Schiele Museum of Natural History [NC]

Description

The Schiele Museum of Natural History involves visitors in the exploration of natural history, as well as human prehistoric history and Native American history. The museum maintains a seasonally-open Catawba Indian village, a recreation of a Stone Age site of human habitation, and a living-history 18th-century backcountry farm.

The museum offers exhibits, living-history demonstrations, programs and guided tours for school groups, planetarium shows, professional development for educators, and other recreational and educational events.

Museum of American Finance [NY]

Description

The Museum of American Finance, according to its website, is "the nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free market tradition which has made New York City the financial capital of the world."

The museum offers exhibits, programs and tours for school groups, and other recreational and educational events.

Center for Jewish History [NY]

Description

The Center for Jewish History houses five major Jewish cultural institutions: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The institutions offer galleries of exhibits and access to their collected archives.

The center offers exhibits, research library access, guided tours for groups, the Samberg Family History Program for high school students, film screenings, performances, and other recreational and educational events.

Flushing Town Hall [NY]

Description

Flushing Town Hall provides a venue for cultural events and explorations, including performances and gallery exhibits on arts and culture.

The site offers exhibits; programs, performances, and guided tours for school groups; and occasional recreational and educational events.

New York State Museum

Description

The New York State Museum, according to its website, "is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's past, present and future."

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided tours for school groups, professional development for educators, after-school programs, camps, and other recreational and educational events.