List of open-air and living history museums in the United States

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This is a list of open-air and living history museums in the United States.

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Ecological and environmental living museums

Farm museums

Alabama

Alaska

California

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Waterloo Farm Museum


Minnesota

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Living transportation museums

Military forts and posts

The list of forts lists both historical, preserved and currently operational military posts. Not all are open to the public. Some of those open to the public will have living history guides.

Battery Gunnison, a US Army Coast Artillery Battery at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, is being restored to its 1943 configuration by the Army Ground Forces Association, a non-profit living history organization, and is open for tours throughout the year. [16]

Renaissance faires

Other open-air and living history museums

Arizona

Arkansas

California

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Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

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East Grand Forks Heritage Village, East Grand Forks, Minnesota
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Village of Yesteryear, Owatonna, Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

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A museum interpreter explains aspects of a 19th-century apothecary in Old Salem

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

See also

Museum nameTownStateTypeSummary
Alabama Constitution Village Huntsville, Alabama Alabama Living1819 life, includes a law office, print shop, land surveyor's office, post office, cabinetmaker's shop and residence
Landmark Park Dothan Alabama Living1890s living history farm and village
Pioneer Living History Village Phoenix Arizona LivingLate 19th-century town
Sharlot Hall Museum Prescott Arizona Open-airIncludes special living history programs for mid-1860s
Ozark Folk Center Mountain View Arkansas LivingState park with traditional crafts and music
Columbia State Historic Park Columbia California LivingMid-to-late 19th-century Gold Rush town
Empire Mine State Historic Park Grass Valley California LivingLate 19th-century living history tours, gold mine complex
Heritage Square Museum Montecito Heights, Los Angeles California LivingCovers different periods; includes eight historic structures, a train car, and a trolley car
Leonis Adobe Calabasas California Living1880s California ranch
San Dieguito Heritage Museum Encinitas California Local historyOffers family living history programs on special days
Stein Family Farm National City California Farm website, focus is rural life from 1900 to 1920
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Otero County Colorado LivingReconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail
Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum Delta Colorado Living website, 1820s fur trading post
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs Colorado LivingDepicts life in four time periods: American Indian area in 1775; 1860s Galloway Homestead; 1880s Chambers Home and Ranch; 1907 Edwardian Country Estate
South Park City Fairplay Colorado Open-airMid-19th-century recreated mining town
Mystic Seaport Mystic Connecticut Living19th-century maritime village with historic ships and buildings
Barberville Pioneer Settlement Barberville Florida Open-air/livingLate 19th- to early 20th-century rural life, 18 structures 1879 - 1926 http://www.pioneersettlement.org
Bellevue Plantation Tallahassee Florida FarmPart of the Tallahassee Museum
Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine Florida LivingColonial fort
Cracker Country Tampa Florida Open-airLate 19th- to early 20th-century rural life, includes thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912
Fort Clinch State Park Fernandina Beach Florida Living19th-century fort with period re-enactors
Lake Kissimmee State Park Lake Wales Florida LivingIncludes Cow Camp, an 1876 cattle camp
Mission San Luis de Apalachee Tallahassee Florida LivingReconstructed 17th-century Spanish mission and Apalachee village
Morningside Nature Center Gainesville Florida FarmIncludes 1870s farm
Silver River Museum Silver Springs Florida Open-airIncludes restored or "newly built" 19th-century farm buildings with a special living history event
Agrirama Tifton Georgia Farm website, includes five areas: a traditional farm community of the 1870s, an 1890s progressive farmstead, an industrial sites complex, rural town, Peanut Museum, and the Georgia Museum of Agriculture Center
Westville Lumpkin Georgia LivingRecreates an 1850 working town with over 30 buildings
Kona Coffee Living History Farm Captain Cook Hawaii FarmDepicts the daily lives of early Japanese immigrants during the period of 1920-1945
Polynesian Cultural Center Lā'ie Hawaii Living
Kline Creek Farm Winfield Illinois FarmLate 19th-century farm
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site Lerna Illinois Living1840s farmstead with three historic houses
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site New Salem Illinois Living1830s village
Macktown Living History Education Center Rockton Illinois Living website, 1830 - 1846 village
Naper Settlement Naperville Illinois Living19th-century museum village


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References

  1. ↑ Riley's Farm Living History Tours
  2. ↑ Panhandle Pioneer Settlement Living History Museum
  3. ↑ Old Cowtown Museum
  4. ↑ Norlands Living History Center
  5. ↑ "Colonial Michilimackinac".
  6. ↑ "Home". historicwhitepinevillage.org.
  7. ↑ Historic Cold Spring Village
  8. ↑ Bethpage Village
  9. ↑ B Street Living Permaculture Museum
  10. ↑ Pennsylvania Plantation
  11. ↑ "Home". thisistheplace.org.
  12. ↑ "Home". awhc.org.
  13. ↑ "Home". wheelerfarm.com.
  14. ↑ Colonial Williamsburg
  15. ↑ Matthews Living History Farm Museum
  16. ↑ "Army Ground Forces Association". www.armygroundforces.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  17. ↑ Four Mile Historic Park
  18. ↑ Vermilionville Cajun and Creole Folklife Park
  19. ↑ "Historic St. Mary's City". Archived from the original on 2000-12-04. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  20. ↑ Pinecrest Historical Village
  21. ↑ "Rhinelander Wisconsin" . Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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