American Textile History Museum [MA]

Description

The American Textile History Museum follows the history of textiles, the textile industry, and textile arts in the U.S.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided tours for school groups, in-class outreach presentations, programs for homeschoolers, classes, research library access, lectures, and other recreational and educational events.

Headley-Whitney Museum [KY]

Description

The Headley-Whitney Museum preserves and presents objects from across the range of decorative arts, including furniture, metalworks, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, and other objects.

The museum offers exhibits, lectures, workshops, research library access, and guided tours for school groups.

Morris Museum of Art [GA]

Description

The Morris Museum of Art preserves and presents Southern art.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, programs for homeschoolers, in-class outreach presentations, a teacher resource library, professional development for educators, research library access, and workshops and other recreational and educational events.

Global Health Odyssey Museum [GA]

Description

The Global Health Odyssey Museum traces the history of the Center for Disease Control, as well as addressing several public health topics. Exhibits present the role of the CDC in the study of polio, Legionnaire's Disease, and U.S. obesity. Visitors can view a wide variety of historical medical equipment, including a ped-o-jet used to fight smallpox and the microscope of Dr. Joseph Mountin, founder of the CDC.

The museum offers exhibits, guided tours for student groups (grades 7-12), and educational camps.

Newark Museum and Ballantine House [NJ]

Description

The Newark Museum encourages the public in the exploration and appreciation of the arts and natural sciences. Its collections include American art from the colonial era to the present, Native American art, and contemporary and modern art. In the 1885 Ballantine House, also maintained by the museum, visitors learn about the decorative arts in 10 period rooms.

The museum offers exhibits, lectures, planetarium shows, programs for school groups, in-class outreach presentations, electronic field trips, professional development for educators, an educator loan collection, research library access by appointment, and other educational and recreational events.