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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A. 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.
African-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].
BC Archives ~ Royal BC Museum
Basque 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.
Buffalo 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.
Canadian 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.
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Homepage of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.
Cherokee Heritage Center
The Center, located in Oklahoma, consists of a living history Cherokee village, a museum, and small township of historical buildings.
Cherokee Heritage Center
The Center, located in Oklahoma, consists of a living history Cherokee village, a museum, and small township of historical buildings.
Cybrary of the Holocaust
Virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum includes interviews with survivors.
Emuseum ~ 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.
Guggenheim Museum
Jim Crow Museum
Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University located in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Louvre Museum
Online visitors can view the museum's permanent collection of works accompanied by commentaries.
Mid-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.
Museum 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.
Museums ~ Virtual Library
A directory of on-line museums, listed alphabetically, by country, and by name within the country listing.
National Maritime Museum [NMM]
The Museum's collections contain items relating to seafaring, navigation, astronomy and time measurement.
National 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.
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.
New 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.
New 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.
New-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.
Smithsonian Institution, The
South 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.
UGGRI ~ 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.
United 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].
United 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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