Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium
See the world’s most unusual exhibits, learn about the world’s most intriguing people, or see them all face to face.
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
From incredible displays of artifacts from our nation's space program to hands-on interactive exhibits and space travel simulators, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center experience is unlike any other.
Aerospace Education Center
Your adventure awaits at the Aerospace Education Center Museum. Enjoy the history of aeronautics and see beautifully restored aircraft and artifacts representing Arkansas aviation and much more. 501-376-4629
Arkansas Air Museum
View vintage aircraft and aeronautical memorabilia housed in a historic hangar that is home to the Arkansas Air Museum. 479-521-4947. REGION: NORTH
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
Take a guided tour of the historic submarine USS RAZORBACK (SS-394), a veteran of WWII, the Cold War and Vietnam! 501-371-8320
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
In this unique Arkansas oil and brine industry museum you can walk the streets of an 1920s Arkansas boomtown, ride an elevator through undersea oil formation, try your luck at striking it rich, see ‘the goat woman’s wagon,’ and walk through Oil Field Park to see working oil rigs. 870-725-2877. REGION: SOUTH
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources,
The discovery of oil in Arkansas and the “boom” times that followed are explored here at the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources. 870-725-2877. Region SOUTH
Arkansas State Museum,
Arkansas State Museum is a child friendly museum with fun exhibits of prehistoric mastodon and other giants that once roamed Arkansas. Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Workshops. Cost: Free. Region EAST. 870-972-2074
Band Museum
The Band Museum displays rare, old and unusual instruments and memorabilia from one of the most extensive collections anywhere in the USA. 870-534-4676. Pine Buff, REGION: South..
Discovery Place Children’s Museum
Hands-on exhibits that stimulate a child’s curiosity. Visitors experiment with sound on the 12-foot “Sound Wall” and explore health and geography exhibits, an old-fashioned kitchen, a costume theater, a biology laboratory and more. 903-793-4831. REGION: WEST
EMOBA - The Black Museum of Arkansas and Performing Arts
Exhibits on the African American experience in Arkansas. GRADE LEVEL: Pre K thru 12th grade. REGION: central.
Grant County Museum,
The Grant County Museum in Sheridan has exhibits on wildlife, the Union Army’s failed Red River Campaign, the Civil War battle at Jenkins Ferry, pioneer life in the county and much more. 870-942-4496. REGION: SOUTH
Hampson Museum State Park
Learn about the prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the Mississippi River centuries before the Europeans came during a visit to Hampson Museum State Park at Wilson. 870 655-8622. REGION: EAST.
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
Tour the restored home where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway lived and worked while visiting in Piggott during the 1920s and 30s. 870-598-3487. Region: EAST
Historic Arkansas Museum,
Visit Historic Arkansas Museum located in the state’s oldest neighborhood. Where medicine came from the herb garden and the newspaper was printed on a hand-operated press. 501-324-9351. Region CENTRAL.
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
National Landmark, constructed in early 1840’s depicting the military heritage of Arkansas from Territorial period, Civil War, World War I & II and Korean War. Visiting exhibit in the Fall: “Life Interrupted: Japanese-American experience. 501-376-4602. REGION: CAPITAL
Mammoth Spring State Park
One of the great natural wonders of mid-America, the awesome spring flows at a whopping average rate of almost 10 million gallons of 58-degree water per hour. REGION: NORTH. 870-625-7364
Mid-America Science Museum
A Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, this is a hands-on museum where visitors are invited to explore at their own pace and encouraged to interact with over 100 exhibits that demonstrate the concepts of perception, energy, matter and life.
501-767-3461
Museum of Discover
Hands-on science center has a huge technical area, lots of projects for children to build and many, many high energy interactive exhibits. 501-396-7050.. Little Rock, Central Region.
Museum of the Arkansas
Arkansas produces more rice than any other state in the U.S., but it wasn’t always that way. The first big rice crop wasn’t grown until 1904 and it happened in an area that had been Arkansas’s largest tall-grass prairie when pioneer settlers first arrived. 870-673-7001. REGION: EAST.
Old State House Museum,
This magnificent Greek Revival structure overlooking the Arkansas River houses a multimedia museum of Arkansas state history, with a special emphasis on women’s history, political history, and educational programming for school children. 501-324-9685. REGION: CENTRAL.
Old Washington Historic State Park
The state park interprets Washington from 1824-1889. Tours include visits to the Confederate Capitol, Blacksmith Shop, Weapons Museum and several residences. 870-983-2684. REGION: south.
Ozark Folk Center State Park
This “living museum” state park perpetuates the traditional pioneer skills such as quilting, furniture making, blacksmithing, tin-type photography and some 15 other cabin crafts. 870-269-3851. REGION: NORTH.
Phillips County Museum,
The Phillips County Museum is known for its artifacts that tell the story of this important Mississippi River port. REGION: EAST. 870-338-7790
Plantation Agriculture Museum
Exhibits and programs interpret the history of cotton agriculture from 1836 through World War II when agricultural practices quickly became mechanized. REGION: CENTRAL. 501-961-1409
Ponca Elk Education Center
Want to find out about the largest mammal in Arkansas? Where can you view herds of elk along the Buffalo River Valley? These questions can be answered at the new Ponca Elk Education Center which houses an exhibit area focusing on elk ecology, wildlife and area information. 870-861-2432. . REGION: NORTH.
REGIONAL ARTS CENTER
The Center serves as the focal point for the visual arts and houses the only art museum in the region featuring national touring, juried and invitational exhibitions. 501-372-0018. REGION: South
The Arkansas Museum of Art
Features nine elegant art galleries that showcase the Museum’s acclaimed drawing collection, works by European masters and prominent travelling exhibitions. REGION: CAPITAL.
Apex Museum
The Apex Museum is full of artifacts, photographs, children's shows, presentations and more – all related to African-American culture, both past and present. 404-523-2739.
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
A panoramic presentation of the Battle of Atlanta with authentic military artifacts from the period. 404-624-1071.
Atlanta History Center
The Atlanta History Museum at the Atlanta History Center is one of the largest history museums in the nation, featuring award-winning signature exhibitions that tell the story of the region's people, from its earliest settlers to the international city of today.404.814.4000.
Bodies...The Exhibition / Dialog in the Dark
We invite you and your school group to visit Bodies…The Exhibition and discover how to enlighten, inform and inspire your students to learn about the human body.
Braves Museum & Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours
The Braves Museum & Hall of Fame is open year-round and is the starting point of Tours of Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves.
Center for Puppetry Arts
The museum's collection includes more than 1,000 puppets and 1,000 posters of historical and cultural significance. 404.873.3089.
Clark Atlanta University Collection of African American Art
The permanent home of the University's historical collection of African American Art and the illustrious "Art of the Negro" murals by Hale Woodruff. 404-880-6102.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Fernbank Museum of Natural History inspires life-long learning of natural history through dynamic programming to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its people. (404) 929-6300.
Fernbank Science Center
Fernbank contains many materials for instruction, including dinosaur skeletons, rocks and minerals, a collection of tektites, an Aeronautics Education Laboratory and an electron microscope lab.678-874-7102.
Hammonds House
Georgia's only museum dedicated to African-American fine art. Located in Historic West End in a Victorian house restored by the late Dr. Otis T. Hammonds, a noted physician and art patron. 404-752-8730.
High Museum of Art
Leading art museum in the Southeastern United States with its renowned collection of classic and contemporary art with student tours and programs. 404-733-4400.
Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
Imagine It! is a child-friendly space filled with interactive and educational exhibits for children age eight and under.404.659.5437.
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
The archives is a repository of approximately 27 million pages of Jimmy Carter's White House material, papers of administration associates, including documents, memoranda, correspondence, etc. There are also 1/2 million photographs, and hundreds of hours film, audio and video tape.
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District
The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site includes a number of facilities that are operated in partnership with the National Park Service.404-331-5190.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets art and artifacts from antiquity to the present.
Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery (est. in 1850) is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history w/ over 70,000 stories. Famous residents: Margaret Mitchell & Bobby Jones.
Sophie Hirsh Srochi Jewish Discovery Museum
Part of the Marcus JCC, the Discovery Museum consists of hands-on temporary and permanent exhibits depicting various aspects of Judaism.
Sweet Auburn Historic District
The Sweet Auburn Historic District reflects the history, heritage and achievements of Atlanta's African Americans.(404) 524-5441.
Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum
Tellus is a world-class 120,000 square foot science museum that contains four main galleries: The Weinman Mineral Gallery, The Fossil Gallery, Science in Motion and The Collins Family My Big Backyard.(770) 606-5732.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) collects and archives significant, contemporary works by the artists of the state of Georgia. 404-367-8700.
William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum
The Breman celebrates and commemorates the Jewish experience and the universal themes of diversity and human dignity.(678)222-3700.
Wren's Nest House Museum
The Wren's Nest is the preserved home of Joel Chandler Harris, the 19th century Atlanta journalist who penned the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales. 404-753-7735.
Austin Museum of Art
Art comes alive during Austin Museum of Art’s nationally recognized group tours. Both the downtown location and the AMOA’s original home at Laguna Gloria are interesting destinations for class trips. 512-495-9224. SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum & Sports Legends Museum
Visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Sports Legends Museums in Baltimore to experience interactive exhibits, educational programs and two locations rich in legends and heroes! 410-727-1539, ext 3033.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
Where America's most important, historic and comprehensive collection lives to tell the story of railroading every day. Forty acres of heritage and a world class collection await your discovery. Perfect field trips! 410-752-2490. www.borail.org
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Discover Heritage Walk – Hear stories of America in Baltimore – explore the Inner Harbor, Little Italy and Jonestown. Discover more than 20 of the city’s landmarks.
Baltimore Public Works Museum
Exhibits, videos, interactive computer challenges and Streetscape, an outdoor maze to explore the city's infrastructure underground. 410-396-5565.
Geppi's Entertainment Museum
Geppi's Entertainment Museum is a memorable trip through the history of American pop culture. Experience a timeline of nostalgic toys, comics and other collectibles highlighting familiar characters.
410-625-7093
www.geppismuseum.com
Maryland Science Center
The Maryland Science Center features full-size dinosaurs, dozens of hands-on activities and experiments, national touring exhibits, IMAX Theater, Kids Room and planetarium. 410-545-5962. www.marylandsciencecenter.org
Port Discovery, The Children's Museum in Baltimore
Port Discovery Children's Museum offers three floors of educational and fun-filled exhibits and programs for children ages 2-10 and is ranked among the TOP 5 children's museums in the US. 410-727-8120.
United States Naval Academy
Provides educational tours for grades 4-12, Navy Way Boot Camps for grades 1-5 and A Path to Leadership tour for grades 10-12. 410-293-8111.
Black Heritage Trail
The Black Heritage Trail explores the history of the 19th century free Black community of Boston. (Currently closed for restoration.)
Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
The Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum is a comprehensive museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting the legacy of the single most important event leading up to the American Revolution. (Temporarily closed. Will re-open summer 2010).
Institute of Contemporary Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art says it seeks to engage people in the processes of making and experiencing contemporary art through an interactive process.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Founded in 1903, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is has a large art collection and hosts work from different time periods. It also acts as a venue for artists and musicians.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum provides an historical look into the late president, complete with his biography and time in the White House.
Mass MoCA
Mass MoCA is a popular art center with attendance of 120,000 each year. It says its strengths are in making and presenting art, and more than 80 new art works have been created there, as well as 50 performances.
Museum of African American History
The Museum of African American History highlights the role of African Americans in New England. It covers their achievements from the colonial period to the 19th century.
Old South Meeting House
From the meeting of more than 5,000 colonists on December 16, 1773, which started the Boston Tea Party, to the present, the Old South Meeting House has been an important gathering place for nearly three centuries. Renowned for the protest meetings held here before the American Revolution, this National Historic Landmark has long served as a platform for the free expression of ideas.
Otis House Museum
The Otis House Museum "exemplifies the elegant life led by Boston's governing class after the American Revolution," according to Historic New England, its modern-day owner. Harrison Gray Otis, the house's original owner and namesake, was once Boston's mayor and a member of congress, and he made money developing the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Skywalk Observatory
The Skywalk is New England’s premier observatory, offering 360-degree views of Boston and its most famous sites. Located at 800 Boylston St., 617-859-0648.
Sports Museum of New England
The Sports Museum promotes the history of sports in New England, and celebrates "the character of Boston sports." The museum prides itself in promoting values in sports and has some of the most interesting items from from the past.
The Bostonian Society and Old State House Museum
The Bostonian Society's mission is to strengthen the fabric of civil society by building meaningful connections to Boston and all Bostonians—past, present, and future—through the creative use of public history. (Temporarily closed).
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
One of the library's biggest attractions, the Mapparium is a three-story giant globe made from stained glass that features countries as they were mapped the year it was built: 1935.
The Norman Rockwell Museum
The Norman Rockwell Museum has the largest collection of the artist's work, as well as over 100,000 items from his lifetime.
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science Greenwich
The Bruce Museum promotes the understanding and appreciation of Art and Science to enrich the lives of all people.
Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT (203-869-0376)
Bush-Holley Historic Site - Cos Cob
Located on the historic Cos Cob Harbor, home of Connecticut's first art colony, the Historical Society's facilities include the National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House (circa 1730); the Visitor Center, housed in a former village post office (circa 1805); the Hugh and Claire Vanderbilt Education Center, set in a mid-19th century barn and artists' studio; the William E. Finch, Jr. Archives and historic gardens and grounds. Bush-Holley Historic Site, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT. (203-869-6899) OPEN: Tuesday - Sunday 12:00pm. - 4pm.
Children's Museum of Connecticut, West Hartford
Providing rich learning experiences in science and nature to young children. The Children’s Museum includes the Travelers Science Dome at the Gengras Planetarium, Roaring Brook Nature Center, the UTC Wildlife Sanctuary, and the only science-based preschool in Connecticut, igniting curiosity through science and nature.
The Children's Museum of Connecticut, 950 Trout Brook Drive, West Hartford. CT (860-231-2824).
Danbury Railway Museum
Railway Museum offers tours, train rides, a collection of original and restored rolling stock, and railroading exhibits and artifacts. 203-778-8337. REGION: Fairfield County, South West CT.
Earthplace - The Nature Discovery Center
Maintains a 62-acre wildlife sanctuary with trails, contains an interactive natural history museum and houses live wildlife.
Fire Museum
Displays of historic, antique fire fighting apparatus and equipment. Manchester, CT 06040. Tel: 860-649-9436 REGION: Hartford County, North Central CT
Historic Ship Nautilus/Submarine Force Museum
Tour the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, Historic Ship NAUTILUS and visit the Navy's official submarine museum.
Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk
One of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire Style country houses ever built in the United States. It is our ongoing mission to conserve and faithfully restore this splendid 62-room mansion while expanding educational programs on the material, artistic and social culture of the Victorian era. REGION: SOUTH WEST CT. Tel: 203-838-9799.
Lutz's Children's Museum
Features a live animal exhibit, and changing hands-on exhibits in the natural and social sciences. Tel: 860-643-0949. REGION: NORTH CENTRAL CT.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
A visit to the Pequot Museum is not just a class trip, It’s an adventure! Students journey back in time to see and feel history come alive as never before. Exploring new worlds, they descend a glacial crevasse, walk through a 16th century Native American village, and stand next to life-size figures of the first people of New England as they hunt a herd of caribou. Mashantucket. Tel: 860-396-6945.
Mystic Seaport
A trip to Mystic Seaport is a combination of hands-on education and unforgettable fun. Explore a working shipyard, maritime village and authentic tall ships. Immerse yourself in American history. Mystic. Tel: 860-572-5309.
Old Lighthouse Museum
Six rooms of exhibits depicting the lives of Stonington's fishermen and farmers, merchants and shipbuilders, pottery makers, blacksmiths and many other trades.
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Dedicated to art, natural science and history, on 118 acres. Tel. 203-322-1646. REGION: Fairfield County, South West CT.
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, an award-winning children’s museum, provides hands-on exhibits and programs designed to promote children’s understanding of their world through interactive experiences.
The Barnum Museum Bridgeport
P. T. Barnum... Entrepreneur, politician, journalist, impresario, museum owner and founder of "The Greatest Show on Earth."™ Only one man had so varied a career. Only The Barnum Museum depicts Barnum's extraordinary life and the enormous influence he exerted on 19th Century America.
Barnum Museum, 820 Main Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, South West CT (203-331-1104)
The Children's Museum (formerly The Science Center of Connecticut)
Provides learning experiences in science and nature. West Hartford, CT 06119. Tel: 860-231-2824. REGION: New Hartford County, North Central CT.
The Dinosaur Place, Montville
Treat your class to a day of educational fun at The Dinosaur Place! Mine for gemstones and unearth a dinosaur skeleton. Group rates available. www.thedinosaurplace.com. 860-443-4367.
The Discovery Museum and Planetarium Bridgeport
Hands-on Brains-On Learning! Experience the wonder of science discovery through interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, first class lessons aligned with CT science standards, planetarium shows and CT’s only Challenger Learning Center.
The Golden Age of Trucking Museum
Display of antique trucks ranging from the early 1900s until 1974. Exhibits focuses on the history of American truck transportation. Middlebury, CT 06762. 203-577-2181. REGION: Litchfield County, North West CT
The Institute For American Indian Studies
The Institute for American Indian Studies located in the foothills of Litchfield County is a museum and education center. Washington, CT. Tel: 860-868-0518. REGION: Litchfield County, North West CT.
Timexpo: The Timex Museum
The Timexpo - The Timex Museum is an educational tool and resource center with many opportunities for students to learn in a fun hands-on environment. 203-755-8463.
Dallas Museum of Art
Rich in the arts of the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific along with decorative and contemporary art. For more information click on the Dallas Museum of Art. 214-922-1200. NORTH TEXAS.
Dallas Museum of Natural History
The museum has played a significant role in documenting, describing and showcasing Texas’ vast natural diversity. 214-421-3466. REGION: NORTH TEXAS
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Experience the story of those who went Higher, Faster, Farther, First in Aviation & Aerospace. 214-350-1651. Dallas, NORTH TEXAS.
Meadows Museum
The Meadows Museum houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. 214-768-2516. REGION: Dallas County, North Central TX.
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Located in the former Texas School Book Depository, the Museum chronicles the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy through exhibitions and educational programs. 888-485-4854.
The Museum of the American Railroad
Visit the Museum of the American Railroad for a day of family fun! Tour passenger cars and see steam and diesel locomotives from the past.
The Science Place
The number one leader in field-experiences for students, for more information click on The Science Place. Tel: 214-428-5555 x 225. Dallas, North Texas.
The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future
The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future is the nation’s only comprehensive women’s museum. For more information click on the Women's Museum. 214-915-0877. Dallas, REGION: NORTH TEXAS.
The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future
The Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future is the nation’s only comprehensive women’s museum. For more information click on the Women's Museum. 214-915-0877. Dallas, REGION: NORTH TEXAS.
Delaware History Museum
Features interactive exhibits on Delaware history, including displays of costumes, children's toys and paintings. Wilmington, DE 19801. 302-656-4106. REGION: New Castle County, Northern DE
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame
Displays memorabilia, artifacts, uniforms and photographs of Delaware’s sports history. Wilmington, DE 19801. 302-425-3263. REGION: New Castle County, Northern DE.
Hagley Museum’s DuPont Science and Discovery Exhibit
Offers visitors a look at 200 years of DuPont Company history. Wilmington, DE 19807. 302-658-2400. REGION: New Castle County, Northern DE.
Historical Society of Delaware
Focus on Delaware’s history and culture heritage. Museums and historic sites include Delaware History Center, Delaware History Museum, Old Town Hall, Willingtown Square, The Read House & Gardens and Historic New Castle. Wilmington, DE. Tel: 302-655-7161. REGION: New Castle County, Northern DE.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Fossils and butterflies join forces along with a host of other exhibits to provide a glimpse into the natural history of both the local and global worlds.
Mennello Museum
Celebrate outstanding traditional and contemporary Amercian folk artists through exhibits and programs. Orlando. Tel: 407-246-4278. REGION: CENTRAL FLORIDA.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A museum and much more, as visitors discover 66 acres with the State Art Museum of Florida, the historic home of John and Mable Ringling (of the famed circus), a rose garden, the Circus Museum, and the Historic Asolo Theater.
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
A panoramic presentation of the Battle of Atlanta with authentic military artifacts from the period. 404-624-1071.
Bodies...The Exhibition / Dialog in the Dark
We invite you and your school group to visit Bodies…The Exhibition and discover how to enlighten, inform and inspire your students to learn about the human body.
Braves Museum & Hall of Fame/Turner Field Tours
The Braves Museum & Hall of Fame is open year-round and is the starting point of Tours of Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves.
City Market
City Market is a four-block courtyard featuring 9 restaurants, 15 shops, 8 art galleries, 23 artists studios, historic tours and 250 years of history.
Clark Atlanta University Collection of African American Art
The permanent home of the University's historical collection of African American Art and the illustrious "Art of the Negro" murals by Hale Woodruff. 404-880-6102.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Fernbank Museum of Natural History inspires life-long learning of natural history through dynamic programming to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its people. (404) 929-6300.
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
From country legends to big band sounds and southern rock. Georgia's rich musical heritage and its worldwide impact come to life. 478-751-3334.
Hammonds House
Georgia's only museum dedicated to African-American fine art. Located in Historic West End in a Victorian house restored by the late Dr. Otis T. Hammonds, a noted physician and art patron. 404-752-8730.
High Museum of Art
Leading art museum in the Southeastern United States with its renowned collection of classic and contemporary art with student tours and programs. 404-733-4400.
Historic Roswell's A Southern Trilogy
Roswell’s Southern Trilogy of historic antebellum homes; Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation each have a unique and authentic story.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets art and artifacts from antiquity to the present.
Museum of Arts & Sciences
Featuring an artist's garret, humanist's study, scientist's workshop and enclosed animal habitat where young and old can experiment with each discipline in a fun, larger than life atmosphere. 478-477-3232.
National Civil War Naval Museum
Features two original American Civil War military vessels, uniforms, equipment and weapons used by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War.
Oakland Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery (est. in 1850) is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history w/ over 70,000 stories. Famous residents: Margaret Mitchell & Bobby Jones.
Shenandoah Environment and Education Center
The Center features a walk-in exhibit area, four "hands-on" classrooms, and an auditorium for workshops and presentations.
Sophie Hirsh Srochi Jewish Discovery Museum
Part of the Marcus JCC, the Discovery Museum consists of hands-on temporary and permanent exhibits depicting various aspects of Judaism.
Southeastern Railway Museum
The Southeastern Railway Museum occupies a 30+ acre site in Duluth, Georgia. It has classic steam locomotives, historic buses, tractors, and fire engines, 90 different railroad cars, and many other historic transportation items.
Telfair Museums
Permanent collection of paintings, photography, sculpture, and decorative arts contains over 4,500 objects from America and Europe, dating from the 18th-20th centuries.
The Morris Museum of Art
The Morris Museum of Art, located on the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta, Georgia, is the first museum dedicated to the art and artists of the American South.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) collects and archives significant, contemporary works by the artists of the state of Georgia. 404-367-8700.
The National Science Center's Fort Discovery
Discover the fun of hands-on science! This 128,000 square-foot math and science center fires the imaginations by making math, science and technology come alive.
Tubman African American Museum
Georgia's largest African American museum offers fourteen exhibition galleries, a resource center and magnificent 63-foot mural depicting African-American art, history and culture. 478-743-8544.
William Weinman Mineral Museum
The Georgia Exhibit Hall houses Georgian specimens, local mining displays, local fossil finds, and a simulated limestone cave and waterfall.
Wren's Nest House Museum
The Wren's Nest is the preserved home of Joel Chandler Harris, the 19th century Atlanta journalist who penned the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales. 404-753-7735.
American Civil War Museum
A group travel destination for more than 40 years, the American Civil War Museum is the only museum in Gettysburg to orient visitors to the entire Civil War. Gettysburg. Tel: 717-334-6245.
Apex Museum
The Apex Museum is full of artifacts, photographs, children's shows, presentations and more – all related to African-American culture, both past and present. 404-523-2739.
Spindletop-Gladys City Boontown Museum
A fifteen-building complex which re-creates Gladys City, an early 1900s era Texas boomtown on the Spindletop oil field. 409-835-0823. Beaumount, East Texas.
Cradle of Aviation Museum
When school groups visit the museum there is magic in the air as students and teachers experience Long Island’s amazing aerospace heritage of discovery. Garden City. Tel: 516-572-4066.
Guild Hall East Hampton
A fine art museum, professional theater, and community education center for the visual, performing and literary arts. East Hampton, Long Island. Tel: 631-324-0806
Long Island Children's Museum
14 hands-on exhibits on the arts, literacy, science, social studies and a special exhibit on the physically challenged. Tel: 516-224-5800. REGION: LONG ISLAND NY.
Science Museum of Long Island Manhasset
Featuring a diversity of science exhibits including astronomy, biology, botany, ecology, animal science chemistry, paleontology, oceanography, and physics.
Science Museum of Long Island, 1526 North Plandome Road , Manhasset. NY (516-627-9400 Open every day, including weekends, holidays and during school vacations
Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Southampton
Exhibits and detailed murals that depict lifestyles and technologies of the indigenous people of Long Island. Hands on interactive learning activities.
Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum, 100 Montauk Highway, Southampton, Long Island, NY (631-287-4923)
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
A 43-acre complex that is a unique combination of Gold Coast-era mansion, marine and natural history museum, plus a planetarium and park with gardens, fountains, balustrades and pools. REGION: Suffolk County, LI. Tel: 631-854-5555.
Super Science Hands-On Workshops at SMLI
We offer hands-on, participatory science workshops at the Museum or at your school. Tel: 516-627-9400. Manhasset. REGION: Long Island, NY.
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Seaford
An interesting selection of Long Island wildlife and their habitats are on display with special presentations focusing on various subjects. Accompanying the museum is a large preserve for splendid nature walks. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Avenue between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway, Seaford, NY (516-571-7443).
The Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville
Exhibits and activities preserve Long Island's maritime history and heritage. Learn about Long Island, its history, environment and people. Visit the Ship's Store in the Main Gallery at the Museum where you'll find an array of nautical items.
Long Island Maritime Museum, 86 West Avenue, West Sayville, Long Island, NY (631-854-4979). REGION: Suffolk County, LI
Alexandra Museum of Art
Through its exhibition program of an ever-changing array of collections on loan from around the world, its extensive permanent collection of contemporary Louisiana art and the state’s largest collection of North Louisiana Folk Art, AMOA entices visitors of diverse tastes. REGION: CENTRAL. 318-443-3458
Audubon Aquarium, Insectarium, Zoo and IMAX
The underwater world comes to life as you experience fish, birds, and reptiles in their natural habitats, including sharks!
Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
Take a look behind the magic of Mardi Gras, with tours of Mardi Gras props and sculptures throughout the year, 504-361-7821.
BREC’s Baton Rouge Gallery
The area’s oldest contemporary arts gallery and cultural center, is proud to offer contemporary exhibitions to the community. REGION: South East, 225-383-1470.
Children’s Museum of Acadian,
This museum features exciting hands-on exhibits for kids who will actually have fun while learning. Dedicated to de-mystifying everyday life for children ages 2 through 12 and groups are welcome. 337-232-8500. REGION: South east
Confederate Civil War Museum
Oldest museum in Louisiana, second largest Confederate collection in the nation. Civil War memorabilia on exhibit includes flags, uniforms, weapons, medical instruments. 504-523-4522. REGION: South east
Contemporary Arts Center
Focuses on contemporary arts, artists and emerging art forms exploring and involving the diverse cultures of our communities. “Artists For a Day” is an outstanding field trip opportunity available for school groups and youth organizations. REGION: SOUTH EAST. 504-528-3805.
Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans
Experience Rock Star Treatment at the Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans! With exceptional food, fun service, great music videos and our huge collection of memorabilia, the Hard Rock Cafe is ideal for your group. Don't forget to stop in our Rock Shop for cool merchandise! Contact us today to secure your place in Rock history! New Orleans. 504-529-5617.
Houmas House Plantation
Enjoy the South the way it was meant to be. Historic mansion with educational and entertaining tours. Costumed tour guides tell the story of sugar production.
Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Features fine art exhibitions, interactive art and science exhibits, an Egyptian gallery and a Challenger Learning Center. Building is a 1920’s train depot with five-car train on-site. Baton Rouge, REGION: south east. 225-344-5272
Louisiana ArtWorks
Invites visitors to celebrate the creative spirit of Louisiana and to engage with working artists through live demonstrations, exhibitions and hands-on activities. REGION: South east. 504-523-1465
Louisiana Children’s Museum
At this nationally-recognized museum, the official rule is ‘Please Touch!’ Captain a tugboat, anchor the news, and leave your shadow on the wall in the Shadow Trap. 504-586-0725. REGION: South East, LA.
Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
Renowned for its large murals, frescoes and amazing dioramas depicting the history and culture of Louisiana, the museum features exhibits of prehistoric Indian artifacts, Louisiana industry and agriculture. REGION: North West. 318-632-2020
Louisiana State Museum
A complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana’s legacy of historic events and cultural diversity. 504-568-6972. New Orleans, REGION: South East
Louisiana State Oil & Gas Museum
The importance of the oil industry and its 1900 boom town is detailed as well as early Caddo Indian relics. Tel: 318-995-6845. Oil City, REGION: NORTH WEST.
Louisiana State University Museum of Art
Museum features English and American period room displays, collections of lithographer Caroline Durieux, Newcomb crafts, New Orleans-made silver, Anglo-Irish silver, and Louisiana paintings, prints and drawings. REGION: south east. 225-578-4003
LSU Museum of Natural Science
The museum is divided into two main parts: the public exhibits containing both habitat and biological exhibits along with identification panels and the research collections used by scientists from all over the world. 225-578-2855. REGION: South east
LSU Rural Life Museum & Windrush Gardens
Located on the 450-acre Burden Research Plantation, Rural Life provides insight into the largely forgotten lifestyles and cultures of pre-industrial Louisiana. 225-765-2437. REGION: South east
Mardi Gras in the Ark-La-Tex Museum
Fascinating display of the history of Mardi Gras in Shreveport-Bossier. Exhibits include floats, Mardi Gras royalty costumes and all the trappings of Mardi Gras festivities. 318-741-3019. Bossier City, REGION: NORTH WEST.
Meadows Museum of Art
Features works of French academic artist Jean Despujols documenting the peoples of Indochina. Also works by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, Mary Cassatt, Reginald Marsh, Alfred Maurer, Clyde Connell and George Grosz. 318-869-5169. Shreveport, REGION: North West.
New Orleans Museum of Art
Featuring an outstanding permanent collection and an expansive Faberge gallery. The museum also hosts numerous national and international traveling exhibitions. REGION: South east. 504-488-2631
Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum
This museum features exciting hands-on exhibits for kids who will actually have fun while learning. The museum offers a permanent exhibit as well as exciting seasonal exhibits. 318-361-9611. Monroe. REGION: North west.
R. W. Norton Art Gallery
Each Spring, the grounds of the Norton Art Gallery burst into bloom with beautiful azalea gardens containing more than 10,000 plants. 318-865-4201. REGION: NORTH WEST
Rivertown Museums & Attractions
Kenner’s Rivertown encompasses the Daily Living Science Center, Space Station, Planetarium & Observatory, Wildlife & Fisheries, Cannes Brulees Native American Center, Mardi Gras Museum, Saints Hall of Fame. 504-468-7231. REGION: South East.
Sci-Port Discovery Center
Interactive educational museum focused on animals, biology and entomology. Tel: 318-424-3466. Shreveport, REGION: NORTH WEST.
Southern University Museum of Art
Features more than 300 original pieces of African-American and African art. Shreveport, REGION: North West. 318-676-5520
The National World War II Museum
The Museum experience is fun, interesting, and educational. It’s interactive and state-of-the-art displays, vivid exhibits, and impressive collections of World War II memorabilia. 504-527-6012
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Dedicated to telling the story of art in the American South through visual art from the Colonial period to the present. REGION: South east, New Orleans. 504-539-9600
The South with Song – Frogmore Plantation/Delta Music Museum
Slaves, Sharecroppers, and their Songs of the South. Rand McNally's MUST SEE. Historical & modern plantation culture;its musical genres; live vocalist.
USS. Kidd Veterans Memorial & Museum
W.W. II Fletcher class destroyer, restored to 1945 appearance with over 50 inner spaces to see. Veterans Museum displays include a P-40 aircraft, over 40 ship models. 225-342-1942. REGION: South east
West Baton Rouge Museum
Learn the story behind plantation life, its culture, and its impressive technology. Museum Highlights: Historic sugar plantation buildings, and free lagniappe samples of locally-produced Louisiana raw sugar for every visitor! 225-336-2422. Port Allen, REGION: South east
Abbe Museum
The Abbe Museum offers innovative exhibitions and programs on Maine’s Native American heritage. Field Trips, Outreach and Teacher Workshops. Tel: 207-288-3519.
Bangor Museum and History Center
The Bangor Museum & History Center promotes understanding and enjoyment of history to enhance people’s lives today and in the future.
Bar Harbor Whale Museum
The Bar Harbor whale museum's gift shop offers an extensive collection of marine mammal field guides, adult and children books on marine mammal science and biology and educational toys and gifts related to the marine environment.
Bates College Museum of Art
The Bates College Museum of Art is a laboratory for the visual arts. Providing an environment for broad audiences to explore and discover synergies created by visual art across academic disciplines of a liberal arts education, we represent the new academic museum for the 21st century.
Bethel Historical Society Regional History Center
Founded in 1966, the Bethel Historical Society is an independent, non-profit organization providing members and the general public with a doorway to the past from its Regional History Center in Bethel Hill village.
Boothbay Railway Village
Experience a steam train ride, historical village exhibits, and an outstanding collection of over 60 antique vehicles at The Boothbay Railway Village.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art offers interactive educational tours for a wide audience, ranging from pre-schoolers through adult groups.
Castine Scientific Society dba Wilson Museum
The Wilson Museum uses its diverse collections and learning experiences to stimulate exploration of the natural history and cultures of the Penobscot Bay region and the world.
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine exists to inspire discovery and imagination through exploration and play. Tel: 207-828-1234.
Colby College Museum of Art
Founded in 1959 and now comprising four wings, more than 6,000 works, and more than 28,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Colby College Museum of art has built a significant permanent collection that specializes in American and contemporary art.
Dyer Library & Saco Museum
The Saco Museum is a regional museum of fine and decorative arts and historic artifacts. The Institute was founded in 1866, and is the third oldest museum in Maine.
Farnsworth Art Museum
The Farnsworth Art Museum offers a nationally recognized collection of American art in its elegantly appointed galleries. Tel: 207-596-6457
Fort Knox State Historical Site
Fort Knox is one of the best preserved fortifications on the New England seacoast. The Fort has many architectural features present only to itself, as well as a rich history behind it's cannon batteries. Tel: 207-469-7719
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Maine College of Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (ICA at MECA) features leading-edge exhibitions and public programs that showcase new perspectives and new trends in contemporary art.
L.C.Bates Museum of Natural History and Culture
The L.C. Bates Museum houses unique natural history and culture collections. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 207-238-4250.
Maine Discovery Museum
The Maine Discovery Museum is the second largest Children's Museum in New England, featuring seven major interactive exhibits on three floors. Group tours, birthday parties and private rentals are all available. Tel: 207-262-7200
Maine Folklife Center
The nation's leading collection of folklore, oral history, traditional music, and photographs of Maine and Eastern Canada. Tel: 207-581-1891
Maine Historical Society
The Maine Historical Society features revolving exhibits and collections spanning over five centuries of Maine history. Tel: 207-774–1822
Maine Maritime Museum
Whether you love maritime art, wooden vessels, historic buildings on the Kennebec River waterfront, or you'd just like to experience the challenges of life at sea . . . Maine Maritime Museum offers a myriad of opportunities to relive Maine's maritime past. Tel: 207-443-1316
Maine State Museum
The Maine State Museum provides an excellent overview for first time visitors and a place for life-long residents to refresh their memories.
Moosehead Historical Society
Explore an 1899 Victorian mansion, the Eveleth-Crafts-Sheridan Historical House, and its associated Carriage House in Greenville, Maine.
Mt. Desert Island Historical Society and Museum
The museum is home to a permanent folk life collection representing life from 1761 to the beginning of the 20th century and mount rotating exhibitions.
Tel: 207-276-9323
Museum of African Culture
The Museum of African Culture is the only New England museum devoted to Sub-Saharan African Art and Culture. Tel: 207-871-7188
Museum of Art, University of Maine
The Museum of Art remains the only institution owned by the citizens of the State of Maine to house a permanent fine arts collection - one which has grown to a stature that makes it a nucleus in the state for historic and contemporary art.
Natural History Museum
The George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History investigates, interprets and displays the natural world of Maine. All exhibits are designed and produced by students at College of the Atlantic. Tel: 207-288-5395
Nylander Museum
The museum was originally designed to house the collections of Olof O. Nylander, a self-taught naturalist from Oremolla, Skifvarps, Sweden. Tel: 207-493-4209
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The OMAA is the only museum in the State of Maine devoted exclusively to the exhibition and collection of American Art.
Owls Head Transportation Museum
The Owls Head Transportation Museum has one of the finest collections of pioneer-era aircraft and automobiles in the world.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
The museum collections include Arctic exploration gear, natural history specimens, and art and anthropological material, produced primarily by the Inuit cultures of Labrador and Greenland.
Pejepscot Historical Society
Established in 1888, The Pejepscot Historical Society is one of Maine's oldest historical organizations, maintaining three museums and a comprehensive research collection
Penobscot Marine Museum
The principal exhibits at Penobscot Marine Museum focus on the industry of Penobscot Bay in the 19th century and illustrate what it was like to live and work on one of the great square-rigged ships in the last quarter of the 19th century, and to visit China when it truly was exotic.
Portland Harbor Museum
Located in the heart of Portland's central business and art district, The Portland Harbor Museum is a place to explore Portland's maritime history. Tel: 207-773-3800
Portland Museum of Art
As the largest art museum in the state of Maine, the Museum's collection of more than 15,000 objects is housed in three historic and remarkable buildings showcasing three centuries of art and architecture. Tel: 207-775-6148
Seal Cove Auto Museum
The Seal Cove Auto Museum features a wide variety of antique autos, from an 1899 DeDion Bouton to a 1924 Mercer, with a special emphasis on examples from the "Brass Era" (1895-1917).
Seashore Trolley Museum
Ride by rail through the Maine countryside aboard one of our restored early 1900's electric streetcars. Witness the sights and sounds of a very important bygone era in American transportation history. Tel: 207-967-2712
Tate House Museum
The Tate House Museum offers area students, members of the community, and visitors from around the world an intimate experience of eighteenth century life and gives them the rare opportunity “to connect with Maine’s colonial roots”.
The Brick Store Museum
The Brick Store Museum preserves the rich heritage of the Kennebunks for year-round residents, seasonal visitors and future generations through the collection, preservation, interpretation and exhibition of its material culture. 207-985-4802.
The Northern Maine Museum of Maine
Large collections of marine and fresh-water sea shells, local forestry specimens and the beginnings of our herbarium. 207-768-9482.
Victoria Mansion
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House, is the finest example of residential design from the pre-Civil War era in America.
Wendell Gilley Museum
The Wendell Gilley Museum teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art.
Yarmouth Historical Society
The Yarmouth Historical Society collections include a wide variety of Yarmouth-related objects such as textiles, decorative arts, tools, furniture and household items. Artifacts not currently on exhibit are accessible only by appointment. 207-846-6259.
annapolis maritime Museum
Dedicated to preserving and commemorating the maritime heritage of Annapolis and the neighboring waters of the Chesapeake Bay. 410-295-0104.
Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum & Sports Legends Museum
Visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Sports Legends Museums in Baltimore to experience interactive exhibits, educational programs and two locations rich in legends and heroes! 410-727-1539, ext 3033.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
Where America's most important, historic and comprehensive collection lives to tell the story of railroading every day. Forty acres of heritage and a world class collection await your discovery. Perfect field trips! 410-752-2490. www.borail.org
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Discover Heritage Walk – Hear stories of America in Baltimore – explore the Inner Harbor, Little Italy and Jonestown. Discover more than 20 of the city’s landmarks.
Baltimore Public Works Museum
Exhibits, videos, interactive computer challenges and Streetscape, an outdoor maze to explore the city's infrastructure underground. 410-396-5565.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Explore our 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, working boatyard, meet traditional craftsmen, enjoy hands-on activities and discover exhibits detailing the Bay's role throughout history. 410-745-2916.
College Park Aviation Museum
Interactive museum dedicated to world's oldest continually operating airfield where Wilbur Wright taught first military pilots to fly. Aircraft, hands-on exhibits, animatronics and programs. 301-864-6029.
Geppi's Entertainment Museum
Geppi's Entertainment Museum is a memorable trip through the history of American pop culture. Experience a timeline of nostalgic toys, comics and other collectibles highlighting familiar characters.
410-625-7093
www.geppismuseum.com
Maryland Science Center
The Maryland Science Center features full-size dinosaurs, dozens of hands-on activities and experiments, national touring exhibits, IMAX Theater, Kids Room and planetarium. 410-545-5962. www.marylandsciencecenter.org
Port Discovery, The Children's Museum in Baltimore
Port Discovery Children's Museum offers three floors of educational and fun-filled exhibits and programs for children ages 2-10 and is ranked among the TOP 5 children's museums in the US. 410-727-8120.
Sandy Spring Slave Museum
Focus on the heritage of Blacks from their origin in Africa through the Trans-Atlantic passage, participation with the Underground Railroad, the struggle for civil rights, and their accomplishments across the African Diaspora.
United States Naval Academy
Provides educational tours for grades 4-12, Navy Way Boot Camps for grades 1-5 and A Path to Leadership tour for grades 10-12. 410-293-8111.
American Textile History Museum
The American Textile History Museum contains thousands of books, trade catalogs, business records and personal papers, prints and photographs, a growing costume collection, millions of textile samples, and hundreds of machines used in textile manufacture.
Andover Historical Society Museum
The Andover Historical Society tells the unique stories of Andover through its museum, library, archives, exhibitions and programs.
Beard and Weil Art Galleries Wheaton College
The Beard Gallery, located in Watson Fine Arts, offer a varied program of exhibitions and lectures for the college community and general public.
Beverly Historical Society & Museum
The Beverly Historical Society and Museum has been preserving and caring for Beverly's past since 1891. Tour one of our historic sites, learn about your family history, visit the Walker Transportation Collection or explore two floors of exhibits at the Cabot House Museum.
Boston Center for Jewish Heritage
Boston’s last remaining immigrant era synagogue, the Vilna Shul, has become a place of learning where Jewish history, culture and spirituality are open and accessible to all.
Boston University Art Gallery
Although the Boston University Art Gallery has no permanent collection, we do have four of the most unusual column capitals decorating our space.
Bourne Historical Society
The society was incorporated as a non-profit organization on December 29, 1921 for the purpose of acquiring the site of the first trade house built in 1627 by Plymouth Colony, located on the south bank of the Manomet (Monument) River which is now part of the Cape Cod Canal.
Cahoon Museum of American Art
The Cahoon Museum of American Art is a showcase for a stellar collection of the folk painting of Ralph and Martha Cahoon, as well as a choice collection of 19th, 20th and 21st century American art.
Cantor Gallery College of the Holy Cross
The permanent collection represents a broad spectrum of art and historical periods and has recently been enriched by the gift of a teaching collection comprised of historical Southeast Asian textiles from West Sumatra, and other islands of Indonesia, India and Laos.
Cape Cod Museum of Art
The Cape cod Museum of Art interprets and exhibits the great works of outstanding artists associated with cape cod and the Islands.
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
The museum is housed in a 17,000 square foot building on its own 80-acre site and abutted by 320 acres of town- and conservation-owned land.
Charles River Museum of Industry
At the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation you'll learn about the fabled Waltham Watch Company, inventions that powered america into the modern age, and vintage precision machinery in operation, powered in the traditional manner by overhead line shafts.
Concord Art Association
The permanent collection of the Concord Art Association includes a wide variety of paintings, drawings, sculpture, objects and furnishings acquired during its early years under the leadership of its founder, Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts.
Danforth Museum of Art
Focusing on American Art from the 18th century to present day, the Museum is dedicated to showing the very best examples of contemporary art by both emerging and established artists, as well as an exploration of the School of Boston Expressionism.
Danvers Historical Society
The Danvers Historical Society was founded in 1889 "to discover, collect and preserve objects which illustrate local history, but particularly the history, development and people of the Town of Danvers".
Davis Museum & Cultural Center
The permanent collection of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center comprises approximately 10,000 ancient to contemporary sculptures, paintings, decorative objects, and works on paper.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park is a public museum of art established to educate as broad and diverse a public as possible about modern and contemporary American art.
Dedham Historical Society
The museum houses a distinguished collection of furnishings and artifacts ranging from pre-Columbian stone tools and the 1652 Metcalf great chair (oldest dated American-made chair, pictured below), to an excellent collection of Dedham and Chelsea pottery.
Egan Maritime Institute
On the premises of the Coffin School on Nantucket, the Egan Maritime Institute maintains a collection of fine art, maritime books, and artifacts related to the maritime world that have been collected by both founders and several generous donors.
Emily Dickinson Museum
The Museum consists of two historic houses in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts, closely associated with the poet Emily Dickinson and members of her family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Falmouth Historical Society
Falmouth Museums on the Green contain a treasure trove of stories and artifacts that, taken together, tell the story of the town of falmouth, Massachusetts.
Fitchburg Art Museum
Fitchburg Art Museum is North Worcester County's oldest and most treasured cultural institution, founded in 1925 through a bequest of artist and educator, Eleanor Norcross.
Fuller Craft Museum, Inc.
Our Museum Educators provide tours to people of all ages using techniques which guide visitors through the process of looking at craft and relating it to their own lives.
George Peabody House Museum
Located at 205 Washington Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, the George Peabody House Museum is a preservation of American history.
Gore Place Society
This Federal period historic house is owned and operated by the Gore Place Society, a nonprofit members organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Gore Place.
Harvard Historical Society
The Harvard Historical Society collects materials which illustrate the history of the town, such as those pertaining to exploration, settlements, economics, social, religious and political development.
Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is the most visited attraction at Harvard because of its historical collections, temporary exhibitions, and new permanent galleries.
Harvard University Museum of Natural History
The Harvard University Museum of Natural History has many exhibits of the animal kingdom from prehistoric times and today.
Historic Deerfield, Inc
Historic Deerfield is home to one of the best public collections of art and antiques in America. Begun and formed in large part by founders Henry and Helen Flynt during a lifetime of collecting, the collection has been refined with hundreds of additions by professional staff since the mid-1970s.
Historic New England
The collections of Historic New England contain more than 100,000 objects, and is the largest assemblage of New England art and artifacts in the country.
Longyear Museum
Longyear Museum, conveniently located just outside Boston and easily accessible by public transportation, offers exhibits, publications, and programs about the life of Mary Baker Eddy, one of America’s most noted women, as well as tours of several houses where she once lived.
Lynn Museum & Historical Society
Established in 1897, the Lynn Museum & Historical Society is the only organization in the city devoted to collecting, preserving, and fostering an appreciation of Lynn's rich history.
Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center
From the founding of Mass Audubon in 1896, the organization has been inextricably linked with art. Named for John James Audubon, the legendary painter of American birds, Mass Audubon quite naturally was the recipient of generous gifts and bequests of artworks.
Mass MoCA
Mass MoCA is a popular art center with attendance of 120,000 each year. It says its strengths are in making and presenting art, and more than 80 new art works have been created there, as well as 50 performances.
Massachusetts Air & Space Museum Inc.
The Massachusetts Air & space Museum presents an aerospace past, present, and future through physical artifacts, digital images, archival records, displays of aircraft, spacecraft, spacecraft, aerospace systems and equipment.
MIT List Visual Arts Center
The List Visual Arts Center oversees MIT's Permanent collection, which is comprised of more than 1,500 artworks in primarily painting, sculpture, photography, and print media.
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
More than 15,000 works of art from antiquity to the present comprise the permanent collection of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
Museum of African American History
The Museum of African American History highlights the role of African Americans in New England. It covers their achievements from the colonial period to the 19th century.
Nantucket Historical Association
Permanent exhibitions contain the skeleton of a forty-six foot male sperm whale, a collection of ceremonial implements and various weapons, spears, and armor from other South Seas islands, portraits of whaling captains and merchants by William Swain and James Hathaway, rare sperm whale teeth engraved by Frederick Myrick and Edward Burdett, and dazzling specimens of swifts, busks, canes, jagging wheels, coconut-shell dippers, ditty boxes, furniture tools, Arctic ivory, and plaques.
Nantucket Lighthouse Basket Museum
Lightship baskets are unique to the island of Nantucket. The Museum exhibits and documents a wide range of Lightship Baskets from the earliest forms created in the 1850s to present-day creations.
National Heritage Museum
The National Heritage Museum boasts one of the country's finest collections of material and artifacts related to the history of American Freemasonry and fraternalism.
Nichols House Museum, Inc.
The Nichols House Museum is open to the public as a historic house museum reflecting the domestic life of a typical family of Beacon Hill at the turn of the last century.
Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation (NCCHP)
The Noble & Cooley Center for Historical Preservation (NCCHP), is a non-profit corporation that preserves the regional history of manufacturing, agricultural pursuits, and rural crafts through acquisition and maintenance of significant historical buildings, machinery, historical collections and local artifacts.
Old Colony Historical Society
Housed in the 1852 Bristol Academy building designed by Richard Upjohn, the museum contains extensive collections representing the history of the Taunton region of Massachusetts.
Old Dartmouth Historical Society New Bedford Whaling Musuem
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in America devoted to the history of the American whaling industry and its greatest port.
Otis House Museum
The Otis House Museum "exemplifies the elegant life led by Boston's governing class after the American Revolution," according to Historic New England, its modern-day owner. Harrison Gray Otis, the house's original owner and namesake, was once Boston's mayor and a member of congress, and he made money developing the Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Plimoth Plantation & Mayflower II
History, our story, be there at Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum dedicated to retelling the bi-cultural story of 17th century Plymouth colony. For more information, 508-746-1622, www.plimoth.org.
Skywalk Observatory
The Skywalk is New England’s premier observatory, offering 360-degree views of Boston and its most famous sites. Located at 800 Boylston St., 617-859-0648.
Sports Museum of New England
The Sports Museum promotes the history of sports in New England, and celebrates "the character of Boston sports." The museum prides itself in promoting values in sports and has some of the most interesting items from from the past.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute focuses primarily on art from the western world and also has a research program.
The Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Cape Cod Maritime Museum's second major exhibit explores life on Cape Cod both from European and Native Peoples' perspectives.
The Chatham Historical Society
The Chatham Historical Society, founded in 1923, features 3000 objects-paintings, decorative arts, and maritime artifacts.
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
One of the library's biggest attractions, the Mapparium is a three-story giant globe made from stained glass that features countries as they were mapped the year it was built: 1935.
The Museum of World War II
The Museum of World War II,Inc., with 10,000 square feet of display area, is described by London’s Imperial War Museum as “a fully staffed private collection containing the most comprehensive display of original World War II artifacts on exhibit anywhere in the world”.
The Norman Rockwell Museum
The Norman Rockwell Museum has the largest collection of the artist's work, as well as over 100,000 items from his lifetime.
Abbot-Spalding House Museum
Operated by the Nashua Historical Society, the federal style building was home to influential New Hampshire citizens and is now a historical site. Tel: 603-883-0015
Enfield Shaker Museum
Learn about the Shaker way of life by visiting this museum and exploring the scenic grounds and Shaker Village. Tel: 603-632-4346
Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum
Operated by the Nashua Historical Society, the Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum houses changing exhibits feature authentic costuming, furnishing, and accessories from the 18th century. Tel: 603-883-0015
Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center
An interactive science museum about weather and the extreme climate and atmosphere of Mount Washington. Tel: 603-356-2137
Portsmouth Historical Society
The collections of the Portsmouth Historical Society focus on life in Portsmouth and the surrounding region from the first English settlement here in 1623 through the early 20th century.
Strawbery Banke Museum
Through restored houses, exhibits, gardens and interpretive programs, Strawbery Banke tells the stories of many generations who settle at Portsmouth, NH from the late 17th century to the mid-20th century. Tel: 603-433-1100
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire
Children's museum of learning and play featuring several interactive exhibits and class trips for grades Pre-K-6. Tel: 603-742-2002
The Little Nature Museum
The Little Nature Museum offers hands-on nature, science and history-related environmental programs for all ages. Tel: 603-746-6121
The New Hampshire Boat Museum
Learn and rejoice in New Hampshire's heritage of boating on the many lakes and rivers through hands-on activities and exhibits. Tel: 603-569-4554
Woodman Institute Museum
Visit the Woodman Institute Museum to see an variety of exhibits from rocks and fossils to mammals and butterflies. Tel: 603-742-1038
Adventure Aquarium Camden
Adventure Aquarium features nearly 200,000 square feet of sea and wildlife. View over sixty different exhibits that are filled with exotic and amazing creatures.800-616-JAWS. REGION: Camden County, Southern NJ.
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton
Guided tours are available to schools and other student or adult groups by appointment only. Call the Tour Coordinator for further information at 609-586-0616. REGION: Mercer County, Central NJ
Hoboken Historical Museum
The Museum is a volunteer organization dedicated to stimulating public interest in Hoboken's rich history with exhibits; lectures; preservation projects; historic house, garden and walking tours. There is also a Museum Shop.
Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson St.,
Hoboken, NJ (201-656-2240)
Imagine That Children's Museum Florham Park
A hands-on 16,000 square feet museum. Over 50 exhibits. Students explore and discover. All trips coordinated with our certified teacher on staff at all times. Private lunchrooms. Florham Park, NJ. Tel: 973-966-8000.
Insectropolis Toms River
A unique, interactive bug museum that is both entertaining and educational for visitors of all ages.
Insectropolis, 1761 Lakewood Road, Toms River, NJ (732-- 349-7090) Located near the New Jersey shore. Only a few miles from the Garden State Parkway, easily accesible from New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York.
Insectropolis Toms River
Insectropolis is a unique, interactive bug museum that is both entertaining and educational for visitors of all ages and interest levels. 732-349-7090
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum @ Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Museum Highlights: 19th century French graphics, Russian and Soviet art, Japonisme, American prints; Printmaking in America: Collaborative Prints, California Abstractions, Contemporary Prints from the Rutgers Archives. Self-Guided and Guided Tours, Workshops. New Brunswick, NJ. Tel: 732-932-7237.
Montclair Art Museum
The Montclair Art Museum features its Permanent Collection, focusing on American and Native American art, as well as changing exhibitions. Montclair. Tel: 973-746-5555.
Montclair Historical Society
Two locations: The Israel Crane, Nathaniel Crane and Clark Houses are located at the Orange Road location, with the Clark House serving as the administrative offices and home to the Albert Payson Terhune Research Library. The Charles Shultz House, also known as Evergreens, is located at the North Mountain Avenue location.
Montclair Historical Society, 108/110 Orange Road and 30 North Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ. (973-744-1796).
Guided Tours most Sundays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Group Tours available anytime by appointment.
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison
Presenting and interpreting the history and lifeways of the ordinary people of pre-industrial New Jersey through the preservation and exhibition of the tools, products and household objects of an earlier time.
Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Main Street at Green Village Road, Madison. NJ (973-377-2982).
New Jersey Avitation Hall of Fame & Museum
GRADE LEVEL: All grades. GROUP TYPE: School, After School. PROGRAM TYPE: Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST: Fee.
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts
The Visual Art Center of New Jersey offers an exciting art education program for teachers and their students with our Gallery Education Tour Program.
New Jersey Museum of Agriculture North Brunswick
Learn more about the history and future of agriculture in New Jersey and why New Jersey is called the Garden State through hands on activities. 732-249-2077
OPEN 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.
New Jersey State Museum & Planetarium
Discover, Explore, Learn. The New Jersey State Museum features collections and programs in art, history and science and a cutting edge planetarium.
Ocean County Historical Society Museum, Toms River
In the historic Pierson-Sculthorp House which was built in stages between 1820 and 1866. Permanent collections depict the life-styles and occupations of early Ocean County families, while our changing exhibits help bring to life the many stories of Ocean County, New Jersey. Regularly scheduled guided tours of the museum as well as special tours for school and community groups by appointment.
Old Barracks Museum Trenton
Enter the world of 1777 and share the trials, tribulations and joys of ordinary people living in extraordinary times. 609-396-1776
The Newark Museum
The Newark Museum’s programs offer students and educators the opportunity to integrate ‘museum learning’ into teaching. There is demonstrated proof that the inquiry/discussion methods used in object-based teaching aid students in the achievement of higher learning standards.
The Red Mill Museum Village Clinton
Located on a tranquil 10-acre site nestled along the banks of the South Branch of the Raritan River in historic Clinton, New Jersey. Open from April through October, the Museum and its grounds provide a fascinating historic destination as well as a peaceful escape from the bustle of everyday life. Come learn about the past while you relax by the river!
The Red Mill Museum Village, 56 Main Street, Clinton, NJ. (908-735-4101)
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center MIillville
Discover the art and heritage of American glassmaking and and see amazing hot glass blowing demonstrations. 800-998-4552
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, Little Falls
The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center is dedicated to enhancing public awareness of Sport and its role in society. Montclair. Tel: 973-655-2378.
Audubon Aquarium, Insectarium, Zoo and IMAX
The underwater world comes to life as you experience fish, birds, and reptiles in their natural habitats, including sharks!
Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
Take a look behind the magic of Mardi Gras, with tours of Mardi Gras props and sculptures throughout the year, 504-361-7821.
Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans
Experience Rock Star Treatment at the Hard Rock Cafe New Orleans! With exceptional food, fun service, great music videos and our huge collection of memorabilia, the Hard Rock Cafe is ideal for your group. Don't forget to stop in our Rock Shop for cool merchandise! Contact us today to secure your place in Rock history! New Orleans. 504-529-5617.
Jewish Museum
Since 1904, offering the public visual arts from the Jewish tradition. Today the museum exhibits painting, sculpture, photography, artifacts, ceremonial art, and more.
Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., NYC. (212-423-3200)
American Museum of Natural History & The Rose Center for Earth and Space
Over 42 Exhibition Halls, a giant IMAX Theater, and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. 212-769-5200.
Asian American Arts Centre
Exhibits works of Asian-American, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Indian, Korean, & Filipino art as well as those artists who are significantly influenced by Asia, with a Permanent Collection of over 400 contemporary Asian American art works and about 200 Chinese folk art pieces Asian American Arts Centre, 26 Bowery, NYC. (212-233-2154)
Bard Graduate Center
Bard Graduate Center’s unique programs for schools and educators complement curricula in the arts, history, language arts, and science.
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Bronx, NYC
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum and Carriage House, Bronx, NY, invites teachers to introduce 17th & 19th-century life to their students.
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NYC (718-885-1461) www.bpmm.org.
Bodies...The Exhibition
This striking exhibit showcases real human bodies, giving students the opportunity to study human anatomy in a fascinating way like never before. 1-888-507-6909.
Brooklyn Children's Museum
The world’s first museum for kids, Brooklyn Children’s Museum provides hands-on learning adventures in natural science and world culture with 9 interactive exhibit galleries, children can meet live animals, play musical instruments from around the world, study plants, run a pizza shop, or explore faraway lands through a permanent collection of over 30,000 objects.
Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NYC. (718-735-4400)
Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) has the most comprehensive collection of Brooklyn-related materials in existence. Located @ 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NYC. Tel. 718-222-4111. PROGRAM TYPE: Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Workshops. REGION: NYC.Tel: 718-222-4111
China Institute
Featuring exhibitions of traditional and contemporary Chinese civilization, culture and heritage, and providing the cultural and historical context for understanding contemporary China. New York, NY. Tel: 212-744-8181.
Drawing Center
The Drawing Center’s Schools Program provides a lively and informative experience of art-viewing and art-making with an interactive tour of the current exhibition and a hands-on drawing workshop. New York City, NY. Tel: 212-219-2166.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
The house which is set on a half-acre park, is Manhattan's last remaining farmhouse, built in 1784 in the Dutch Colonial style, with 18th and 19th century furniture and decorative arts as well as an exhibit on the upper Manhattan neighborhood. Saturday craft workshops.
El Museo Del Barrio
The newly reopened museum dedicated to Latin American & Latino Art. Prepresenting the diversity of art and culture in all of the Caribbean and Latin America.New York, NY 10029. REGION: New York County, NYC. Tel: 212-831-7272.
FDNY Fire Zone
Climb on a real fire truck, try on bunker gear, meet a firefighter, feel a “hot” door and learn to crawl through a smoke-filled hallway, even in the dark. The FDNY Fire Zone is state-of-the-art Fire Safety learning center. Manhattan. Tel: 212-698-4520.
Harbor Defense Museum
The mission of the Harbor Defense Museum is to preserve the history of Fort Hamilton, and the other fortifications that defended New York City during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is located in a free standing bastion located within the old fort’s dry moat. Brooklyn, NY. Tel: 718-630-4349.
International Center of Photography (ICP)
Both a museum and a school, ICP is a center for the collection, study, and exhibition of photography; over 20 exhibitions each year explore the diversity of the medium from photojournalism to digital imaging. International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NYC. (212-857-0005) Tuesday - Thursday: 10 am-6 pm. Friday: 10 am-8 pm. Saturday and Sunday: 10 am-6 pm
Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum
One of the most successful ships in US History is now a national historic landmark, and one of the most unique attractions in New York City. History of the aircraft USS Intrepid, historical recreations and a display of various aircraft.
Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, Pier 86, W46th St. & 12th Ave. NYC. (212-245-0072).
