List_of_open_air_and_living_history_museums_in_the_United_States

List of open-air and living history museums in the United States

List of open-air and living history museums in the United States

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This is a list of open-air and living history museums in the United States.

Ecological and environmental living museums

Alabama

Alaska

California

Colorado

  • Littleton Museum – The Farms, Littleton
  • Old Town Museum, Burlington

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Waterloo Farm Museum


Minnesota

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Living transportation museums

Military forts and posts

The list of forts lists both historical, preserved and currently operational military posts. Not all are open to the public. Some of those open to the public will have living history guides.

Battery Gunnison, a US Army Coast Artillery Battery at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, is being restored to its 1943 configuration by the Army Ground Forces Association, a non-profit living history organization, and is open for tours throughout the year.[16]

Renaissance faires

Other open-air and living history museums

Arizona

Arkansas

California

The Watts Towers Watts

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

East Grand Forks Heritage Village, East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Village of Yesteryear, Owatonna, Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

A museum interpreter explains aspects of a 19th-century apothecary in Old Salem

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

  • Museum of the American West, Lander

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References

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  2. "Home". historicwhitepinevillage.org.
  3. "Home". thisistheplace.org.
  4. "Home". awhc.org.
  5. "Home". wheelerfarm.com.
  6. "Army Ground Forces Association". www.armygroundforces.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  7. "Historic St. Mary's City". Archived from the original on 2000-12-04. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  8. "Rhinelander Wisconsin". Retrieved 15 December 2013.

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