WWW-VL: US HISTORY MUSEUMS

United States History Museums

• Abbe Museum Native American Heritage, Bar Harbor, Maine
• Adams Museum and House, Deadwood, SD
• American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
• American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
• Arab American National Museum, Detroit, MI
• Arabia Steamboat Museum (1856 recovered boat), Kansas City, MO
• Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV
• Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY
• California Governor's Mansion State Historic Park, Sacramento, CA
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburg, PA
• Charleston Museum , America's first museum, 1773, Charleston, SC
• Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK
• Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK
• Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY
• Cliveden House, National Trust Historic Site, Philadelphia, PA
• Colonial Williamsburg On-Line Museum
• Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
• Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center, Lawton, OK
• Custer Battlefield Historical Museum
• Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD
• Draper Museum of Natural History, Cody, WY
• Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, NE
• End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Oregon City, OR
• Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum, Seattle, WA
• Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception
• Explore Evolution, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE
• The Farmers' Museum, New York State Historical Assoc., NY
• Farnsworth House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Plano, IL
• The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
• The Henry Ford Museum, Detroit, Michigan, MI
• Freedom Museum, Chicago
• Gamble House, 1908 American Arts and Crafts house museum, Pasadena, CA
• Gilcrease Museum The Museum of the Americas, Tulsa, OK
• Glass House (Philip Johnson), National Trust for Historic Preservation, New Canaan, CT
• Simplicity at Glass House, John Maeda, YouTube
• Hiroshima A-Bomb Museum
• Historic New England, Boston, MA (the oldest & largest regional heritage organization in the US)
• History Colorado: Museums, Denver, CO
• Holmes Anthropology Museum WSU, Wichita, KS
• Southwest Indian Pueblo Pottery, [360 degree virtuals of Pueblo pottery]
• Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM
• Hyde Hall, 1817 Neoclassic country mansion, Cooperstown, NY
• International Spy Museum, Washington, DC
• Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Photograph Collection, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD
• Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, KS
• Kansas Sports Hall of Fame , Newton, KS
• Lewis & Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
• Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum, National Trust Historic Site, New York, NY
• Los Alamos Historical Museum, Los Alamos, NM
• James Madison Museum, Orange, VA
• Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
• Michigan Historical Museum
• Mill City Museum , Minnesota Historical Society, Minneapolis, MN
• James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, Fredericksburg, VA
• Monticello, VA; Home of Thomas Jefferson
• Mount Vernon , VA; George Washington's Estate and Gardens
• Mueller-Schmidt House Museum 1881, Dodge City, KS [QT virtual tour of Old West cattleman's limestone Victorian Gothic mansion] | Mueller-Schmidt House Museum MySpace
• Museum of the Confederacy
• Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe, NM
• Museum of Law American Bar Association, Chicago, IL
• Museum of Public Relations, New York, NY
• Museum of Science, Boston, MA
• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
• Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
• Museum of World War II, Natick, MA
• Museums West Western Museums of North America
• Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
• National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs, KS
• National Building Museum, Washington, DC
• National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
• National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
• National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
• National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
• National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian
• National Museum of American Jewish Military History, Washington, DC
• National Museum of the Civil War Soldier, Pamplin Park, Petersburg, VA
• National Museum of Crime & Punishment, Washington, DC
• National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, VA
• National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian
• National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
• National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas
• National World War One Museum, WWI Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, MO
• National World War II Museum, WWII, New Orleans, LA
• National Postal Museum Smithsonian
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, MO
• Newseum: The Interactive Museum of News
• Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK
• Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
• Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin, OH
• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
• George Peabody House Museums, Peabody, MA
• Plimoth Plantation Plymouth, MA
• Pony Express Museum, St. Joseph, MO
• Presidential Libraries, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland, OH
• Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Chadron, NE
• Science Museum of Minnesota, Mars 3-D QT tour
• Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale, AK
• Silver City Museum, Silver City, NM
• Smart Museum, University of Chicago
• Smithsonian Institution
• South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Box Elder, SD
• Spertus Museum, Chicago's Jewish Museum
• Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Historic House Museum , Akron, OH
• Swinging Through Time: The Greystone Museum and the Story of Detroit Jazz, IPL [RealPlayer, QuickTime]
• Tibetan Museum Society, Alexandria, VA
• The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California
• Texas Military Forces Museum
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
• Toy and Action Figure Museum, Pauls Valley, OK
• Truman Presidential Museum & Library , President Harry S. Truman, Independence MO
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
• University of Wyoming Art Museum
• Weird Gardens [private house museum in Baltimore -- site author's favorite odd museum site]
• The Womens Museum, Dallas, TX
• World Museum of Mining, Butte, Montana
• Yolo County Historical Museum Gibson House, Woodland, CA

U.S. Museum Associations and Government

• American Alliance of Museums AAM Washington, DC
• AAM Latest Museum News
• AAM Media & Technology Committee
• AAM 2008: Small Museums & Technology: Resource Guide
• Mountain-Plains Museums Association
• MySpace, YouTube and OurMuseums: Using Social Networks for Museums - Reaching Generation Why?; Spencer Museum MySpace
• Museum Myspace: an example for museums, MPMA Technology Committee
• American Association for State and Local History, Nashville, TN
• Association of African-American Museums, Wilberforce, Ohio
• German-American Historic Sites and Museums, Max Kade German-American Center
• Heritage Preservation Washington, D.C.
• Institute of Museum and Library Science IMLS, Washington, D.C.
• MuseDoma, Museum Domain Management Association [about.museum; Contact for .museum domain]
• Museums on YouTube, selected YouTube examples
• National Council on Public History
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.
• Small Museum Association
• Society of Public Historians, Wichita State University Dept of History
• Top Ten Best Museums MySpace Pages
• US Government Site

Museum Services

• Museum Consultants MPMA Technology Committee, Mountain-Plains Museums Association
• Exhibits USA Mid-America Arts Alliance
• Fellowships in Museum Practice
• Key Ingredients: America by Food, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
• Maine Archives and Museums MAAM
• MuseumBlogs.Org, Museums and Exhibit Blog Directory
• Museums and the Web Conference,
• Museum on Main Street, a partnership project of the Smithsonian Institution
• Museum-related News from around the World
• Museum Podcasts, multi-language portal
• Museum Resources, ODP
• National Park Service AEP: Managing Archeological Collections

Digitization Resources

• Collaborative Digitization Program [old address has been highjacked]
• Western States Digital Imaging Best Practices [.pdf]
• Western States Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices [.pdf]
• CDP Digital Audio Best Practices [.pdf]
• Museum Data Collection, Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS), [.pdf file]
• Digital Photograph Collection Policy, Minnesota Historical Society, (addresses historical organizations accepting digital copies of photographs from the public, and then returning originals to the owners.) [.pdf]
• Web Site Tools for non-profits

Why Museums Matter

• Charting the Landscape/Mapping New Paths: Museums, Libraries, and K-12 Education, of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• The Evolution of Core Values Through Institution Self-Examination, Arthur H. Wolf, INTERCOM: International Committee On Management, 2002
• Exploring Motivational Factors and Visitor Satisfaction in On-line Museum Visits, Institute for Learning Innovation and Eduweb
• Informational Value of Museum Web Sites First Mind Internet Journal
• "Museums: Why Should We Care? For the study and understanding of mankind," by P. de Montebello, Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Role of Museums in online teaching, learning, and research, by Kenneth Hamma , J. Paul Getty Museum
• Year of the Museum, American Association of Museums, a major national effort to encourage all Americans to experience, celebrate, and support the museums in their communities

Related WWW-Virtual Library Sites

• WWW-VL: US Art Museums
• WWW-VL: American West: Old West Museums
• WWW-VL: History: US History Maps
• WWW-VL: History: US History Data Bases
• WWW-VL: History: US Historic Preservation
• WWW-VL: History Museums, [.museum focus]
• WWW-VL: USA Historic Sites
• WWW-Virtual Library: International Museum Directory Museophile & International Council of Museums