November 2010

A significant fort during the Revolutionary War, Fort Plain in the Mohawk Valley exists today to preserve the history of local Native American communities and Revolutionary war heroes.

The Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park, located in the center of the Mohawk Valley, represents four distinct periods in the valleys history: prehistoric Native American, late Mohawk Indian, Revolutionary War and 1820-1850 Erie Canal and rural farm life. The museum was founded in April 1963 to protect and exhibit its collections of historical artifacts and the historic sites on the property.

The McKeldin Library is the main library of the University of Maryland.

 McKeldin Library houses the University of Maryland's general collection and special collections which include the East Asia collection and U.S. Government Information, Maps, and GIS Services.

Anyone planning to tour local Arizona museums might want to check this one out.

The museum reports on the history and environment of the Greater Sierra Vista Area, through its permanent and changing exhibits, events, and publications. These items interface between the museum's collections and its audience, providing a variety of opportunities for visitors of all ages to "step into the past" and experience, enjoy, and learn from the rich temporal and cultural mosaic that is known as Sierra Vista.

Some history buffs have called this museum the "finest small-town museum" in Arizona.

For its 19th century settlers, Arizona represented a land of promise and uncertainty. The Graham County Historical Society and Museum preserves artifacts from this time. Visitors can experience a primitive player piano, an old schoolhouse, early technology and exhibits on area wildlife. This museum catalogs frontier life for the casual or dedicated history aficionado.

The museum gives visitors the opportunity to learn of canal boat-building and of the construction of the Erie Canal.

The Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum is located within the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park in Central New York State. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 96-foot long cargo boats were built and repaired on this site. The Museum tells of the construction of these boats, the workings of the restored dry docks and the social history of the canal area.

This southern Arizona museum offers tours, lectures, workshops and children's programs.

Southern Arizona was the site of profound social and ecological changes as settlers poured into the region during the nineteenth century. The Casa Grande Valley Historical Society and Museum documents these shifts through a number of engaging exhibits and displays touching on everything from the mining boom of the mid-1800s to the agricultural revolution that irrigation brought to the area's sandy plains.

The Whiteface Lake Placid Olympic Center offers a museum to record the historic events of the two Olympic Games hosted by this village.

The 1932 & 1980 Winter Olympic Museum acts as the proverbial keeper of the flame. If you're interested in the story of how the little mountain village of Lake Placid twice became the center of the winter sports world, this museum is for you. Our displays and exhibits will bring to life the memories and accounts of Olympic achievement that occurred here in 1932 and 1980. We have torches, medals, skates, bobsleighs and historical memorabilia from the Olympic Games. Watch the never released historical 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game.

The extensive archival collection held by this local history organization allows visitors to engage with the rich past of Cross County, AK.

Cross County, which was founded during the bloody Civil War year of 1862, has witnessed monumental historical changes in its 150 years of existence. This small local history museum testifies to that history through a large archival collection that researchers of southern society will find irresistable. Their collection contains a number of military records, including Arkansas military grants for the War of 1812, records of the units formed in Cross County for service in the Civil War, and a muster roll of Company A - 29th Arkansas Confederate Cavalry. Their other collections comprise Cross County's court records, marriage records for 1943 to 2000, genealogical records, cemetery records, church records, land records, a list of sheriffs serving throughout the county's history, and newspapers published in the county. Given Cross County's birth amidst the ravages of war, the Historical Society is a must-visit for anyone interested the social history of the Confederacy.

The county museum records local history for the benefit of the community as well as visitors.

This museum interprets the history of Bull Shoals, Ark., "The Best Little Town by a Dam."

The Bull Shoals Historical Museum features displays on the Civil War, antique dolls, exhibits documenting the building of Bull Shoals Dam, old maps, photos and rotating private collections. The museum also provides visitors with computer access to names and businesses in and other history of the Bull Shoals area.