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1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse (USA)

As the site of Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends, the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse was a national crucible for major reform movements in the nineteenth…

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…

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…

America’s Black Holocaust Museum (USA)

America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1984 by Dr. James Cameron, who survived a lynching at age 16. It is…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bellevue House National Historic Site

Bellevue House National Historic Site is a Parks Canada administered place where visitors can explore and discuss the legacies of first prime minister, Sir John…

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…

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…

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,…

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (Canada)

The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 explores the theme of Canadian immigration to enhance public understanding of the experiences of immigrants as they…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Connecticut Landmarks (USA)

Founded in 1936, Connecticut Landmarks (CTL) owns thirteen historic properties in Connecticut. Their seven house museums are starting points – landmarks in every sense – for…

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….

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….

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…

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, National Park Service

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was created in 1965 under the stewardship of the National Park Service. Located in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey,…

Detroit Historical Society (USA)

The Detroit Historical Society provides meaningful experiences that share the city’s history with all its community members. The Society operates the Detroit Historical Museum in the…

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…

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…

Éist works to cultivate and promote community-based, post-conflict transformative justice through art, culture and media that focuses on first-person perspectives of justice and accountability, trauma…

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…

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…

Ford’s Theatre (USA)

The site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Ford’s Theatre honors Lincoln’s legacy and explores the American experience through theatre and education. A working theatre, historical monument,…

Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum

The mission of the Friends is to support the Museum and its programs. To do this our organization relies on volunteers. Those volunteers serve as…

Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum (USA)

The Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum provides a new and productive purpose for Schmucker Hall, built in 1832 as a state of the art museum with…

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service

Golden Gate National Recreation Area was established in 1972 as part of a movement to bring national parks to people living in urban areas. Since…

Grand Teton National Park (USA)

Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway preserves a spectacular landscape rich with majestic mountains, pristine…

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (USA)

Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote perhaps the most influential novel of the 19th century, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Her words inspired many to fight against slavery and…

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (USA)

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park is located in Dorchester County, Maryland and was created to commemorate the life of Harriet Tubman an American hero…

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation (USA)

The Heart Mountain Wyoming – Annie E. Casey Foundation was formed in 1996 to preserve the site that represents a period in U.S. history following…

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…

Historical Memory Project (USA)

The Historical Memory Project documents and advocates for truth, historical memory, justice, and public access to state violence, war, and genocide archives in Latin America….

Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial (USA)

The mission of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial is to “promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education and to foster individual responsibility to work…

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…

Indiana Historical Society (USA)

Since 1830, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) has connected people to the past by collecting, preserving, and sharing the state’s history. IHS maintains a research…

International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement – IDEA (USA)

The International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement – IDEA is building a global network of leprosy heritage sites – remote locations where individuals…

James Madison’s Montpelier

James Madison’s Montpelier inspires public engagement with American constitutional self-government by bringing to life the home and contributions of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier promotes…

James Monroe Museum (USA)

The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is dedicated to the study, interpretation and presentation of the life and times of the fifth President of…

Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (USA)

The 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…

Japanese American National Museum (USA)

The Japanese American National Museum (Museu Nacional Nipo-Americano) is the only museum in the United States that promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and…

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…

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…

John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation (USA)

The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation oversees Reconciliation Park, the long-awaited result of the 2001 Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Leona Tate Foundation for Change (USA)

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education that racial segregation in the public…

Levine Museum of the New South (USA)

The New South means people, places and a period of time — from 1865 to today. Levine Museum of the New South is an interactive…

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

On September 4, 1957, nine African-American students were forcibly barred from entering a recently de-segregated public high school on the orders of their Governor. By…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Manzanar National Historic Site

In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps….

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…

Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation

Matilda Joslyn Gage was a progressive visionary of women’s rights and human liberation and an often unacknowledged leader who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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,…

Museum of Us (USA)

The Museum of Us is a place for the diverse stories that define us — especially those that have long been overlooked or silenced by…

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…

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,…

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 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,…

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 Hispanic Cultural Center (USA)

The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and advancement of Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. Since its grand opening in…

National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada

“From a place of hurting to a place of healing;” the National Indigenous Residential School Museum of Canada is located in the building that was…

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…

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…

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…

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…

New York Folklore Society

Founded in 1944, the New York Folklore Society (NYFS) is New York’s only statewide organization dedicated to the understanding of and support for the folk…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Old North Illuminated

The Old North Church is famous for the events of April 18, 1775, when allies of Paul Revere hung two lanterns in the church’s steeple…

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….