Museums

    Long walks through cool quiet echoing halls. Or sitting comfortable in a great chair with the laptop in front of the Tube. Either way, these sites are a treat.
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    link buttonA. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum
    The museum's permanent collection displays exhibits which are pertinent to the study of the Pullman Historic District, the Great Migration, American Labor History, A. Philip Randolph, the Pullman Porters, and the American Civil Rights Movement.
    link buttonAfrican-American Historical Society of Fauquier County, Virginia
    This museum is a virtual presentation of the current exhibits on show at the African American Historical Association [AAHA].
    link buttonBC Archives ~ Royal BC Museum

    link buttonBasque Museum & Cultural Center, The ~ Idaho
    Through exhibits, collections and tours, the museum provides a look into the heritage of the Basque communities of Idaho and surrounding areas.
    link buttonBuffalo Soldiers National Museum
    Site documenting the history, tradition and contributions of the Buffalo Soldiers toward the development and defense of the United States of America.
    link buttonCanadian Museum of Civilization and Canadian War Museum
    Archealogy, arts and crafts, information on First Peoples, history, a virtual museum, and resources for kids and teachers are offered on this website.
    link buttonCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
    Homepage of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.
    link buttonCherokee Heritage Center
    The Center, located in Oklahoma, consists of a living history Cherokee village, a museum, and small township of historical buildings.
    link buttonCherokee Heritage Center
    The Center, located in Oklahoma, consists of a living history Cherokee village, a museum, and small township of historical buildings.
    link buttonCybrary of the Holocaust
    Virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum includes interviews with survivors.
    link buttonEmuseum ~ Minnesota State University, Mankato
    This museum is a completely virtual museum. It has no material collections, but instead creates and posts exhibits and information via its webpage on the Internet. Subjects include archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, history, and related subjects.
    link buttonGuggenheim Museum

    link buttonJim Crow Museum
    Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University located in Big Rapids, Michigan.
    link buttonLouvre Museum
    Online visitors can view the museum's permanent collection of works accompanied by commentaries.
    link buttonMid-Continent Railway Museum
    Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society--also known as Mid-Continent Railway Museum--is an outdoor, living museum and operating railroad recreating the small town/short line way of life during the "Golden Age of Railroading," spanning the years 1880-1916, with operating trains, educational exhibits, and displays of restored rolling stock.
    link buttonMuseum of the Confederacy, The
    The Museum, located in Richmond, Virginia, serves as the world center for the display, study, interpretation, commemoration, and preservation of the history and artifacts of the Confederate States of America.
    link buttonMuseums ~ Virtual Library
    A directory of on-line museums, listed alphabetically, by country, and by name within the country listing.
    link buttonNational Maritime Museum [NMM]
    The Museum's collections contain items relating to seafaring, navigation, astronomy and time measurement.
    link buttonNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center
    The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, contains exhibits about freedom's heroes, from the Underground Railroad era to contemporary times.
    link button Naval Historical Center [NHC]
    This website allows you to research any number of naval history topics online and check out new public and educational programs and exhibits offered at Navy museums all over the country.
    link buttonNew York Divided
    An online exhibit presented by the New York Historical Society explores the two-century history of slavery in New York City, ending with New York State abolishing slavery in 1827.
    link buttonNew York State Military Museum
    Index to the museum's holdings of over 10,000 artifacts, dating from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, that relate to New York State’s military forces, the state’s military history and the contributions of New York’s veterans.
    link buttonNew-York Historical Society Civil War Archives
    Browse a collection of recruiting posters, photography, drawings, and writings. The collections cover the 400 year period of the American experience, in general, and the history of New York in particular.
    link buttonSmithsonian Institution, The

    link buttonSouth Carolina Military Museum
    This Museum is the home of one of only three remaining weapons from the "Lewis and Clark Expedition", "Weapons of War" collection, artifacts of the first British MI-5 007 Secret Agent, "Captain Peter Mason", an extensive rifle and handgun collection of David M. “Carbine” Williams, the former FBI Special Agent "Melvin Purvis''s unique collection including "John Dillinger’s" hat and his machine-gun. There is also an extensive collection of historical uniforms, cannons and military vehicles.
    link buttonUGGRI ~ Georgetown University
    The Underground Railroad Research Institute [UGRRI] makes national and international efforts to preserve, interpret and commemorate Underground Railroad sites in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
    link buttonUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum [USHMM]
    Search the online archives for partial access to some of the Museum’s collections [e.g. photographs, oral history and films, including those in the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive].
    link buttonUnited States National Slavery Museum [UNSM]
    The United States National Slavery Museum is committed to telling a more complete story of American slavery. Its honesty will lead the nation in commemorating, understanding, and overcoming slavery and its enduring legacy.

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