November 2010

The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, named for a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Savannah, commemorates the history of the local movement.

The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum chronicles the civil rights struggle of the Georgia's oldest African American community from slavery to present.

Three floors of photographic and interactive exhibits include an NAACP Organization exhibit, a fiber optic map of eighty-seven significant civil rights sites and events, and a lunch counter where sit-ins occured.  Through its exhibits and collections, the museum seeks to provide a continuous education to the public on the history of the civil rights struggle in Savannah and Georgia.

The Woolworth Building, where the famous Greensboro sit-in occurred in 1960, now houses this center for the promotion of civil and human rights.

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human rights. The Museum celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, which served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement. The Museum complex includes 30,000 square feet of exhibit space and is located in the historic 1929 F.W. Woolworth building in Greensboro, N.C.

The many exhibits on display at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute enlighten visitors on the contentious history of civil rights around the world.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute educates visitors in the history of civil rights both locally and globally. Birmingham, which became the heart of the American Civil Rights Movement through the nonviolent resistance of citizens led by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is now home to this fascinating and engaging institution. Within the BCRI, exhibits, events, and other resources promote appreciation for the city's heritage and situate it within the broader struggle for worldwide civil rights.

The restored furnace and buildings of the 19th century village, Furnace Town, provide visitors with a living history of the community.

The Nassawango Iron Furnace was started in 1829 near Snow Hill, MD. The Village of Furnace Town developed in support of smelting iron. Today the Living Heritage Museum is a view of the village as it was then.

The furnace produced pig iron from 1831 until 1850. For a while the furnace flourished and became a center of commerce for the area. The surrounding village of about 300 men, women and children was self-supporting and included a post office, church, boarding house and Company Store. In addition to ironworkers, many skilled artisans were employed either by the Furnace Company or in the service of the town. Unfortunately, better iron ore was found in the Great Lakes area and coke replaced charcoal as fuel. As desirable raw materials moved west, Furnace Town could not compete and went into bankruptcy in 1850.

Housed in the Hill Street School, built in 1899, the Frostburg Museum displays the local history of the town.

Frostburg Museum wishes to collect, preserve and present the things that have made the town special through the ages. The museum displays exhibits on the National Road, mining, industry, family living, domestics, and technology. The artifacts collection includes historic items from the city of Frostburg and its surrounding areas: a cole mine reconstruction, wood display of indigenous woods, historical maps and books relating to coal mining in and around Frostburg, and local school history and artifacts with many class pictures and a school room setting. It also preserves local family bibles, genealogical research donations, family scrapbooks, past local store records, and large photographic collection.

Located on the Eastern Shore, the Dorchester County Historical Society is based out of the Meredith House, a Georgian-style home built in approximately 1760.

The Dorchester County Historical Society is a private, nonprofit, organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, maintenance, exhibit, and making available for research of artifacts, documents and other items relating to the history of Dorchester County.

The Dorchester County Historical Society was founded in 1953 to promote an appreciation of Dorchester County history. The Society strives to fulfill this goal by collecting artifacts, operating museums, maintaining an archive, and by advocating the preservation of other historic resources in the County.

Many educational program meetings are held throughout the year at which guests speak on topics related to local and regional history. Society members enjoy special invitations to periodic bus trips and various social events. Many opportunities for community service are made available to members through society projects.

Records are available at the Library in Cambridge.

The Columbia Archives' mission is to collect and preserve the history of the city.

Columbia Archives, a service of Columbia Association, collects, preserves and makes available to the public the history of Columbia,Maryland. The collection documents the planning, development and continuing physical, institutional, governmental and cultural growth of the community and the life of its founder, James Rouse. Our current collection contains personal papers, organizational records, photographs and prints, maps, land plats, development plans, posters, original artwork, audio-visual recordings, books, reports, builders' brochures, newspapers, reference files, and artifacts.

Located in the historic Harmel House, the Radio and Television Museum offers exhibits of early broadcast history.

The Radio and Television Museum explores broadcast history from Marconi's earliest wireless telegraph, through early crystal sets of the 1920s, Depression-era cathedral radios, postwar portables and the development of television.

The museum is located in a 1906 storekeeper's house, which was first the home of the Edlavitch family, Russian Jews who came to the area in 1888. Today the structure is called Harmel House, commemorating the long tenure of the Harmel family, who operated a store there until 1985. Damaged by fire, the house was renovated by the City of Bowie and in 1999 became the home of the Radio and Television Museum. Visitors to the museum enjoy exhibits and hands-on activities.

This library holds records of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society.

The Prince George's County Genealogical Society, founded in 1969, operates a research center housing more than 4,000 volumes, numerous periodicals, surname files, family group sheets and Bible records microforms. Housed in a 1961 Levitt ranch-style house, the library complements the historical spectrum of 250 years of Bowie history. Additionally the library structure functions as a museum support facility.

This restored plantation home of Samuel Ogle now displays the history of its residents and the city of Bowie.

Enjoy Bowie's earliest history at the Belair Mansion (circa 1745), the beautiful five-part Georgian plantation house of Samuel Ogle, Provincial Governor of Maryland. Enlarged in 1914 by the New York architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich, the Mansion was also the home of William Woodwar, famous horseman in the first half of the 20th century. Restored to reflect its 250-year old legacy, the Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.