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Del norte county historical society main museum-area museums
The Del Norte County Historical Society welcomes you to its Online Web Site. As this site is developed, you will be able to view some of the documents and images that are currently found in our museums and archives at either the Main Museum, located in the former County Hall of Records on the corner … Continue reading
New Milford Historical Society and Museum
Their galleries, special exhibits and museum shop capture a slice of life that was their ancestors’ … and celebrate their contributions to New Milford today. Visit their 18th century cooking hearth to appreciate how their maternal ancestors prepared dinner without modern conveniences.Their antique toy collection can help your children imagine what their ancestors played with … Continue reading
Valley Museum–Butte Local history
Butte Valley, an area of about 130 Square miles which includes the city of Dorris, and the communities of Macdoel and Mt. Hebron, has dropped down between faults in this volcanic area and is completely surrounded by volcanoes to form a closed drainage basin. The down-faulted valley has subsequently been filled to it’s present elevation … Continue reading
Neil’s American Dream Museum
Neil’s American Dream Museum is a private company categorized under Museums and located in West Hartford, CT. Current estimates. Neil Robert Sakow is curator of Neil’s American Dream Museum, a shrine to an age of innocence and a tribute to Mickey Mantle, John F. Kennedy and Howdy Doody. For Mr. Sakow, those three American icons … Continue reading
Historical Museum of Big Bear Valley
During the development of Big Bear City by the Peter Pan Woodland Club, D. P. Terry of Beverly Hills was asked to build a store at the site of the present Community Services District offices. This was completed about 1929, and was leased to several merchants who are now unknown. In the early 1930′s Frank … Continue reading
Mansfield Historical Society Museum
“The MHS was founded in 1957 by a handful of people interested in the history of the town. The night of the first meeting, in April 1957, was marked by a torrential thunderstorm and a town meeting — but thirty-five people appeared out of the storm after the town meeting. All agreed that a local … Continue reading
Luddy/Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
The John E. Luddy/Gordon S. Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum collects, preserves, researches, exhibits, and interprets the scope of the tobacco industry in Tobacco Valley, which stretches from Portland, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River Valley through Massachusetts and the lower tip of Vermont. The museum seeks to preserve the artifacts and history of cigar tobacco … Continue reading
Anderson Valley Historical Society Museum
The museum is centrally located a half-mile northwest of Boonville in the Con Creek Schoolhouse. Built in 1891, it taught children of lumberjacks and sheep farmers for almost ninety years before closing in 1979, when it was purchased by The Community Services District with an agreement that it would be leased to the Anderson Valley … Continue reading
Griswold Historical Society Museum
The Guilford Keeping Society is a non-profit historical society dedicated to preserving the history of Guilford. Besides the 1774 Thomas Griswold House Museum and the 1803 Medad Stone Tavern, the Society maintains an early blacksmith shop, a large barn filled with farm implements, two corn cribs and a Victorian three seat privy or outhouse, situated … Continue reading
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum
Whatever time of year you visit Santa Barbara, you might want to make your to-do lists in pencil rather than pen. Year-round sunshine, ocean views and laid-back luxury set the stage for an abundance of festivals, concerts and special events. Starting with the star-studded Santa Barbara International Film Festival (January/February), the calendar of The American … Continue reading