Historic Sites
Museums Sites |
|
Displaying 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
Anoka County Historical Society Anoka, Minnesota
|
The Anoka County Historical Society is dedicated to honoring the memory of past residents... |
 |
Becker County Historical Society Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
|
The Becker County Historical Society continues to preserve the history of its people for... |
 |
Blue Earth County Historical Society Mankato, Minnesota
|
The Blue Earth County Historical Society employs many tactics in order to keep the... |
 |
Carlton County Historical Society Cloquet, Minnesota
|
Not only does the Carlton County Historical Society offer a research facility equipped... |
 |
Carver County Historical Society Waconia, Minnesota
|
The Carver County Historical Society features five local history galleries and a gallery... |
 |
Cokato Museum Cokato, Minnesota
|
The Cokato Museum has over 8,000 images in its collection. The most unique feature of the... |
 |
Crow Wing County Historical Society Brainerd, Minnesota
|
The Crow Wing County Historical Society has been keeping tabs on Crow Wing County's... |
 |
Dakota City Heritage Village Farmington, Minnesota
|
With over 20 buildings, including a blacksmith shop, postoffice, and even a jail, this... |
 |
Duluth Children's Museum Duluth, Minnesota
|
Exhibits at the Duluth Children's Museum are designed to encourage children to have fun,... |
 |
Firefighter Hall And Museum Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
The establishment was opened by Captain Bill and bonnie Daniels. Today, it continues to... |
 |
Hennepin History Museum Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
The museum offers superb exhibits, an historic mansion setting, and archival collections... |
 |
North Star Museum Of Boy Scouting And Girl Scouting North St. Paul, Minnesota
|
North Star Scouting Memorabilia, Inc was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit corporation to... |
 |
Red Baron Museum Marshall, Minnesota
|
The Stearman biplane has a rich history. In the 1920s, the planes were used primarily to... |
 |
Stearns History Museum St. Cloud, Minnesota
|
This museum takes visitors through two centuries of history. Two floors of... |
American Heritage is proud to host the
National Portal to
Historic Collections
Recently added:
- American Revolution Center
- 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?
-
“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.
-
65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
-
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
-
40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
-
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
-
“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.
-
The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
-
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.
-
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.
