The Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm is a family-friendly site with activities for visitors of all ages. It features a late-17th-century manor house built as the country seat of wealthy Newburyport merchants. It is also a foster farm in partnership with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with farm animals that may be visited year-round.
The farm offers tours, lectures, and educational and recreational programs.
The Museum at Prophetstown presents the history of Indiana's Wabash River Valley through the stories of a 1920s farmstead, a Native American settlement, and the prairie itself. The working farmstead includes a replica Sears Roebuck and Company Catalog farmhouse. The Shawnee brothers Tenskwautawaw and Tecumseh founded the 1808 Native American settlement in Prophetstown as capital of a new Native American Confederation. The settlement was attacked in 1811 by U.S. forces; and today displays replicas of the Council House, medicine lodge, "chief's" cabin, and granary.
The museum offers workshops; guided tours of the farmstead; period rooms; summer camps; and a program for boys from Cary County, allowing them to work with draft horses. The website offers listings of relevant state educational standards.
The President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site presents Calvin Coolidge's (1872-1933) boyhood home, which also served as the site where he was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States following the death of Warren Harding. The site has been restored to its appearance in 1923, the year in which the aforementioned event took place. In addition to Coolidge's home, the public can also visit the Plymouth Cheese Factory, created by Coolidge's father; a general store; a church; several barns; the dance hall turned temporary White House; heritage gardens; and the home in which Coolidge was born.
The museum offers period rooms and exhibits on Coolidge's life, horse-drawn vehicles, and farming equipment, among other topics.
The Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County seeks to preserve and share the history of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. To this end, the society operates a museum and a research library. Exhibit topics include Native American life, farm life, historical medicine, and coal mining.
The society offers exhibits and library access. There is a nominal fee for library use by individuals who are not society members.
Rose Hill Manor Park and Children's Museum is a hands-on rural history museum designed specifically for elementary school students. Collection highlights include more than 20 historic carriages and sleighs. Displays include a historic kitchen, broom shop, and carpentry shop, as well as a steam tractor and information on pork butchering. The residence on site was completed in 1792.
The museum offers period rooms, exhibits, scout programs, and tours led by costumed interpreters. Tours meet state educational standards. Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more. The website offers pre- and post-visit activities.
The 217-acre Olmstead Place State Park contains a working pioneer farm. Structures include an 1875 log cabin, a 1908 farmhouse, and numerous outbuildings.
The park offers exhibits, tours, interpretive activities, and a picnic site.
The Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, located along the Bayou Teche in southern Louisiana, preserves the 1815 plantation home Maison Olivier and presents a reproduction of an early 1800s Acadian farmstead, including a family home, outdoor kitchen, slave quarters, and barn.
The historic site offers tours, exhibits, and occasional special events. The website offers a history of the historic site, as well as visitor information, a short virtual tour, and a listing of nearby attractions.
The Oakland Township Historical Society preserves and showcases the history of Oakland, Michigan, and the northern Detroit suburbs. Currently, the society is restoring the Cranberry Lake Farm to serve as a community historical center.
The society puts on a variety of events and limited exhibits. The website offers visitor information, a calendar of events, information regarding upcoming events, and a brief history of Oakland Township.
The Enfield Shaker Museum is located in the "Great Stone Dwelling," the largest Shaker building in the world. Built in 1841, it served as a dwelling for Shakers until it was sold in 1927. Today, visitors can tour the building and its grounds for a view into Shaker life during the 19th century.
The museum offers exhibits, special programs, concerts, guided tours, and craft demonstrations, as well as a collection of Shaker furniture, tools, clothing, photographs, and agricultural implements. School tours may be customized for any grade level. The website offers visitor information, a history of the museum, a photo tour of the museum and surrounding village, and a calendar of events.
The Farmstead is operated and maintained as a restored house and farm museum by the Milton-Freewater Area Historical Society. The Frazier home was built in 1892 and houses a collection of antique furnishings and other items from 19th-century daily life. The site also houses a 1918 barn, a carriage house, and several other buildings, all of which were an integral part of a turn-of-the-century working farm.
The museum offers visitor tours. The website offers general visitor information regarding the museum as well as a brief history of the location.