The Carousel Museum is proud to house one of the largest collections of antique carousel pieces in the country. Visitors can experience the "Golden Age of the Carousel" on their own, or with tour guides who will reveal the colorful history and development of the hand-carved animals that have found their place in America's rich folk art history.
The museums offers tours, exhibits, and educational and recreational programs.
NORM was founded in 1965 and incorporated in 1976 as a not-for-profit education and historical organization. Its goals are to collect, preserve, restore, operate, and display streetcars and other railway-related equipment. On two miles of the historic Cleveland Southwestern Railway, the museum is working towards its goals to collect, preserve, restore, display, and operate streetcars and other railway equipment for use by the public.
The museums offers tours, exhibits, and monthly meetings.
Known as the only museum in Sitka that contains elements of all of Sitka's history, the Sitka Historical Museum is packed with displays, photographs, and artifacts from Sitka's Tlingit, Russian, and American history.
The museum offers exhibits with subjects including a diorama of Sitka in 1867, Tlingit artifacts, the Alaska Purchase, World War II, and aviation.
The Westwego Historical Museum is housed in the historic Fisherman's Exchange/L.J. Bernard Hardware Store Building on Sala Avenue in Salaville, Westwego's Historic District. While telling the unique story of the people of Westwego, the museum features a completely restored turn-of-the-century general store, furnished period upstairs living quarters, and a main exhibit area boasting thousands of artifacts and historical treasures.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation seeks to become the leading advocate for the importance of historic preservation to the future of the Athens community. Located at the corner of Thomas and Dougherty Streets in historic downtown, the Foundation's visitor center is in Athens's oldest surviving residence, the Church-Waddel-Brumby House. The Foundation also operates the Ware-Lyndon House, built around 1850 by the first Mayor of Athens—physician and businessman, Edward R. Ware. Today, this two-story brick house represents a blend of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles. The first floor of the home features one of the finest American furniture and decorative arts collections of the Victorian period in Georgia. The house portrays the periods (18501890) within which the Ware and Lyndon families resided. A room in the house showcases museum quality memorabilia comprising many of the highlights of Athens history.
The foundation offers driving tours; the Ware-Lyndon House offers tours.
The WSRHS is dedicated to preserving the history of the railroads that helped build the State of Washington, from the Great Northern Railway, Milwaukee Road, to the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, SP&S Railway, and all the railroads in between. It operates the Washington State Railroads Historical Society Museum.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Golden History Center, formerly known as the Golden Pioneer Museum, is located in the heart of Golden's historic downtown. Our permanent exhibits provide a wonderful walk through Golden history, and our special exhibits highlight fascinating lesser-known subjects.
The Association's Museum displays artifacts from local history. The current exhibit includes artifacts from the now-closed silk mill in Pittsboro, including a sample book of labels from famous manufacturers that were made at Chatham Mills.
The society offers lectures and occasional recreational and educational events; the museum offers exhibits and research library access.
The St. Joseph Museums, Inc., is a non-profit organization encompassing local museums dedicated to the research, preservation, interpretation, exhibition, and teaching of St. Joseph and the Midland Empire’s history and cultures. It pursues this mission through collections analysis, ethnographic research, preservation of material culture, interpretive exhibitions, and educational programming. The St. Joseph Museums, Inc., is comprised of the Black Archives Museum, the Glore Psychiatric Museum, the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion, and the St. Joseph Museum.
The North Carolina Museum of History is an exciting place to explore the state’s rich heritage and learn about its people. The museum offers exhibits, self-guided and spotlight tours for school groups, summer camps, the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association for students, history-in-a-box kits for loan, virtual field trips, professional development for educators, and other educational events and programs.