Scouting museums

Scouting museums
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Throughout the world there are many museums related to Scouting dedicated to preserving, communicating, and exhibiting the heritage of the Scouting movement for purposes of study, education, and enjoyment of society. A downloadable world directory of Scouting museums is available from the US Scouting Service Project. ^[1]

Africa Scout Region

Africa Scout Region

• Baden-Powell museum – Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage, now a small museum, stands on the grounds of the Outspan Hotel. For years it served as a WAGGGS World Center.
• Scout Information Centre – Baden Powell's Gravesite, Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. This is a fairly modern build which contains a small shop, a board showing badges (many collected during the 2010 World Scout Moot in Kenya) and various neckers (scarfs) from around the World. There are plans to develop it in to a fully fledged museum outlining the history of the association. Talks were under way with National Museums of Kenya to obtain suitable display cases, etc... during 2013. A number of historical items currently held at the Kenya Scout HQs in Rowallan Campsite, Nairobi are likely to be moved into the new museum once it has been completed. This includes a 1st Edition copy of Scouting for Boys . ^{[2] [3]}

Asia-Pacific Region

Asia-Pacific Region

• Scout Museum at the National Training Centre, Mouchak, Gazipur, Bangladesh
• Hong Kong Scout Centre, Austin Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Scout Association of Japan headquarters, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Museum occupies one floor of the headquarters.
• Philippine Scout Center (at the back of Manila City Hall), the Philippines
• Manila International Scout Museum (MISM) (Tondo, Manila), the Philippines ^[4]
• Discovery Scout Centre, Singapore

Australia

• Tasmanian Scout Heritage Centre, ^[5] Kingston, Tasmania
• South Australian Scout Archives, ^[6] Henley Beach, South Australia
• Victorian Scout Heritage Centre, ^[7] South Yarra, Victoria
• Scouts Queensland Heritage Centre, 'The Wheel House', Baden-Powell Park, Samford, Queensland. ^[8]
• Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western Australia.
• Queensland Guide Museum, ^[9] Brisbane, Queensland

New Zealand

• National Scout Museum, ^[10] Blue Skies Conference and Training Centre, Kaiapoi, South Island, New Zealand

European Scout Region

European Scout Region

Austria

• Pfadfindermuseum und Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte, Vienna ^[11]
• Pfadfindermuseum der Gilde Bruck an der Leitha

Belgium

• Scouts en Gidsen Museum / Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme, Louvain ^[12]
• Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme / Belgische Historische Centrum voor Scoutisme, Brussels ^[13]
• International Scouting Museum, Arlon ^[14]

Denmark

• Spejdermuseet Holmen ^[15]
• Esbjerg Spejdermuseum ^[16]
• Spejdermuseet Århus ^[17]
• Stenlændernes Spejdermuseum ^[18]
• KFUM-spejdernes korpshistoriske udvalg
• Sønderjysk Spejdermuseum ^[19]
• Tydal Spejdermuseum
• Silkeborg Spejdermuseum ^[20]
• Nordjysk Spejdermuseum ^[21]
• De historiske Samlinger, Aalborg ^[22]
• KFUK-Spejdermuseum (Randers) ^[23]
• Randers Spejdermuseum DDS
• De Gule Spejderes museum ^[24]
• Fyns Spejder- og FDF museum

Finland

• Suomen Partiomuseo – Finlands Scoutmuseum, Turku ^[25]

France

• Musée Scout Réseau Baden-Powell, Thorey-Lyautey ^{[26] [27]}

Iceland

• Scouting Museum Iceland ^[28]

Ireland

• Larch Hill Scout Museum
• Mount Melleray National Scout Museum, County Waterford
• Togher Scout Museum, Cork City

Italy

• Scout Museum, Palermo ^[29]

The Netherlands

• Scouting Nederland Museum, Baarn ^[30]
• Scoutingmuseum Haagse Randstad, The Hague. ^[31] Traveling museum without a permanent exhibition space.
• Scouting Museum "De Ducdalf", Rotterdam ^[32]

Norway

• Norwegian Guide and Scout museum, Oslo ^[33]

Poland

• Museum of Scouting, Warsaw ^[34]
• Olga & Andrzej Małkowski Scouting Museum Polish : Muzeum Harcerskie im. Olgi i Andrzeja Małkowskich, Zakopane
• Scouting Museum, Radom

Portugal

• Museu do Corpo Nacional de Escutas (Museu do CNE), Lisboa ^[35]
• Museu do Escutismo, Dume - Braga ^[36]
• Centro de Interpretação e Documentação do Escotismo - Museu dos Escoteiros de Portugal, Cova da Piedade - Almada ^[37]

Slovakia

• Slovakia National Scouting Museum - Skautské múzeum Václava Rubeša v Ružomberku (Václav Rubeš Scouting Museum in Ružomberok), ^[38]

Sweden

• Kjesäters Scoutmuseum & Archive, Vingåker ^[39]
• Scoutmuseet, Göteborg ^[40]
• Scoutmuseet i Malmö
• Nordvästra Skånes Scoutmuseum, Helsingborg ^[41]

United Kingdom

• Baden-Powell House, London. A basic display and some artefacts.
• Gilwell Park, Chingford, north London. ^[42] Closed in the Spring of 2016 as heritage preservation was affected by building lighting and humidity, but reopened before October 2017. ^[43]
• Guide Heritage Centre, London
• Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust ^[44] at Waddecar Scout Camp, West Lancashire.
• Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Oxfordshire
• Brownsea Island Scout camp, Poole Harbour, Dorset.
• Hertfordshire Scout Museum, Well End. ^[45]

Interamerican Scout Region

Interamerican Scout Region

Argentina

• Scout Museum "Baden Powell" - San Francisco, Córdoba ^{[46] [47]}
• Scout Museum - Guaymallén, Mendoza ^[48]

Brazil

• Cultural Centre of Scout Movement (CCME), Rio de Janeiro ^[49]

• Carajás Scout Museum São Paulo ^[50]

Canada

• Scouts Canada National Museum - Ottawa, Ontario ^[51]

Mexico

• Museo de Historia Scout - Puebla ^[52]

United States

See also: Strengthen the Arm of Liberty

• Avondale Scout Museum, Clinton, La
• Arizona Scouting Museum ^[53]
• Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum, ^[54] Phoenix, Arizona
• Boyhaven Scouting Museum, ^[55] Middle Grove, New York
• Central States Scout Museum, ^[56] Larned, Kansas
• Central States Scout Museum ^[57]
• E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum, ^[58] Owasippe Scout Reservation, Blue Lake Township, Michigan
• Fred H. Poppe Museum, ^[59] Amarillo, Texas
• George E. Freestone Boy Scout Museum, Provo, Utah
• Girl Scout First Headquarters, ^[60] Savannah, Georgia
• Girl Scout Museum and Archives, Girl Scout Headquarters, New York City, New York
• Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Archive Museum, ^[61] Camp Wendy, Wallkill, New York
• Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, ^[62] Camp Cedar Hill, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place, ^[63] Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Office, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Girl Scout Museum, Girl Scouts of Northern California, ^[64] Oakland, California and at Camp Bothin in Fairfax, California
• Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum, ^[65] Salt Lake City, Utah
• Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, ^[66] Houston, Texas
• Gregson Center and Museum, ^[67] Pipsico Scout Reservation, Spring Grove, Virginia
• John Dyer-Hurdon Scout Collection at the Washington Historical Museum, ^[68] Washington, Michigan
• Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library, ^[69] Manchester, New Hampshire
• Many Point Scout Camp History Center, ^[70] Ponsford, Minnesota
• Miakonda Scouting Museum, ^[71] Toledo, Ohio
• National Scouting Museum, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico
• Nathan Dauby Scouting Museum, Lake Erie Council, Cleveland, Ohio
• Nathan Hale Heritage Center, ^[72] June Norcross Webster Scout Reservation, Ashford, Connecticut
• Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum, ^[73] Camp T. Brady Saunders, Maidens, Virginia
• New Jersey Scout Museum, ^[74] Morganville, New Jersey
• Nobby Schnabel Museum and Nature Center, ^[10] Camp Pollock, Cedar Glen, California
• Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts
• Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont, ^[75] Rutland, Vermont
• North East Regional Scout Museum, ^[76] Rochelle Park, New Jersey
• North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, ^[77] North St. Paul, Minnesota
• Osage County Historical Museum, ^[78] Pawhuska, Oklahoma
• Otis H. Chidester Museum, ^[79] Tucson, Arizona
• Ottawa Scouting Museum, ^[80] Ottawa, Illinois
• Pioneers' Park Museum, ^[81] Imperial, California
• Samoset Council Archives Room, Crystal Lake Scout Reservation, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
• Scout Heritage Museum, ^[82] Three Harbors Council, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Ten Mile River Scout Museum, ^[83] Narrowsburg, New York
• Thomas D. Trainor Boy Scout Museum, ^[84] Metamora, Michigan
• W.C. Moorehead Museum, ^[85] Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville, Ohio
• William Hillcourt Scout Museum, ^[86] Constantia, New York
• World Scouting Museum, ^[87] Charleston, West Virginia
• World of Scouting Museum, ^[88] Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• Worth Ranch Museum, ^[89] Palo Pinto, Texas

Virtual Museums

• Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Library, ^[90] Manchester, New Hampshire
• Scout & Guide Museum page ^[91]
• Scouting Milestones Scout History Website ^[92]

See also

• Scouting portal

• Scouting memorials
• Scouting memorabilia collecting

Notes

1. "Scouting Museums". USSSP.
2. "Baden Powell Scouts Information Centre". Nyeri, Kenya: facebook.com.
3. Wendell, Bryan (2014-04-11). "Scouting family takes pilgrimage to Baden-Powell's grave in Kenya". Bryan on Scouting. Scouting Magazine.
4. "Manila International Scout Museum". Pathfinder and Rover Explorer Scouts Association International. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
5. "Scout Heritage Centre" . Retrieved 2019-05-18.
6. "Archives". SA Branch. Scout Association of Australia. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
7. "Scout Heritage Victoria". Scouts Victoria Australia. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
8. "Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum" . Retrieved 2007-09-27.
9. "Queensland Guide Museum". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
10. "National Scout Museum". New Zealand Museums. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
11. "Pfadfindermuseum und Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte - Home". www.pfadfindermuseum.org (in German).
12. "Scouts en Gidsen Museum Leuven – Museé du Scoutisme et Guidisme Leuven" (in Luxembourgish).
13. "Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme". chbs.be (in Luxembourgish).
14. "MUSEE DU SCOUTISME INTERNATIONAL". museescout.be (in Luxembourgish).
15. "Startside". www.spejdermuseet.dk (in Danish).
16. "Esbjerg Spejdermuseum". www.esbjerg-spejdermuseum.dk (in Danish).
17. "Spejdermuseet Århus – Spejderhistorie om Østjylland" (in Danish).
18. "Om museet". www.spejderstaven.dk (in Danish).
19. "Home". www.spejdermuseum.dk (in Danish).
20. "Silkeborg Spejderhistoriske Forening" (in Danish).
21. "Nordjysk Spejdermuseum". spejdermuseum.jensbang.dk (in Danish).
22. "www.ryaasejladsen.dk/Default.asp?ID=194" (in Danish).
23. "kfuk-spejdermuseetranders.dk/nyheder". www.kfuk-spejdermuseetranders.dk (in Danish).
24. "Museum: De Gule Spejderes museum". spejderes-museum.dk/ (in Danish).
25. "Partiomuseo". Suomen Partiolaiset (in Finnish). 29 January 2020.
26. "Lyautey : un homme, un château, une animation - Site officiel - Accueil". lyautey.fr (in French).
27. "Réseau Baden Powell". www.reseau-bp.fr/ (in French).
28. "fraedaseturskata". Facebook (in Icelandic).
29. "Scouting Museum Palermo". Facebook. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
30. "Scouting Nederland Museum" (in Dutch).
31. "Scouting Nederland". Scouting Nederland (in Dutch).
32. "Scoutingmuseum". www.scoutmuseum.nl (in Dutch).
33. "The Norwegian Guide and Scout museum" (in Norwegian).
34. "Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego". Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (in Polish).
35. "Museu do CNE". Facebook (in Portuguese).
36. "Museu do Escutismo" (in Portuguese).
37. "Centro de Interpretação e Documentação do Escotismo" (in Portuguese).
38. "Skautske Muzeum" (in Slovak).
39. "Kjesäters Scoutmuseum" (in Swedish).
40. "Scoutmuseet" (in Swedish).
41. "Nordvästra Skånes Scoutmuseum" (in Swedish).
42. "UK National Virtual Museum" . Retrieved 2009-03-09.
43. "Discovering Scouting Heritage". The Scout Association. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
44. "Story of Scouting Museum". Story of Scouting Museum. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
45. "Hertfordshire Scout Museum". Archived from the original on 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
46. "Museo Scout Baden Powell". Archived from the original on 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
47. "Noche de los Museos - Museo Scout "Baden Powell"". RadioCanal. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
48. "Museo Scout". Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
49. "Centro Cultural do Movimento Escoteiro" . Retrieved 2020-03-08.
50. "Carajas Scout Museum" . Retrieved 2025-09-22.
51. "Scouts Canada National Museum". Scouts Canada. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
52. "Exposición Permanente". Museo de Historia Scout. Todo Puebla. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
53. "Arizona Scouting Museum".
54. "Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21.
55. "Camp Boyhaven Scouting Museum". Archived from the original on 2008-03-21.
56. "Central States Scout Museum". Archived from the original on 2011-02-22.
57. "Peregrine International Museum of Scouting".
58. "Boy Scout | E. Urner Goodman Owasippe Museum | United States". Owasippe Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
59. "Fred H. Poppe Museum". Archived from the original on 2020-01-17.
60. "Girl Scout First Headquarters" . Retrieved 2020-01-29.
61. "Museum". Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
62. "Girl Scout Museum". Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
63. "Girl Scout Museum". www.artmuseumtouring.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
64. "Girl Scout Museum". Girl Scouts of Northern California. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01.
65. "Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum". Archived from the original on 2007-12-12.
66. "Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03.
67. "Gregson Center and Museum".
68. "John Dyer-Hurdon Scout Museum | The Greater Washington Area Historical Society". www.washhistsoc.org. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
69. "L. L. Lee Scouting Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-20.
70. "Many Point Scout Camp History Center". Archived from the original on 2006-07-21.
71. "Miakonda Museum". Erie Shores Council. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
72. "Nathan Hale Heritage Center".
73. "Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum". Archived from the original on 2006-07-11.
74. "New Jersey Scout Museum". Archived from the original on January 28, 2011.
75. "Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
76. "Northeast Region Scout Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
77. "North Star Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
78. "The Osage County Historical Society Museum". Visit The Osage. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
79. "Otis H. Chidester Museum".
80. "Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum". Ottawa Visitors Center. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
81. "Galleries at Pioneers Park Museum". Pioneers Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
82. "Scout Heritage Museum". Three Harbors Council. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
83. "Ten Mile River Scout Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
84. "Thomas D Trainor Scout Museum". Michigan Crossroads Council. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
85. "W. C. Moorhead Museum". Camp Tuscazoar. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
86. "William Hillcourt Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
87. "World Scouting Museum, 1615 Washington Street East Charleston, WV" . Retrieved 2023-09-15.
88. "World of Scouting Museum" . Retrieved 2020-12-21.
89. "Worth Ranch Museum". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
90. "Lawrence L. Smith Scouting Museum and Library".
91. "USScouts Scout & Guide Museum page (US and worldwide)".
92. "Scouting Milestones Scout History Website". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. has over 55 fully researched articles with unique photographs of the rarest Scout artifacts

External links

• Sloan, Bill (November 2003). "Scouting History on Display". Scouting Magazine.
• "Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue". Samford, Queensland.