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AL
Montevallo
Aldrich Coal Mine
Museum
137 Highway 203
Montevallo
AL
35115
Phone
205 665-2886
Web Site
http://www.cityofmontevallo.com/Default.asp?ID=126
Description
located in former company store, mining history,
simulated coal mine
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Industrial
Building Type
Commercial
Industry Mining
New or Updated:
4/6/2007 |
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California
McCloud
Heritage Junction of McCloud, Inc
320 Main
McCloud CA 96057
Phone 530 964-2604
Web Site
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Alt Web http://www.siskiyouhistory.org/resources.html
Description early days of lumber town, with period costumes, fire fighting equipment, Corliss steam engine
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Commercial
Industry /Profession Logging
Collection A-F Costume
Collection G-M Machinery
New or Updated: 05/04/2003 |
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Colorado
Denver
Telecommunications History Group
931 14th Street
PO Box
Denver CO 80201
Phone 303 296-1221
Web Site http://www.telcomhistory.org/
E-mail mailto:telcomhist@aol.com
Description privately organized group maintains archives of photos, old telephone directories, current activities, operates two small museums
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus Technology
Building Type Commercial
Industry /Profession Telecommunications
Research /Reading Archives
Last changed: 03/08/2003 |
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Florida
Micanopy
Micanopy
Historical Society Museum
607
NE 1st Street
PO Box 462
Micanopy
FL
32667
Phone
352 466-3200
Web Site
http://www.afn.org/~micanopy/index.html
E-mail
mailto:micanopy@afn.org
Description
small local museum in former warehouse with tin
roof
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Commercial
Era 1890
New or
Updated:
7/3/2007 |
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Georgia
Augusta
Cotton Exchange Welcome Center
32 8th St
Augusta GA 30901
Phone 706 724-4067
Web Site http://www.augustaga.org/visitor_info.html
Alt Web http://www.augusta.com/content/visiting/attractions/cotton_exchange.shtml
Description museum of cotton market, also houses local CVB
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Visitor Center
Building Type Commercial
Nature of Group or Site Convention & Visitors
Industry /Profession Farming
New or Updated: 04/13/2003
Georgia
Jefferson
Crawford W Long Museum Association
28 College Street
Jefferson GA 30549
Phone 706 367-5307
Web Site www.crawfordlong.org
E-mail mailto:info@crawfordlong.org
Description "The Birthplace of Anesthesia", honors first surgical use of ether in 1842, recreated office & apothecary
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Building Type Commercial
Industry Medical
New or Updated: 04/22/2003
Georgia
Savannah
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Savannah GA 31401
Phone 912 231-8900
Web Site http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/CivilRightsMuseum/info.html
Description museum honors prominent NAACP leader, civil right movement, located in former Black-owned bank
building
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus
Civil Rights
Building Type Commercial
Group Identity African American
New or Updated: 04/17/2003 |
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IA
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls Historical Society
308 Franklin Street
Cedar Falls
IA
50613
Phone
319 266-5149
Web Site
http://www.cedarfallshistorical.org/
Description
owns & operates five museums including Ice House,
early service station,
and model
train collections, all within walking distance of each other
Type of Resource
Museum
Primary Focus
Local History
Building Type
Commercial
Collection
A-F
Costume
Collection N-Z
Model Railroad
Research /Reading
Archives
New or Updated:
08/21/2003
Keosauqua
Van Buren
County Historical Society
812 Division Street
Keosauqua
IA
52565
Phone
319 293-3311
Web Site
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/historical_society.htm
Description
building was originally grocery downstairs and
newspaper on second
floor, later
served as post office & telephone company.
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Commercial
Era
1875
New or
Updated:
3/8/2007 |
| Last Update:
01/01/2011 |
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