The Presidential Museum is unique in that it is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the office of the presidency and all those who served in the office.
The Hall of Presidents gallery offers visitors an opportunity to view objects related to individual presidents -- the collection of artifacts include campaign memorabilia of presidents and presidential hopefuls. Also shown is the intricate Dishong collection of First Lady iaugural gown miniature replicas.
The West of the Pecos Museum contains three floors, over 50 rooms of exhibits, artifacts, history and West Texas lore, as well as a number of outdoor exhibits. The furnishings in the lobby are period items of the 1904 Orient Hotel and the original 1896 Saloon. The complete Saloon is just off the hotel lobby and contains the original bar and bullet holes from a "disagreement"... That left two gunfighters dead. The Saloon also contains it's original stairway to the upper bedroom, along with the "Bedroom Sign". The Railroad Room contains "Texas & Pacific Railroad" items from the 1881 era, plus 1890 period items from the "Santa Fe" and 1909 artifacts of the "Pecos Valley Southern" Railroad. The third floor of The Orient is home to a variety of exhibits ranging from the early days of the Oil & Gas Industry to Washtubs, Washboards and Flat-Irons used by pioneering women in the area.
The library dedicated to the former president comprises the life and public career of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Six decades of American history frame the life of Lyndon Johnson in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum: boyhood in Central Texas, teacher, courtship of a young lady from East Texas, Congressman, Senator, Vice President, President. The main exhibit features the turbulent Sixties: War on Poverty, Civil Rights, Vietnam, the Great Society. Other exhibits included LBJ's presidential limousine, his Model T, a photographic overview of the White House, a replica of the Johnson-era Oval Office, a gallery of the First Lady, and a life-size, moving and talking figure of LBJ that tells five of his short stories.
The Museum currently houses approximately 130 items, including early photographs, local news clippings, a book collection, copies of the Pedagog from the 1920s, campaign and presidential memorabilia, paintings and renderings, miniature statues of LBJ by artists Larry Ludtke and Jimilu Mason, a Great Society speech and comic book, a sample voting machine (ca. 1930), a collection of pens used to sign some of the most important legislation of our times (for example, the Higher Education Act of 1965), and various artifacts (including a hat and a spittoon).
Only in Virginia’s historic triangle and Presidents Park can visitors receive the entire span of the nation’s history from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the present. Presidents Park offers a continuation of the all-encompassing lesson in American History, starting with Washington’s inauguration in 1789, through, to the new millennium and the current war on terrorism. Visitors can learn about all 43 unique presidencies during a patriotic, educational and inspiring experience at Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The museum journeys through the history of Williamsburg and also connects the city to British history as well. The artifacts on display at the museum include furniture, metals, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, firearms, and textiles from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The Hennage Auditorium, adjacent to the museum, is utilized to offer lectures and musical performances Visitors are invited to tour through the Public Hospital of 1773, a three-part exhibit on mental illness and treatment methods. The museum also holds the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, the nation's leading center for the research and exhibition of American folk art.
On April 21, 1836, Mexican rule over Texas came to a dramatic close. The climax of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of San Jacinto eventually moved America’s western border to the Pacific Ocean. The San Jacinto Museum of History is in the base of the San Jacinto Monument. Special treasures can be found from Mexican Texas, the Texas revolution, and the Republic of Texas. But the museum also holds art and artifacts from the Spanish conquest, French Texas (a small collection), Spanish colonial life, the Mexican Revolution and the Anglo colonization of Mexican Texas. Texas's early statehood and the Civil War are also featured.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia—the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here we interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution.
The Colonial Williamsburg story of a revolutionary city tells how diverse peoples, having different and sometimes conflicting ambitions, evolved into a society that valued liberty and equality. Americans cherish these values as a birthright, even when their promise remains unfulfilled.
One of the restored 18th-century properties at Colonial Williamsburg, this was the Williamsburg home of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. whenever they came to town. Unlike the rest of the colonial town, this property has been restored to the period of the Rockefeller residency and is furnished with comfortable furniture and dazzling folk art that Mrs. Rockefeller loved. Visitors can tour the house and out-buildings, as well as the 14 acres of gardens and extensive woodlands.
On December 31, 1948, the Denison to Dallas Interurban made its last run. Today, the Interurban Railway Museum houses displays, pictures, and artifacts from this North Texas transit system. Opportunity to tour Car 360 is possible with completion of a renovation project in May 2002.