Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Founded in 2018, the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project (MLMP) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that works to advance the cause of reconciliation in the state…
MoreFounded in 2018, the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project (MLMP) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that works to advance the cause of reconciliation in the state…
MoreSte. Genevieve National Historical Park was established in October 2020. The park interprets history from the town of Ste. Genevieve, which is the oldest permanent…
MoreOn the highest hill in Richmond, Virginia, in the former capital of the Confederacy where the monuments have come down and the work for justice…
MoreThe Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an educational agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, administers Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution…
MoreThe Echo Theater is a formerly segregated movie theater located off the courthouse square in the historic district of downtown Laurens, South Carolina. It is…
MoreThe WWPL was incorporated in 1938 as the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and was officially dedicated in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt as “a new shrine…
MoreDelaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was created in 1965 under the stewardship of the National Park Service. Located in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey,…
MoreTransform 1012 N. Main Street (TNMS) is a coalition and community-led 501(c)(3) that is transforming the former Ku Klux Klan Klavern No. 101 Auditorium in…
MoreThe mission of the Friends is to support the Museum and its programs. To do this our organization relies on volunteers. Those volunteers serve as…
MoreJohn Dickinson, known as the “Penman of the Revolution,” was one of America’s founding fathers who wrote of freedom and liberty for all while holding…
MoreThe White Earth Reservation encompasses 1,296 square miles. This includes 530 lakes, 300 miles of rivers and streams, 951 miles of County, State, Federal and…
MoreOn January 8, 2020, tragedy struck as Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 carrying 176 crew and passengers (plus an unborn child), was struck by the Islamic…
MoreLocated on the international border with Canada, the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center is an experiential museum that reveals authentic stories of Underground Railroad…
MoreWith 6,000 years of human history and thousands of acres of woods, water, and salt marsh, the Timucuan Preserve shares the history and culture of…
MoreFirst School in the South for formerly Enslaved West Africans Penn Center is one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in…
MoreOld Sturbridge Village traces its beginnings to the remarkable collection of early New England artifacts amassed by the Wells family of Southbridge, Massachusetts. In 1936,…
MoreWhitman Mission National Historic Site, located near Walla Walla, Washington, a site of early interactions between United States citizens and Indian nations, preserves a sacred…
MoreLongfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets. First built in 1759,…
MoreThe Over-the-Rhine Museum began in 2014 with a volunteer board of historians, archivists, preservationists, educators, developers, business owners, and residents. The museum “feels called to…
MoreIn 1950, a group of dedicated volunteers established Old Salem, Inc. to preserve and restore the Moravian town and gardens of Salem for future generations….
MoreThe William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum is one of just a few African American cultural sites nationwide. The museum inspires the…
MoreHistoric Alexandria preserves and shares the past to enrich the present and inspire the future. As part of the City of Alexandria, the department shares…
MoreHistoric Stagville is a state historic site that interprets the lives, culture, and labors of enslaved people on one of the largest plantations in North…
MoreReflectSpace Gallery at the Downtown Central Library is a new hybrid exhibition space designed to explore and reflect on major human atrocities, genocides, and civil…
MoreRemember the Triangle Fire Coalition is a volunteer-run, activist organization dedicated to disseminating information about the 1911 Triangle fire and its historical and contemporary ramifications….
MoreThe Illinois State Museum is a system of museums and galleries serving the people of Illinois, and operates within the agency of the Illinois Department…
MoreThe Kennedy King Memorial Initiative builds on the historical events of April 4, 1968, to raise awareness, provoke thought and inspire action to eliminate division…
MoreThe Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. works to study, commemorate, and preserve the unique and rich history of this late 18th through 19th-century industrial village…
MoreFounded on February 4, 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), stands on the historic homelands of the Massachusett people, a site that has…
MoreFounded in 1963, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) stewards the past and present of the Presidio Neighborhood and inspires preservation advocacy throughout…
MoreThe New York State Museum is a center of art, science, and history dedicated to exploring the human and natural history of the state. Established…
MoreFirst opened in 1996, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine is a constellation of three sites comprising an exhibit-based experience in Frederick, Maryland, an…
MoreThe Baltimore Museum of Industry was founded in 1977 as a project of the Mayor’s Office to collect the stories and histories of businesses that…
MoreThe Lower Falls Foundation, founded in 2016, is growing the national presence of Rochester‘s Lower Falls Region in New York by empowering community neighbors, fostering…
MoreThe Historical Museum at Fort Missoula welcomes over 50,000 visitors including 4,000 school children from Western Montana. The Historical Museum’s four core areas of interpretation…
MoreMalik Rahim joined the Black Panther Party during the Civil Rights movement and was a leader in the New Orleans Panthers by 1970. His house…
MoreThe Southern Tenant Farmers Museum enhances knowledge and understanding of tenant farming and agricultural labor movements in the Mississippi River Delta region and preserves the…
MoreSince 1996, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and its partners have worked to tell the story of the city’s leading role in the global…
MoreRoger Williams National Memorial was established by the Congress of the United States in 1965 to commemorate Williams’s “outstanding contributions to the development of the…
MoreThe McLeod Plantation Historic Site and the Caw Caw Interpretive Center are former plantations owned and operated by Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission. The…
MoreUniquely located on the site of the former Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, the Shingwauk Residential Schools Center (SRSC) at Algoma University…
MoreThe Division for Historic Preservation (DHP) is a department within the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The Division for Historic Preservation…
MoreThe Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (HMTC) of Nassau County was founded by a group of Holocaust Survivors, elected officials and interfaith clergy, who were…
MoreArch Street Meeting House is a hub of Quaker thought, inspiration, and action and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2011. Built in…
MoreEstablished by Congress in 2009, the Northern Plains National Heritage Area (NPNHA) promotes the appreciation and protection of natural, historic, and cultural resources along the…
MoreThe Colibrí Center for Human Rights is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in Tucson, Arizona with the mission to end disappearance and uphold human dignity along the…
MoreWith over 180 staff members, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of partners in historical societies, local history groups and local and state government, Ohio History…
MoreThe Center for Reconciliation in Providence, Rhode Island offers a wide range of events, ongoing programs and exhibits designed to connect us to the history…
MoreMiddle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, Inc. (MPCPMP) provides a means for individuals and communities to formally honor and remember the millions of Africans…
MoreSince 1974, Conner Prairie has been a destination where people can experience history in a way that books cannot teach, as founder Eli Lilly envisioned….
MoreDorothea Dix Park has a deep history that involves many of the most complex national issues today: Race, Mental Health, and the Environment. Beginning as…
MoreRebuild Foundation is a platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation. Our projects support artists and strengthen communities by providing free arts programming, creating…
MoreThe International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human…
MoreThe Justice Fleet is a mobile network of experiences that foster community healing through art, play, and dialogue. Housed inside of box trucks, each mobile…
MoreOn June 12, 2016, 49 angels sought the joy, love and acceptance of Pulse Nightclub. Instead, they found hatred. And they never came home. They…
MoreThe Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center is located in the Barrio Historico on the southern edge of downtown Tucson. The flagship of the…
MoreThe Michigan History Center is part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Its museum and archival programs foster curiosity, enjoyment and inspiration rooted in…
MoreThe National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present, and…
MoreKeweenaw National Historic Park‘s mission is to preserve and interpret the history of copper mining in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. To help achieve that, the park…
MoreThe Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) is an independent, non-governmental organization established in 2005, located in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Its mission…
MoreThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a national and international destination, a centre of learning where Canadians and people from around the world engage…
MoreThe Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience is dedicated to immersing people in uniquely-American stories of survival, success, struggle, conflict, compassion, and…
MoreThe Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument solemnly remembers the dark days of suffering from 1863 to 1868 when the U.S. Military persecuted…
MoreMost Americans know the story of Ellis Island, where immigrants crossing the Atlantic Ocean were processed. But the story of its West Coast counterpart, the…
MoreWith the mission to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit, the Abbe Museum values the importance of education, research, care, and…
MoreThe first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history, the Arab American National Museum brings the voices and faces of Arab Americans to…
MoreThe Missouri History Museum seeks to deepen the understanding of past choices, present circumstances, and future possibilities; strengthen the bonds of the community; and facilitate…
MoreHaving once housed an extensive archival collection of educational materials, the Museum of Education now serves exclusively as a museum with its exhibitions, publications, and programs…
MoreAs a witness to two world wars, Florence Bartlett believed that encouraging people to interact with folk art and with one another would help promote cultural…
MoreThe Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is the only museum of its kind in the world. It is the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,…
MoreOn September 5, 1905 the Portsmouth Peace Treaty was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, ending the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. President Theodore Roosevelt won…
MorePearl S. Buck International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the 19th century historic Pearl Buck House into a 21st century intercultural learning experience….
MoreThe National Civil Rights Museum is located at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4,…
MoreThe Museum of Women’s Resistance (MoWRe) examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of women of African descent and cultures over time in the realms…
MoreMy Lai Memorial Exhibit Remember/ Learn/ Seek Justice & Peace This traveling exhibit honors the Vietnamese who died in their American War. The exhibit is…
MorePennhurst is the epicenter of the human rights movement for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. More than ten thousand people were confined to this…
MorePreservation Virginia is the oldest state-wide historic preservation organization in the United States. Begun in 1889 to save Virginia’s historic places, Preservation Virginia is now…
MoreIn 1862, Abraham Lincoln and his family were invited to stay in a Gothic-Revival “cottage” on the grounds of the Soldier’s Home in Washington, D.C….
MoreSacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project is a project of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice, and Equality. It was established on December 10, 2004, to build…
MoreVoices Against Injustice, formerly the Salem Award Foundation, draws upon the lessons of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, to promote awareness, understanding, and empathy…
MoreThe San Diego Museum of Man aims to inspire human connections by exploring the human experience. Its goal is to aid visitors in reflecting on their…
MoreThe Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal…
MoreThe mission of The Hart Island Project is to assist low-income, marginalized people to preserve their histories, gain access to information and gravesites of friends…
MoreThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy; interprets the Dealey Plaza National Historical Landmark District…
MoreThe attacks on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 resulted in President Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, authorizing the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans on…
MoreUlysses S. Grant National Historic Site focuses on Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, and the stories of enslaved African Americans. At Grant’s White Haven home,…
MoreWomen’s Rights National Historic Park is housed in the Wesleyan Chapel where in 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four other women invited the public to…
MoreBuilt in the early 1820s, Historic Fort Snelling played many pivotal roles in the history of the United States from before the Civil War through World…
MoreEastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world. Opened in 1829, the facility embodied a new philosophy: that prolonged…
MoreThe Atlanta History Center, through its collections, programs and exhibitions, preserves and interprets subjects about the city and the region to Atlanta’s diverse audiences. The…
MoreIn honor of the struggle against racism and segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) was erected as a monument to reconciliation and equality for…
MoreThe story of Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in U.S. public schools, is one of hope and courage. In December 1952,…
MoreEstablished in 2004, the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Memorial provide exhibitions and resources for individuals and groups to learn about Cambodian history and culture,…
MoreChicago Cultural Alliance (CCA) connects, promotes, and supports centers of cultural heritage for a more inclusive Chicago. The CCA represents 35 Chicago-area ethnic museums, cultural…
MoreThe goal of Consequences of Radiation Exposure (CORE) is to establish an international museum focusing upon issues relating to the health effects of ionizing radiation….
MoreThe Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, part of Queensborough Community College (CUNY), uses the lessons of the Holocaust and other mass…
MoreMinidoka National Historic Site is located in the western United States. It commemorates the more than 9,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War…
MoreThe early story of America’s Industrial Revolution is commemorated at Lowell National Historical Park. In the midst of this lively city, the Park offers visitors…
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