Historic Sites
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Alameda Museum Alameda, California
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From old stoves and bicycles to dolls and movie posters, displays at the Alameda Museum... |
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Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum Pu‘unēnē, Hawaii
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Dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and heritage of Maui's sugar industry... |
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Anna Miller Museum Newcastle, Wyoming
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Built in the 1930's, the museum was originally a WPA project for Company A, 115th Cavalry... |
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Argo Gold Mine And Museum Idaho Springs, Colorado
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The five-story Argo mill was renovated and opened to the public as a historic and... |
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Augusta Canal Augusta, Georgia
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Visitors can float past 200 years of Georgia history on a replica canal cargo boat, visit... |
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Baltimore Museum Of Industry Baltimore, Maryland
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Founded in 1977 and located now in the historic Platt Oyster Cannery building, this... |
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Berkeley History Center Berkeley, California
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The center contains exhibits about the history of the Berkeley area, both with... |
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Buckeye Furnace Wellston, Ohio
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Visitors to this 270-acre site can see the furnace, originally built in 1852, which went... |
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Centennial Building Port St. Joe, Florida
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This building was constructed by the Works Project Administration in 1937 at a cost of $... |
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm At Turkey Run McLean, Virginia
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The Farm is managed and operated by the Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm, through a... |
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Clover Hill Village Appomattox, Virginia
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In this six-acre living history village, visitors can glimpse daily life from 1840 to... |
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Cook Hayman Pharmacy Museum Morgantown, West Virginia
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A museum dedicated to 19th-century medicinal practices, on the University of West... |
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Cooper Gristmill Chester Township, New Jersey
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The Cooper Gristmill, located in the Black River Park, reveals the history of the... |
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Debary Hall Historic Site DeBary, Florida
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Visitors to Debary Hall will learn about the nineteenth-century tourism that overtook... |
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Destin History And Fishing Museum Destin, Florida
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This community museum invokes Destin's history as a fishing village. It features award... |
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Dunn County Empire In Pine Museum Menomonie, Wisconsin
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The museum contains artifacts from the Knapp, Stout & Co. company, including a... |
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Eckley Miner's Village Weatherly, Pennsylvania
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Eckely was one of hundreds of small company mining towns, or "patches," built... |
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Edison And Ford Winter Estates Fort Myers, Florida
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These estates feature changing special exhibits that explain the history and innovations... |
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Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Discovery Heritage Center Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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The Frank & Sylvia Pasquerilla Heritage Discovery Center, part of the Johnstown... |
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Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum Snow Hill, Maryland
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The restored furnace and buildings of the 19th century village, Furnace Town, provide... |
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Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park® Georgetown, Colorado
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Today the Loop is a popular tourist attraction and an uncommon way to see the Clear Creek... |
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Gold Country Museum Auburn, California
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The visitors' tour of the museum begins with an excursion into a replicated hard rock... |
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Grace History Museum Abilene, Texas
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The Grace History Museum features an authentic recreation of a 1940s boot shop, and an... |
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Hagley Museum And Library Wilmington, Delaware
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Hagley houses an important collection of manuscripts, photographs, books, and pamphlets... |
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Hampton National Historic Site Towson, Maryland
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Hampton is the story of people -- enslaved African Americans, indentured servants,... |
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Hannaway Blacksmith Shop Lincoln, Rhode Island
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Adjacent to the Hearthside House property and Chase Farm Park on Great Road is the 1870... |
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Historic Belknap Mill Laconia, New Hampshire
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Located along the Winnipesaukee River in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, the... |
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Historic Harrisville Harrisville, New Hampshire
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"Harrisville's history includes in miniature many developments important to the... |
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Historic Lime Kilns Bayview, Idaho
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The Scenic Bay Marina Historic Lime Kiln Park is located in Bayview at an RV Resort. A... |
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Jake Jackson Museum And History Center Weaverville, California
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The museum houses a collection of rare firearms that were the core of the first artifacts... |
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Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles, California
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Rotating exhibits display numerous elements of Japanese life and art, both past and... |
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John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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The Blackstone River runs from Worcester, MA to Providence, RI. Today, the Blackstone... |
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Kenosha History Center Kenosha, Wisconsin
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The Kenosha History Center includes two museum galleries: The Yesteryear Gallery and the... |
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Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Benham, Kentucky
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This three-floor museum dedicated to the history of the early coal mining industry is... |
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Keweenaw National Historic Park Calumet, Michigan
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From 7,000 years ago to the 1900s people mined Keweenaw copper. Native peoples made... |
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Kingsley Plantation Jacksonville, Florida
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The Kingsley Plantation, administered by the National Park Service, is located on Fort... |
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Lafayette Miners Museum Lafayette, Colorado
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In December of 1913, coal miner William E. Lewis and his family purchased the home. from... |
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Leeds Ccc Camp St. George, Utah
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These camps were typically built of relatively temporary frame construction, and the... |
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Louisville Historical Museum Louisville, Colorado
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The main building is historically known as the Jacoe Store and features a variety of... |
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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Atlanta, Georgia
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Just past noon on January 15, 1929, a son was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther... |
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Matheson Museum Gainesville, Florida
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The museum is flanked by three other sites: The Matheson House dates from 1867 and... |
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Mercur Ghost Town Mercur, Utah
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The town first came into being in 1870 as Lewiston, when gold was discovered at the head... |
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Millyard Museum Manchester, New Hampshire
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The Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3 at the corner of Commercial and Pleasant... |
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Milwaukee County Historical Society Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Founded in 1935, the Milwaukee County Historical Society houses over 50,000 artifacts... |
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Monroe Labor History Museum Monroe, Michigan
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The museum chronicles the development of the Michigan labor movement beginning in the... |
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Montana Museum Of Work History West Missoula, Montana
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The displays at the museum include antique firearms, steam and gas engines, automobiles,... |
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Museum Center At 5ive Points Cleveland, Tennessee
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Featuring the rich history of the Ocoee River and Chattanooga region, the Museum Center... |
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National Steinbeck Center Salinas, California
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In the tradition of John Steinbeck, the center draws its inspiration from the diverse... |
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park New Bedford, Massachusetts
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is the only national park site dedicated to... |
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New Deal Homestead Museum Arthurdale, West Virginia
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The project was created for coal miners and industrial workers by Eleanor Roosevelt in... |
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Old Jail Museum And Heritage Center Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
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The Carbon County Jail in historic Mauch Chunk is an excellent example of 19th-century... |
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Panama Canal Museum Seminole, Florida
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The museum collects artifacts, documents and other items of historical importance and... |
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Peirce Mill Washington, District Of Columbia
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Peirce Mill became famous as the only 19th century gristmill operating full time in the... |
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Pumping Jack Museum Emlenton, Pennsylvania
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The museum is located in the Crawford Center – one of several activities in the... |
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Reedville Fishermen's Museum Reedville, Virginia
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The story of Reedville, Virginia is linked to the commercial fishing industry that... |
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Rock Springs Historical Museum Rock Springs, Wyoming
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The Museum now housed there is the home of thousands of items of personal and public... |
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Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum Morgantown, West Virginia
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This museum depicts the technological history of the coal, oil and natural gas industries... |
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum San Francisco, California
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Located in the historic Washington/Mason cable car barn and powerhouse, the museum deck... |
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San Francisco Railway Museum San Francisco, California
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The museum features unique historic artifacts, illustrative and informative displays,... |
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Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Saugus, Massachusetts
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Three hundred year old artifacts, working waterwheels, and mill machinery help to tell... |
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St. Lucie County Historical Museum Fort Pierce, Florida
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This county museum features a collection of artifacts and relics, including uniforms from... |
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Steamtown National Historic Site Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Steamtown offers a Technology Museum and History Museum. These modern buildings explore... |
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Sunshine Mine Memorial Kellogg, Idaho
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The May 2, 1972 Sunshine Mine Fire was the worst mining disaster in recent history. A... |
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Sweetwater County Historical Museum Green River, Wyoming
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The museum has collections ranging from fossilized fish to native tribal spearheads. I... |
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Texas And Pacific Railway Museum Marshall, Texas
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The museum is housed in the recently restored Texas and Pacific Railway Depot (built in... |
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Tread Of Pioneers Museum Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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The Western room, home of an extensive firearms collection, traces ranching life, the... |
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Ybor City Museum State Park Tampa, Florida
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Late 19th-century Tampa was the site of buzzing economic and social activity, and this... |
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Recently added:
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- National Museum of Civil War Medicine
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- Manassas National Battlefield
- Maryland State House
In association with the
American Association for State and Local History
Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
