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Scottsville Museum Scottsville Museum
Scottsville, Virginia

The displays at the museum give visitors a glimpse of life from its beginnings as an 18

Scurry County Museum Scurry County Museum
Snyder, Texas

The historical gallery of the Scurry County Museum features a chronological look at Scu

Seaford Museum Seaford Museum
Seaford, Delaware

A visit through the Seaford Museum begins with the Nanticoke Indians who used poisoned

Shadelands Ranch Museum Shadelands Ranch Museum
Walnut Creek, California

The House provides a rich archive of Contra Costa and Walnut Creek history in its exhib

Shaker Historical Society & Museum Shaker Historical Society & Museum
Shaker Heights, Ohio

The society operates a museum with a collection of over 1,700 objects, a library and ar

Shawnee Town Museum Shawnee Town Museum
Shawnee, Kansas

The area now comprising Shawnee, Kansas is rich with history and examples of characteri

Shelburne Museum Shelburne Museum
Shelburne, Vermont

More than 150,000 works of art are on display on the 45-acre museum campus, spread thro

Shiloh Museum Of Ozark History Shiloh Museum Of Ozark History
Springdale, Arkansas

The Shiloh Museum tells the story of pioneer men, women and children through a variety

Show Low Historical Society Museum Show Low Historical Society Museum
Show Low, Arizona

Show Low had its beginning as a ranch claimed by Marion Clark and Corydon Cooley.

Siloam Springs Museum Siloam Springs Museum
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Explore the past through permanent and rotating exhibits highlighting Indian culture, p

Silver Terrace Cemeteries Silver Terrace Cemeteries
Virginia City, Nevada

Beginning in the 1860s, a wide variety of fraternal, civic and religious groups establi

Skene Manor Skene Manor
Whitehall, New York

In 1874 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Potter built the three-story Victorian goth

Skenesborough Museum Skenesborough Museum
Whitehall, New York

The Skenesborough Museum concentrates on the history of the area, along with a focus th

Smith County Heritage Museum Smith County Heritage Museum
Carthage, Tennessee

 

Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution
Washington, District Of Columbia

Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by archit

Smithsonian National Museum Of American History Smithsonian National Museum Of American History
Washington, District Of Columbia

The National Museum of American History offers a collection of Americana as rich and di

Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Washington, District Of Columbia

Generations of remarkable Americans are kept in the company of their fellow citizens at

Smoky Hill Museum Smoky Hill Museum
Salina, Kansas

Sophienburg Museum Sophienburg Museum
New Braunfels, Texas

The Sophienburg Museum contains artifacts and displays of early life in New Braunfels,

South County Historical Society South County Historical Society
Arroyo Grande, California

The South County Historical Society boasts several late 19th century dwellings, a schoo

South County Museum South County Museum
Narragansett, Rhode Island

SCM is located in a 174-acre town park that was the 19th-century estate of Rhode Island

South Florida Museum South Florida Museum
Bradenton, Florida

Discover Florida's story from the prehistoric to the present with life-sized casts of I

South Florida Railroad Museum South Florida Railroad Museum
Deerfield Beach, Florida

The museum seeks to provide the public with the history of railroading and how it affec

South Lyon Historical Commission & Witch’s Hat Depot Museum South Lyon Historical Commission & Witch’s Hat Depot Museum
South Lyon, Michigan

The historical commission also assists and cooperates with other Michigan historical so

Southeast Museum Southeast Museum
Brewster, New York

Exhibits throughout the museum include the early American Circus, the Harlem Line Railr

Southwest Florida Museum Of History Southwest Florida Museum Of History
Fort Myers, Florida

Housed in the former Atlantic Coastline Railroad depot, the Museum is home to the histo

Sparta Rock House Sparta Rock House
Sparta, Tennessee

The small, stone Rock House, originally built to collect tolls on a private road, was b

Spring Street Historical Museum Spring Street Historical Museum
Shreveport, Louisiana

The Spring Street Historical Museum's building was constructed in the 1860s as Tally's

St. Charles County Historical Society St. Charles County Historical Society
St. Charles, Missouri

During the period of 1821 to 1826, when St.

St. Clement's Island Potomac River Museum St. Clement's Island Potomac River Museum
Colton's Point, Maryland

This museum overlooks and focuses on the history of St.

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