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A museum interpreter explains aspects of a 19th-century apothecary in Old Salem. Bethabara Historic District, Winston-Salem; Dragon Fly Trail at Lake Norman State Park, Troutman; Holly Discovery Trail at Lake James State Park, Nebo; Hutchinson Homestead & Garden Creek Baptist Church at Stone Mountain State Park, Traphill; Island Farm, Manteo ...
The museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia dates to 1743, [11] making it the oldest museum in the United States. The Charleston Museum was established in 1773 thereby making it the first museum in the Southern United States. It did not open to the public until 1824. [12] Charles Willson Peale established his Philadelphia ...
This is a list of museums in Columbus, Ohio and non-profit and university art galleries. The city's first museum was the Walcutt Museum, opened July 1851. At its opening, the museum had about six wax figures and a few paintings. It grew to have about 20 wax figures, several hundred animal specimens, and about 100 quality oil paintings. [1]
This list of museums in Ohio is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is a publicly owned historic property operated by the state of Maine near Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, Maine.The site includes the reconstructed Fort William Henry, archaeological remains of 17th- and 18th-century village buildings and fortifications, and a museum with artifacts found on the site including musket balls, coins, pottery, and early hardware.
Ohio Village is a living history museum in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is operated by the non-profit Ohio History Connection. The village, intended to provide a firsthand view of life in Ohio during the American Civil War, opened July 27, 1974, on 15 acres (61,000 m 2) adjacent to the Ohio History Center in north Columbus. Currently, the ...
19th-century Victorian mansion, part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums Marble Springs: Knoxville: Knox: East: Historic site: Also known as Gov. John Sevier Home, late-18th-century home of John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee Marion County Coal Miners Museum: Whitwell: Marion: Middle: Mining: website [25] Matt Gardner Homestead Museum ...
Hampton National Historic Site, in the Hampton area north of Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds, and the original stone slave quarters. The estate was owned by the Ridgely family for seven generations, from 1745 to 1948.