November 2010

The museum reflects the history of the area's many inhabitants, from Native Americans in 2,000 BC, and the Spanish in 1769, to the cattle ranchers in 1844.

Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site is a public museum open for tours, programs and events. Built in 1844, the adobe home and grounds echo with the rich history of Spanish, Mexican and American California and with the families who helped transform Southern California from its ranching beginnings to a modern, urban society. The two-story Monterey-style adobe is primarily furnished to reflect occupants and lifestyles from the 1860s-1880s. The site, a National, State and Long Beach Historic Landmark, also includes historic gardens and a research library and archives. It is owned by the City of Long Beach and operated through the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine.

The Historical Society of Talbot County promotes the heritage of the area in its museum and gardens.

The Historical Society of Talbot County's campus includes a Museum, three Historic Homes, an Auditorium and Tharpe Antiques Shop. The campus is located in charming downtown Easton, near to shops and restaurants. Ample parking is right next to our buildings.

The Museum presents exhibitions using artifacts, images and stories that reflect the diversity and cultural heritage of the Talbot County community.

The museum in Westernport recounts the community's industrial history and showcases a collection of railroad artifacts.

The Westernport Heritage Society Museum was founded in 1996 when the local Western Maryland Railroad Station was acquired by the Town of Westernport for use as a museum. Initially, a collection of railroad artifacts was gathered and cataloged for use by its members. Eventually it became evident other memorabilia needed preserved from the era of the Industrial Revolution, which was the historical backdrop for the community’s Golden Age.

The Tilghman's Watermen's Museum, located in an old barber shop, commemorates the community's history.

Tilghman’s Watermen’s Museum is located at 5778 Tilghman Island Road on the main strip of Tilghman Island, just past the post office.

The museum is a non-profit community-based endeavor designed to commemorate the work of generations of Tilghman's Island watermen and their families and others who supported them, and to strengthen the Island community by establishing a new institution centered on heritage-related activities.

The heritage of the western shore area of the Chesapeake Bay is collected and preserved by this museum.

The Captain Salem Avery Museum is where the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society preserves, collects, documents and shares local history and culture. The historic waterman’s home of Captain Avery and his family is circa 1859 and a National Historic Landmark. The Museum is an educational and community center for all to have fun together and to participate and share in activities that expand understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and environmental changes on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay.

The location of a Civil War prison camp on the Chesapeake Bay now serves as a recreational state park.

Recreational opportunities abound on this picturesque peninsula formed by the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. Swimming, fishing, boating and camping are just a few of the activities to be enjoyed in this beautiful bay setting. This park's peaceful surroundings belie its history as the location of a prison camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. A museum on site recounts this vivid history.

Composed of three buildings, the Historical Society of Carroll County offers visitors a portal into the lives of Pennsylvanian Germans, and promotes educational programs.

Founded in 1939, HSCC is dedicated to the research of piedmont Maryland's cultural heritage and the preservation and interpretation of objects significant to Carroll County history. We accomplish this mission by sponsoring educational programs, research projects, exhibitions, publications, and community outreach programs to provide broad public access to this region's cultural heritage.

The home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, famous for giving medical attention to John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, is now open to the public as a museum.

The Mudd House and Farm Museum are supported by the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Society. The Society is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the historic Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Home and encourages research into the role that this historic site played at the time of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

The museum, children's library, and research library of this center preserve the history of African American culture in Howard County.

Founded in August 1987, the Howard County Center of African American Culture Inc. is an independent, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of African American history and culture of Howard County Maryland and the surrounding region.

The Woodlawn Manor sits on several acres of land that include a unique stone barn and four original outbuildings and connects to the Underground Railroad Experience Trail.