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Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library

The WWPL was incorporated in 1938 as the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and was officially dedicated in 1941 by President Franklin Roosevelt as “a new shrine…

John Dickinson Plantation – United States

John 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…

White Earth Tribal Historic Preservation Office (United States)

The 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…

Flight PS752 Memorial

On January 8, 2020, tragedy struck as Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 carrying 176 crew and passengers (plus an unborn child), was struck by the Islamic…

Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center

Located on the international border with Canada, the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center is an experiential museum that reveals authentic stories of Underground Railroad…

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (United States)

With 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…

Penn Center (United States)

First School in the South for formerly Enslaved West Africans Penn Center is one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in…

Old Sturbridge Village (United States)

Old Sturbridge Village traces its beginnings to the remarkable collection of early New England artifacts amassed by the Wells family of Southbridge, Massachusetts. In 1936,…

Whitman Mission National Historic Site (United States)

Whitman Mission National Historic Site, located near Walla Walla, Washington, a site of early interactions between United States citizens and Indian nations, preserves a sacred…

Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters

Longfellow 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,…

Over-the-Rhine Museum

The 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…

Old Salem Museums and Gardens

In 1950, a group of dedicated volunteers established Old Salem, Inc. to preserve and restore the Moravian town and gardens of Salem for future generations….

William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum

The William C. Goodridge Freedom Center and Underground Railroad Museum is one of just a few African American cultural sites nationwide. The museum inspires the…

Historic Alexandria – United States

Historic Alexandria preserves and shares the past to enrich the present and inspire the future. As part of the City of Alexandria, the department shares…

Historic Stagville State Historic Site (United States)

Historic Stagville is a state historic site that interprets the lives, culture, and labors of enslaved people on one of the largest plantations in North…

ReflectSpace Gallery

ReflectSpace Gallery at the Downtown Central Library is a new hybrid exhibition space designed to explore and reflect on major human atrocities, genocides, and civil…

KIDZEUM

Kidzeum of Health and Science is located at 412 E. Adams Street in downtown Springfield, Illinois. The museum is designed to give children ages two-to-ten…

Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, Inc.

Remember 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….

Illinois State Museum

The Illinois State Museum is a system of museums and galleries serving the people of Illinois, and operates within the agency of the Illinois Department…

Kennedy King Memorial Initiative

The Kennedy King Memorial Initiative builds on the historical events of April 4, 1968, to raise awareness, provoke thought and inspire action to eliminate division…

Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc.

The 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…

Museum of Fine Arts

Founded on February 4, 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), stands on the historic homelands of the Massachusett people, a site that has…

Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

Founded in 1963, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) stewards the past and present of the Presidio Neighborhood and inspires preservation advocacy throughout…

New York State Museum

The New York State Museum is a center of art, science, and history dedicated to exploring the human and natural history of the state. Established…

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

First 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…

Baltimore Museum of Industry

The 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…

Lower Falls Foundation

The 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…

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

The 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…

Malik Rahim House

Malik Rahim joined the Black Panther Party during the Civil Rights movement and was a leader in the New Orleans Panthers by 1970. His house…

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum enhances knowledge and understanding of tenant farming and agricultural labor movements in the Mississippi River Delta region and preserves the…

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park

Since 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…

Filoli

Filoli welcomes 200,000 visitors through tours, art exhibitions, youth and adult education, and seasonal events. Our programs aim to highlight the importance of connections among…

Roger Williams National Memorial

Roger 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…

McLeod Plantation Historic Site and Caw Caw Interpretive Center

The McLeod Plantation Historic Site and the Caw Caw Interpretive Center are former plantations owned and operated by Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission. The…

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

Uniquely located on the site of the former Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, the Shingwauk Residential Schools Center (SRSC) at Algoma University…

New York State Parks – Division for Historic Preservation

The 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…

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County

The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center (HMTC) of Nassau County was founded by a group of Holocaust Survivors, elected officials and interfaith clergy, who were…

Arch Street Meeting House

Arch Street Meeting House is a hub of Quaker thought, inspiration, and action and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2011. Built in…

Northern Plains National Heritage Area

Established by Congress in 2009, the Northern Plains National Heritage Area (NPNHA) promotes the appreciation and protection of natural, historic, and cultural resources along the…

Colibrí Center for Human Rights

The 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…

Ohio History Connection

With over 180 staff members, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of partners in historical societies, local history groups and local and state government, Ohio History…

Center for Reconciliation

The Center for Reconciliation in Providence, Rhode Island offers a wide range of events, ongoing programs and exhibits designed to connect us to the history…

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project

Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project, Inc. (MPCPMP) provides a means for individuals and communities to formally honor and remember the millions of Africans…

Conner Prairie

Since 1974, Conner Prairie has been a destination where people can experience history in a way that books cannot teach, as founder Eli Lilly envisioned….

Dorothea Dix Park

Dorothea Dix Park has a deep history that involves many of the most complex national issues today: Race, Mental Health, and the Environment. Beginning as…

Rebuild Foundation

Rebuild Foundation is a platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation. Our projects support artists and strengthen communities by providing free arts programming, creating…

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum

The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human…

Justice Fleet

The Justice Fleet is a mobile network of experiences that foster community healing through art, play, and dialogue. Housed inside of box trucks, each mobile…

onePULSE Foundation

On June 12, 2016, 49 angels sought the joy, love and acceptance of Pulse Nightclub. Instead, they found hatred. And they never came home. They…

Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center

The Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center is located in the Barrio Historico on the southern edge of downtown Tucson. The flagship of the…

Michigan History Center

The Michigan History Center is part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Its museum and archival programs foster curiosity, enjoyment and inspiration rooted in…

National Museum of the American Indian

The 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…

Keweenaw National Historic Park

Keweenaw 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…

Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies

The 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…

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is a national and international destination, a centre of learning where Canadians and people from around the world engage…

Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (USA)

The 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…

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site (USA)

The 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…

Angel Island Immigration Station (USA)

Most Americans know the story of Ellis Island, where immigrants crossing the Atlantic Ocean were processed. But the story of its West Coast counterpart, the…

Abbe Museum (USA)

With the mission to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations with every visit, the Abbe Museum values the importance of education, research, care, and…

Arab American National Museum (USA)

The first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history, the Arab American National Museum brings the voices and faces of Arab Americans to…

Missouri History Museum (USA)

The Missouri History Museum seeks to deepen the understanding of past choices, present circumstances, and future possibilities; strengthen the bonds of the community; and facilitate…

Museum of Education – University of South Carolina (USA)

Having 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…

Museum of International Folk Art (USA)

As 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…

Museum of Tolerance (USA)

The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is the only museum of its kind in the world. It is the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,…

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum (USA)

On 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…

Pearl S. Buck International (USA)

Pearl S. Buck International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the 19th century historic Pearl Buck House into a 21st century intercultural learning experience….

National Civil Rights Museum (USA)

The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4,…

Museum of Women’s Resistance (USA)

The 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…

Chicago Veterans for Peace – My Lai Memorial Exhibit (USA)

My Lai Memorial Exhibit Remember/ Learn/ Seek Justice & Peace This traveling exhibit honors the Vietnamese who died in their American War. The exhibit is…

Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance (USA)

Pennhurst is the epicenter of the human rights movement for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. More than ten thousand people were confined to this…

Preservation Virginia (USA)

Preservation 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…

President Lincoln’s Cottage (USA)

In 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….

Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project (USA)

Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project is a project of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice, and Equality. It was established on December 10, 2004, to build…

Voices Against Injustice

Voices Against Injustice, formerly the Salem Award Foundation, draws upon the lessons of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, to promote awareness, understanding, and empathy…

San Diego Museum of Man (USA)

The 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…

Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (USA)

The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal…

The Hart Island Project (USA)

The 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…

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (USA)

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy; interprets the Dealey Plaza National Historical Landmark District…

Tule Lake Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (USA)

The attacks on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 resulted in President Roosevelt signing Executive Order 9066, authorizing the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans on…

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (USA)

Ulysses 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,…

Women’s Rights National Historic Park (USA)

Women’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…

Minnesota Historical Society: Historic Fort Snelling (USA)

Built 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…

Eastern State Penitentiary (USA)

Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world. Opened in 1829, the facility embodied a new philosophy: that prolonged…

Atlanta History Center (USA)

The 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…

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (USA)

In honor of the struggle against racism and segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) was erected as a monument to reconciliation and equality for…

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (USA)

The 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,…

National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial (USA)

Established in 2004, the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Memorial provide exhibitions and resources for individuals and groups to learn about Cambodian history and culture,…

Chicago Cultural Alliance (USA)

Chicago 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…

Consequences of Radiation Exposure (USA)

The goal of Consequences of Radiation Exposure (CORE) is to establish an international museum focusing upon issues relating to the health effects of ionizing radiation….

Kupferberg Holocaust Center and Archives (USA)

The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, part of Queensborough Community College (CUNY), uses the lessons of the Holocaust and other mass…

Minidoka National Historic Site (USA)

Minidoka 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…

Lowell National Historical Park (USA)

The 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…

Michigan State University Museum (USA)

The Michigan State University Museum is a public steward for nearly a million objects and specimens in Anthropology, Natural Science, Folk Arts, and History from around…

Minutemen Missile National Historic Site (USA)

Preserving the last remaining Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile Site in the upper Great Plains, the Site interprets the deterrent value of America’s nuclear defense…

National Center for Civil and Human Rights (USA)

The Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta is an engaging cultural attraction that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to today’s Global…

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (USA)

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library celebrates life. Czech life. Slovak life. American life. It is a museum that encourages self-discovery, a museum…

National Public Housing Museum (USA)

The National Public Housing Museum preserves, promotes and propels the right of all Americans to a place where they can live and prosper – a…

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (USA)

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s purpose is to tell the story of the struggle for freedom in the United States through exhibits and programs…

Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice (USA)

The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice engages diverse communities to lift up the life and legacy of activists, legal scholars, feminists, poets,…

20th Century Illuminations – Beyond Genocide (USA)

20th Century Illuminations – Beyond Genocide focuses on the ways in which art can enable us to reflect on our most basic human rights. Since…