List of open-air and living history museums in the United States
This is a list of open-air and living history museums in the United States.
Ecological and environmental living museums
[Farm museum]s
Alabama- Landmark Park, Dothan
- Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage
- Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, San Diego
- California Citrus State Historic Park, Riverside
- Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center, Los Angeles
- Rileys Farm, Oak Glen, 17th and 18th c. Living History, Revolutionary War, Civil War & Gold Rush
- Stein Family Farm / National City Living History Farm Preserve, San Diego
- Littleton Museum - The Farms, Littleton
- Mission San Luis de Apalachee, Tallahassee
- Morningside Nature Center, Gainesville
- Panhandle Pioneer Settlement Living History Museum, Blountstown
Hawaii
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Kona District
- Blackberry Farm, Aurora
- Corron Farm, Campton Hills
- Garfield Farm and Inn Museum, Campton Hills
- Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago
- Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Charleston
- Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, Springfield
- Naper Settlement, Naperville
- Peck Farm Park, Geneva
- Primrose Farm, St. Charles Township
- Volkening Heritage Farm, Schaumburg
- Wagner Farm, Glenview, Cook County
- Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort, Nappanee
- Buckley Homestead Living History Farm, Lowell
- Conner Prairie, Fishers
- Historic Tunnel Mill, Charlestown
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City
- Prophetstown State Park, Battle Ground
- Living History Farms, Urbandale
- Ushers Ferry Historic Village, Cedar Rapids
- Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita
- Mountain Homeplace, Staffordsville
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County
- Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, Westminster
- National Colonial Farm, Accokeek
- Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm, Oxon Hill
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
- Pioneer Village, Salem
- Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth
- Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury
- Waters Farm, Sutton
- Greenfield Village, Dearborn
- Heman Gibbs Farmstead, Falcon Heights
- The Landing, Shakopee
- Oliver H. Kelley Homestead, Elk River
- Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island
- Wessels Living History Farm, York
- New Hampshire Farm Museum, Milton
- Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth
- Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May
- Howell Living History Farm, Titusville
- Liberty Hall
- Old Barracks Museum Trenton, New Jersey
New Mexico
- New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe County
- Erie Canal Village, Rome
- Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown
- Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford
- Mabee Farm Historic Site, Rotterdam Junction
- Muscoot Farm, Somers
- Museum Village, Monroe
- Old Bethpage Village, Old Bethpage, Long Island
- Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, Queens
- Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
- Tilly Foster Farm Museum, Brewster
- Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Flat Rock
- Clemmons Educational State Forest, Clayton
- Cradle of Forestry in America, Brevard
- Bethabara Historic District, Winston-Salem
- Holmes Educational State Forest, Hendersonville
- Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, Pinnacle
- Jordan Lake Educational State Forest, Apex
- Latta Plantation, Huntersville
- Long Valley Farm at Carvers Creek State Park, Spring Lake
- Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest, Purlear
- Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest, Elizabethtown
- Tuttle Educational State Forest, Lenoir
- Frederick A. and Sophia Bagg Bonanza Farm, Richland County
- Gorman Heritage Farm, Evendale
- Hale Farm and Village, Bath Township, Summit County
- Heritage Village Museum, Sharonville
- Malabar Farm State Park, Richland County
- Sauder Village, Archbold
- Robbins Crossing Historic Village, Nelsonville, Ohio
- B Street Living Permaculture Museum, Pacific University
- Dorris Ranch Living History Farm, Springfield
- Dufur Historical Society Living History Museum, Dufur
- High Desert Museum, Bend
- Philip Foster Farm on the Oregon Trail Eagle Creek
- Schreiber Log Cabin, Dufur
- Sherwood Heritage Center, Sherwood
- Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Edgmont Township, Delaware County
- Casey Farm, Saunderstown
- Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol
- Watson Farm, Jamestown
- Kings Mountain State Park, Blacksburg
- Exchange Place - Gaines Preston Farm, Kingsport
- The Homeplace, Land Between the Lakes
- Museum of Appalachia, Norris
- Barrington Living History Farm, Washington-on-the-Brazos
- This Is the Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City
- American West Heritage Center, Wellsville
- Wheeler Historic Farm, Murray
- Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry
- Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean
- Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg
- Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Staunton
- Matthews Living History Farm Museum, Independence
- Pomeroy Living History Farm, Yacolt
- Heritage Farm Museum and Village, Huntington
- Watters Smith Memorial State Park, Harrison County
- Old World Wisconsin, Eagle
- Stonefield, Cassville, Wisconsin
Living transportation museums
- Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
- Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Red Hook, New York
- Museum of Transportation, St Louis County, Missouri
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California
- San Francisco Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, California
- Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
- Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow, California
- Western Railway Museum, Solano County, California
Military forts and posts
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.
Renaissance fairs
Other open-air and living history museums
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California
- Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie
- Calico Ghost Town, San Bernardino County
- Casa del Herrero, Montecito
- Columbia State Historic Park, Columbia
- Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley
- Fort Ross State Historic Park, Fort Ross
- Hearst Castle State Historic Park, San Simeon
- Heritage Square Museum, Montecito Heights, Los Angeles
- La Purísima Mission State Historic Park, Lompoc
- Leonis Adobe Museum, Calabasas
- Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, Los Angeles
- Los Encinos State Historic Park, Encino, Los Angeles
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Placerville
- Monterey State Historic Park, Monterey
- Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Sacramento
- Riley's Farm & Living History Destination, Oak Glen
- San Dieguito Heritage Museum, Encinitas
- San Juan Bautista State Historic Park, San Juan Bautista
- Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles
- Virginia Robinson Gardens, Beverly Hills
- Watts Towers, Watts, Los Angeles
- Will Rogers State Historic Park, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Otero County
- Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum, Delta
- Four Mile Historic Park, Denver
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
- South Park City, Fairplay
- Mystic Seaport, Mystic
- Bellevue Plantation, Tallahassee
- Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine
- Cracker Country, Tampa
- Fort Clinch State Park, Amelia Island
- Lake Kissimmee State Park, Lake Wales
- Mission San Luis de Apalachee, Tallahassee
- Silver River Museum, Marion County
- Yesteryear Village, on the South Florida Fairgrounds, Palm Beach County
- Westville, Lumpkin
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Kona District
- Polynesian Cultural Center, Lā'ie
- Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Charleston
- Lincoln's New Salem, Menard County
- Macktown Living History Education Center, Rockton
- Midway Village Museum, Rockford
- Naper Settlement, Naperville
- Conner Prairie, Fishers
- Historic Tunnel Mill, Charlestown
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City
- Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell
- Living History Farms, Urbandale
- Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City
- Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita
- Outdoor Museum, Abilene
- Shawnee Town 1929, Shawnee
- Adsmore, Princeton
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown
- Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County
- LSU Rural Life Museum, Baton Rouge
- Vermilionville Cajun and Creole Folklife Park, Lafayette
- Fort Western, Augusta
- Maine Forest & Logging Museum, living history site known as Leonard's Mills, Bradley
- Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, Livermore
- Willowbrook Museum Village, Newfield
- Button Farm Living History Center, Germantown
- Historic St. Mary's City, St. Mary's City
- Jerusalem Mill, Kingsville
Michigan
- Crossroad's Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
- Greenfield Village, Dearborn
- Historic Mill Creek State Park, Mackinaw City
- Michigan's Heritage Park, Whitehall
- Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote, Saint Paul
- Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River
- Alexander Ramsey House, Saint Paul
- Finn Creek Museum, New York Mills
- Forest History Center, Grand Rapids
- Historic Forestville, Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park
- The Landing, Shakopee
- Snake River Fur Post, Pine City
- Faust Park Historic Village, Chesterfield
- Missouri Town 1855, Lee's Summit
- Shoal Creek Living History Museum, Kansas City
- Daniels County Museum & Pioneer Town, Scobey
- Nevada City Living History Museum, Virginia City
- Fort at Number 4, Charlestown
- Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth
- Allaire Village, Wall Township
- Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May
- Longstreet Farm, Holmdel Township
- Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village, Amherst
- Erie Canal Village, Rome
- Fort Klock homestead, St. Johnsville
- Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford
- Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith
- Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten Island
- Islip Grange, Sayville
- Museum Village at Old Smith's Clove, Monroe
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Old Bethpage
- Old Stone Fort, Schoharie
- Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn
- Aaron House of Niagara Falls,
- Bethabara Historic District, Winston-Salem
- Dragon Fly Trail at Lake Norman State Park, Troutman
- Holly Discovery Trail at Lake James State Park, Nebo
- Hutchinson Homestead & Garden Creek Baptist Church at Stone Mountain State Park, Traphill
- Island Farm, Manteo, North Carolina
- Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center, Old Fort
- Old Salem, Winston-Salem
- Piper-Cox House at Eno River State Park, Durham
- Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo
- Supple-jack Trail at Dismal Swamp State Park, South Mills
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Yellowstone
- Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village, Waynesville
- Hale Farm & Village, Bath
- Heritage Village Museum, Sharonville
- Ohio Village, Columbus
- Roscoe Village, along the former Ohio and Erie Canal, Coshocton
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- Historic Hanna's Town
- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Elverson
- Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster
- Oliver Miller Homestead, South Park Township
- Somerset Historical Center, Somerset
- Old Bedford Village, Bedford, PA
- The Frick Pittsburgh
- West Overton Village
Tennessee
Texas
- George Ranch Historical Park, Fort Bend County
- Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center
Virginia
- Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg
- Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Staunton
- Henricus Historical Park, Chesterfield County
- Jamestown Settlement, Jamestown
- Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, including a working farm, grist mill and distillery
- Pamplin Historical Park, Petersburg
- Camlann Medieval Village, Carnation
- Fort Walla Walla, museum and pioneer village, Walla Walla
- Prickett's Fort State Park, Marion County
- Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, Danbury
- Galloway House and Village, Fond du Lac
- Heritage Hill State Historical Park, Allouez
- Little Norway, Blue Mounds
- Old World Wisconsin, Eagle
- Ozaukee County Pioneer Village, Saukville
- Pinecrest Historical Village, Manitowoc
- Pioneer Park Historical Complex, Rhinelander
- Schumacher Farm County Park, Waunakee
- Wade House Historic Site
- Waswagoning Re-Created Ojibwe Village