Peale Museum

Baltimore

Le Peale Museum, aussi connu sous le nom de Municipal Museum of Baltimore, était un musée d'art et d'histoire naturelle situé à Baltimore, la métropole du Maryland, aux États-Unis. Il occupait le premier bâtiment du continent américain qui fut construit spécifiquement pour accueillir un musée. Un premier musée fut créé par Charles Willson Peale à Philadelphie. Le second musée à Baltimore fut créé par son fils Rembrandt en 1814. Il fut fermé en 1997 et ses collections furent transférées à la Maryland Historical Society. C'est un National Historic Landmark depuis 1965.

Reading Public Museum

Wyomissing

The Reading Public Museum, in West Reading, Pennsylvania, has displays featuring science and civilizations, a planetarium and a 25-acre arboretum. It also offers educational programs for families, adults and children. Galleries feature an eclectic variety from art, armor, and artifacts of world civilizations, to natural history and the cultures of Native Americans and Pennsylvania Germans.

Musée d'Art moderne de San Francisco

San Francisco

Le musée d'Art moderne de San Francisco est un musée situé à San Francisco en Californie. Il est l'un des plus grands musées au monde consacré à l'art moderne et contemporain.

Bedford Town Hall

Bedford (New Hampshire)

The Bedford Town Hall is located at 70 Bedford Center Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. Built in 1910, it is a prominent early work of Chase R. Whitcher, a noted architect of northern New England in the early 20th century. The building is the third town hall to stand on this site, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg (Virginie)

Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Its 301-acre historic area includes several hundred restored or re-created buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of Colonial Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more recent reconstructions. An interpretation of a colonial American city, the historic area includes three main thoroughfares and their connecting side streets that attempt to suggest the atmosphere and the circumstances of 18th-century Americans. Costumed employees work and dress as people did in the era, sometimes using colonial grammar and diction .In the late 1920s, the restoration and re-creation of colonial Williamsburg was championed as a way to celebrate rebel patriots and the early history of the United States. Proponents included the Reverend Dr. W. A. R. Goodwin and other community leaders; the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities , the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations; and the wealthy Rockefellers John D. Rockefeller Jr., and his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Colonial Williamsburg is part of the part-historic project, part-tourist attraction Historic Triangle of Virginia, along with Jamestown and Yorktown and the Colonial Parkway. The site was once used for conferences by world leaders and heads of state, including U.S. presidents. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1960.In June 2019, its sixth president, Mitchell Reiss, announced that he would resign effective October, ending a five-year tenure distinguished by staff turnover, downsizing, and outsourcing.

Everson Museum of Art

Syracuse (New York)

L'Everson Museum of Art est un musée d'art situé à Syracuse, aux États-Unis. Une partie du musée est l'œuvre de l'architecte Ieoh Ming Pei.

Fenimore Art Museum

Cooperstown (New York)

The Fenimore Art Museum is a museum located in Cooperstown, New York on the west side of Otsego Lake. Collection strengths include the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, American fine and folk art, 19th and early 20th century photography, as well as rare books and manuscripts. The museum's mission is to connect its audience to American and New York State cultural heritage by organizing exhibits and public programs that "engage, delight and inspire."The house organ was titled Heritage. The Fenimore Art Museum is closely associated with The Farmers' Museum, also in Cooperstown.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Ithaca (New York)

Le Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art est un musée d'art situé dans l'université Cornell à Ithaca, aux États-Unis. Le musée est l'œuvre d'Ieoh Ming Pei.

Lightner Museum

Saint Augustine

The Lightner Museum is a museum of antiquities, mostly American Gilded Age pieces, housed within the historic Hotel Alcazar building in downtown St. Augustine. This 1887 Spanish Renaissance Revival style building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.