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History Museums
The National Museum of American History is one of the Smithsonian Institution museums located on The Mall in Washington DC. http://americanhistory.si.edu/
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent institutions for scientific research and education. New York, New York. www.amnh.org/
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Offers a comprehensive collection of over 124 million objects, displayed on two floors of the museum. Offers a virtual tour. On the Mall in Washington, D.C. www.mnh.si.edu/
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County inspires wonder, discovery and responsibility for our natural world. Los Angeles, California. www.nhm.org/
The Field Museum. Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1893, one of the world's great natural history museums, with a world-renowned scientific staff and collections of more than 20 million specimens. www.fieldmuseum.org/
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History features exhibits on insects, mammals, botany, dinosaurs and fossils, gems, minerals, geology and several areas of anthropology. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. www.carnegiemnh.org/
The National Civil War Naval Museum. Columbus, Georgia. A museum with a dynamic-interactive website. http://portcolumbus.org/
Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA.
Watch Early American Living in a restored 300+ acre Early American setting.
The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut
The Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GhostTown Wild West Museum. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Hubbard Museum of the American West. The West and Horses. Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
The Orphan Train Children
The Orphan Train Children
Orphan Train History
Between 1854 and 1929 an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children were placed out in what is known today as the Orphan Train Era. The name is derived from the children's situations, though they were not all orphans, and the mode of transportation used to move them across 47 states and Canada. When the orphan train movement began, it is estimated that 30,000 abandoned children were living on the streets of New York City. Two charity institutions, The Children's Aid Society and The New York Foundling Hospital, determined to help these children.The aid institutions developed a program that placed homeless city children into homes throughout the country. The children were transported to their new homes on trains which were eventually labeled “orphan trains.”This period of mass relocation of children in the United States is widely recognized as the beginning of documented foster care in America.
National Orphan Train Complex- Museum. Concordia, Kansas. The National Orphan Train Complex is a museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of the Orphan Train Movement. The National Orphan Train Complex houses the archives and artifacts from this era, which tell the story of the orphan trains. We also provide the public with research assistance to help them learn more about a particular orphan train rider. The museum, which is located in the 1917 restored Union Pacific Depot has exhibits depicting the story of the Orphan Trains and the children that rode them. Open Tuesday-Friday 9:30-12:00 and 1:00pm-4:30pm, Saturdays 10:00-4:00 Admission $5 Adults, $3 children/students/senior citizens.
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