early 20th-century style. Many rooms are like those of an upper-middle-class household while other rooms depict certain historic themes of Washington County, including a room dedicated to the lumbering industry and another that shows off items that children's artifacts from 100 years ago. The Hay Lake School was constructed in 1896 and in use until 1963; the Log House was constructed in 1868 by Johannes Erickson and his 13-year-old son Alfred.
The society offers research library access and occasional recreational and educational events; the Warden's House Museum offers tours; and the School and Log House Museum offer tours and educational programs; and the
The Hiller Aviation Museum celebrates the human spirit of adventure expressed in the history of aviation in Northern California and beyond. Through aircraft collections, exhibits, and programs, the museum provides multiple ways for visitors to experience the adventure and innovation of flight and to use aviation as a portal for exploring science, history, and technology.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, research library access, and educational and recreational events.
The Hall's Museum features over 50 exhibits exploring the achievements of Rome's gifted athletes with pictures, trophies, uniforms, and equipment. The inclusive descriptions on the 126 Inductee Plaques give visitors a capsule review of the milestones in the inductees' sports careers.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Fire Department houses fire engines and equipment dating from the 1920s to the present day.
The department offers exhibits by appointment.
The Society operates a local history museum out of its headquarters, a Victorian-style home that dates back, in its earliest state, to the 1820s.
The society offers research library access and occasional recreational and educational events; the museum offers exhibits and tours.
Cambridge Junction Historic State Park is the site of Walker Tavern, a major stopping place for stagecoaches traveling between Detroit and Chicago in the early 19th century. The site tells the story of taverns and stagecoach travel for early Michigan residents.
The park offers exhibits and occasional recreational and educational events.
At the Society's Museum, visitors can discover the intrigue of America's past through the unique lens of local history. They can hear the voices of an earlier time, recorded in the letters, diaries, and documents found in the library and archives; learn the many stories of the regional past through permanent and changing exhibits where each object connects the visitor with a time gone by; and place their hands on the past in the award-winning History Lab, a participatory gallery for all ages. Informative lectures and workshops, family programs, trips and tours, and an array of celebratory events combine to bring history to life.
The museum offers exhibits and occasional recreational and educational events.