The Ohio County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Ohio County, Indiana. To this end, the society operates a museum, housed in a 19th-century plow factory. This museum focuses on local life in the 1800s and early 1900s. Collection highlights include a record-winning, early 20th-century race boat called the Hoosier Boy and an auto-harp.
The society offers exhibits.
The Shoshone County Mining and Smelting Museum presents the local history of the Silver Valley, Idaho, with a particular emphasis on mining and smelting history. Exhibits cover mining, environmental history, smelting equipment, minerals, metallurgy, medicine, and electricity. Collection highlights include an 1899 Nordberg Air Compressor and scale models of the Bunker Hill and Sunshine Mines. Dating to 1906, the museum structure was built as the residence of Stanley A. Easton (died 1961), manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company.
The museum offers exhibits and a period sitting room.
The Textile Museum presents the cultural significance and artistry of world textiles. The museum library contains more than 20,000 volumes, including listings of educational programs and textile collections; and the artifact collection contains over 18,000 artifacts from around the world—with the oldest dating to 3,000 B.C.E.
The museum offers guided highlights tours, interactive educational tours, hands-on activities, teacher workshops, and supporting materials for selected exhibits. Reservations are required for educational tours. The website offers digital exhibits.
The library is currently closed for reorganization.
The Bellevue Area Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Bellevue, Michigan. To this end, it operates a museum which contains period dress and archival materials.
The museum offers exhibits, and is open by appointment only.
The Wortendyke Barn is a mid-18th-century New World Dutch barn. The interior houses an exhibit on the agricultural history of Bergen County, New Jersey.
The barn offers exhibits.
The Ransom County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Ransom County, North Dakota. To this end, the society operates a museum, located within an old general store. Other buildings in the museum complex include a single-room school, old flour mill, barn, and residence.
The museum offers exhibits and group tours. Appointments are required for group tours.
The Idaho State Historical Society is primarily a state-wide preservation advocacy organization. However, the society does operate the Idaho Historical Museum and an exhibit on military history located in the Old Idaho Penitentiary. The museum covers topics inclusive of prehistoric life, the fur trade, the gold rush, pioneer life, Native American life, and area Chinese and Basque populations. It also offers 18th- and 19th-century period rooms. The military exhibit offers artifacts from as early as the Middle Ages.
The museum offers tours, exhibits, period rooms, collections access for researchers, a monthly brown bag series, traveling exhibits, traveling trunks, student worksheets, educational marionette shows, hands-on activities, outreach programs, slide shows for rent, and other educational programming. The society also offers a public archives and research center. The website offers lesson plans, a club for fourth graders with activity downloads, and reading materials for young children.
The Massie Heritage Center, part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School system, presents the history of Savannah, Georgia and the surrounding area. Particular emphasis is given to architectural history. The center is housed in three Greek Revival structures—one of which was Savannah's first public school, opened to the public in 1856. In 1865, the school was designated as being for African American students only. Today, a portion of the second floor recreates a 19th-century classroom.
The center offers self-guided tours, guided tours, exhibits, 17 educational programs, and the option of creating a custom program for students. Teachers who participate in an educational program receive suggested pre- and post- visit activity listings. Reservations are required for groups of more than 10 who would like a guided tour. The website offers children's activities.
The Bourne Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Bourne, Massachusetts. To this end, the society operates the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum. Originally built in 1627, the trading post was the site of the first private commercial enterprise to use wampum. Today it sits on a complex with the circa 1893 Gray Gables Railroad Station, built for U.S. President Grover Cleveland (in office 1893-1896); a replica salt works; a historic windmill; and an herb garden. The Jonathon Bourne Historical Center, located in an 1897 library, also offers local history exhibits.
The society offers exhibits, archival access, and an annual maritime lecture series.
The Sullivan-Johnson House presents the local history of Hardin County, Ohio. Collections include late 1800s Kenton toys and the Civil War medals of Jacob Parrot (1843-1908), the first recipient of the Medal of Honor. The home includes an 1890s parlor and paintings by Fred Machetanz (1908-2002).
The house offers exhibits, period room, and group tours.