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

Farm museums

Alabama

Landmark Park, Dothan

Alaska

Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage

California

California Citrus State Historic Park, Riverside

Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center, Los Angeles

Rileys Farm, Oak Glen, California / 17th and 18th c. Living History, Revolutionary War, Civil War & Gold Rush

Stein Family Farm / National City Living History Farm Preserve, San Diego

Florida

Mission San Luis de Apalachee, Tallahassee

Morningside Nature Center, Gainesville

Panhandle Pioneer Settlement Living History Museum, Blountstown, Florida

Georgia

Agrirama, Tifton

Westville Plantation, Lumpkin

Hawaii

Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Kona District

Illinois

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

Naper Settlement, Naperville

Peck Farm Park, Geneva

Primrose Farm, St. Charles Township

Volkening Heritage Farm, Schaumburg

Wagner Farm, Glenview, Cook County

Indiana

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

Iowa

Living History Farms, Urbandale

Ushers Ferry Historic Village, Cedar Rapids

Kansas

Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita

Kentucky

Mountain Homeplace, Staffordsville

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County

Maryland

Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, Westminster

National Colonial Farm, Accokeek

Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm, Oxon Hill

Massachusetts

Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge

Pioneer Village, Salem

Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury

Waters Farm, Sutton

Michigan

Greenfield Village, Dearborn

Minnesota

Heman Gibbs Farmstead, Falcon Heights

The Landing, Shakopee

Oliver H. Kelley Homestead, Elk River

Nebraska

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Grand Island

Wessels Living History Farm, York

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Farm Museum, Milton

Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth

New Jersey

Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May, New Jersey

Howell Living History Farm, Titusville

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New Mexico

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces

El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe County

New York

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, NY

Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, Queens

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville

Tilly Foster Farm Museum, Brewster

North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Dakota

Frederick A. and Sophia Bagg Bonanza Farm, Richland County

Ohio

Hale Farm and Village, Bath Township, Summit County

Heritage Village Museum, Sharonville

Malabar Farm State Park, Richland County

Sauder Village, Archbold, OH

Oregon

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, Oregon

Schreiber Log Cabin, Dufur

Sherwood Heritage Center, Sherwood

Pennsylvania

Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Edgmont Township, Delaware County

Rhode Island

Casey Farm, Saunderstown

Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol

Watson Farm, Jamestown

South Carolina

Kings Mountain State Park, Blacksburg

Tennessee

Exchange Place - Gaines Preston Farm, Kingsport

The Homeplace, Land Between the Lakes

Museum of Appalachia, Norris

Texas

Barrington Living History Farm, Washington-on-the-Brazos

Virginia

Chippokes Plantation State Park, Surry

Claude Moore Colonial Farm, McLean

Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, Staunton

Matthews Living History Farm Museum, Independence

Utah

This Is the Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City

Washington

Pomeroy Living History Farm, Yacolt

West Virginia

Heritage Farm Museum and Village, Huntington, West Virginia

Watters Smith Memorial State Park, Harrison County

Wisconsin

Old World Wisconsin, Eagle

Living transportation museums

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

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

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.

Other open-air and living history museums

Arizona

Pioneer Living History Museum, Phoenix

Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott

Arkansas

Ozark Folk Center, Mountain View

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

Colorado

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

Connecticut

Mystic Seaport, Mystic

Florida

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

Georgia

Westville, Lumpkin

Hawaii

Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Kona District

Polynesian Cultural Center, Lā'ie

Illinois

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

Indiana

Conner Prairie, Fishers

Historic Tunnel Mill, Charlestown

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City

Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell

Iowa

Living History Farms, Urbandale

Kansas

Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City

Old Cowtown Museum, Wichita

Outdoor Museum, Abilene

Shawnee Town 1929, Shawnee

Kentucky

Adsmore, Princeton

My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County

Louisiana

LSU Rural Life Museum, Baton Rouge

Vermilionville Cajun and Creole Folklife Park, Lafayette, Louisiana

Maine

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

Maryland

Button Farm Living History Center, Germantown

Historic St. Mary's City, St. Mary's City

Jerusalem Mill, Kingsville

Massachusetts

Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock

Historic Deerfield, Deerfield

Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge

Michigan

Crossroad's Village & Huckleberry Railroad, Flint

Greenfield Village, Dearborn

Historic Mill Creek State Park, Mackinaw City

Michigan's Heritage Park, Whitehall

Minnesota

Finn Creek Museum, New York Mills

Forest History Center, Grand Rapids

The Landing, Shakopee

North West Company Post, Pine City

Missouri

Faust Park Historic Village, Chesterfield

Missouri Town 1855, Lee's Summit

Shoal Creek Living History Museum, Kansas City

Montana

Daniels County Museum & Pioneer Town, Scobey

Nevada City Living History Museum, Virginia City

New Hampshire

Fort at Number 4, Charlestown

Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth

New Jersey

Allaire Village, Wall Township

Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May

Longstreet Farm, Holmdel Township

New York

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

North Carolina

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

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

North Dakota

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Yellowstone

Ohio

Hale Farm & Village, Bath

Heritage Village Museum, Sharonville

Ohio Village, Columbus

Roscoe Village, along the former Ohio and Erie Canal, Coshocton

Pennsylvania

Conrad Weiser Homestead, Womelsdorf

Daniel Boone Homestead, Birdsboro

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Elverson

Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster

Oliver Miller Homestead, South Park Township

Somerset Historical Center, Somerset

Rhode Island

South County Museum, Narragansett

Tennessee

Historic Collinsville, Clarksville

Rocky Mount Museum, Piney Flats

Texas

George Ranch Historical Park, Fort Bend County

Gonzales Pioneer Village Living History Center

Vermont

Shelburne Museum, Shelburne

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

Washington

Camlann Medieval Village, Carnation

Fort Walla Walla, museum and pioneer village, Walla Walla

West Virginia

Prickett's Fort State Park, Marion County

Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Schumacher Farm County Park, Waunakee

Wade House Historic Site

Waswagoning Re-Created Ojibwe Village

Wyoming

Museum of the American West, Lander