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Chapters: Historic Brattonsville. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 182. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Historic Brattonsville is a 775-acre (3.14 km) American Revolution living history site and is a member of the Culture ... Read more

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Chapters: Art Museums in Hawaii, Biographical Museums in Hawaii, Ethnic Museums in Hawaii, Farm Museums in Hawaii, Historic House Museums in Hawaii, History Museums in Hawaii, Living Museums in Hawaii, Military and War Museums in Hawaii, Natural History Museums in Hawaii, Open Air Museums in Hawaii, Religious Museums in Hawaii, Rural History Museums in Hawaii, Science Museums in Hawaii, University Museums in Hawaii, Uss Missouri, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Uss Bowfin, List of Museums in Hawaii, S. Hata Building, ʻiolani Palace, Polynesian Cultural Center, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Washington Place, Kona International Airport, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Wo Hing Society Hall, Hilo Art Museum, Bailey House Museum, Mission Houses Museum, Shangri La, Fort Derussy Military Reservation, the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Hanaiakamalama, Hulihee Palace, Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Lyman House Memorial Museum, Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church, Hawaii State Art Museum, Parker Ranch, Nani Mau Gardens, Anna Ranch Heritage Center, John Young Museum of Art, U. S. Army Museum of Hawaii, Pacific Tsunami Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 157. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States, and was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II. Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War fr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=87610 ... Read more

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Chapters: Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm -Seager Wheeler developed many dryland farming techniques, invented equipment as well as winning numerous awards for developing wheat strains and fruits which would grow in the short prairie season, seeds which would survive over winter and many other practises which helped develop a sustainable agricultural economy in Saskatchewan. Seager Wheeler's brother, Percy Wheeler, also homesteaded in the area successfully proving his land at SW section 2 Township 43 (A) Range 2 W of the 3rd Meridian in 1884. Seager and Percy jointly developed the three point seed cleaning system which present day farmers still use. The Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society purchased the farm and opened it up in 1996. The farming techniques, implements, and pursuit of prairie wheats and fruits by Seager Wheeler, are presented on the restored homestead by the Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society. Sheila Copps, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage, presented the 1996 Parks Canada Award to the Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society. "Profitable Grain Growing" published by Grain Growers Guide in 1919 by Seager Wheeler. ...http://booksllc.net/?id=10958123 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Chocolate Museums in the United States, Farm Museums in Florida, Farm Museums in Georgia, Farm Museums in Hawaii, Farm Museums in Illinois, Farm Museums in Maryland, Farm Museums in Massachusetts, Farm Museums in Rhode Island, Farm Museums in the United States, Food Museums in the United States, Mount Vernon, Historic Brattonsville, Museum of Appalachia, Chellberg Farm, Muscoot Farm, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Rock N Roll Mcdonald's, Conner Prairie, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, World of Coca-Cola, Thanksgiving Point, Theodore Roosevelt County Park, Cyrus Mccormick Farm, Antique Powerland, Copia, Hershey's Chocolate World, Washington-On-The-Brazos, Texas, Goodwood Plantation, Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Southern Food and Beverage Museum, Watters Smith Memorial State Park, Torreya State Park, Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm, Hacienda Buena Vista, Stonefield, Oliver H. Kelley Homestead, Mabee House, National Ranching Heritage Center, Levi Jordan Plantation, Trimborn Farm, Jarrell Plantation, Tallahassee Museum, Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Kona Coffee Living History Farm, Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, National Dairy Shrine, Maritime ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: International Wind- and Watermill Museum, Cloppenburg Museum Village, German Tank Museum, Winsen Museum Farm, Rischmannshof Heath Museum, Hösseringen Museum Village, German Oil Museum, North German Toy Museum, Dat Ole Huus, Erdöl-Erdgas-Museum Twist, German Salt Museum. Excerpt:The Cloppenburg Museum Village and Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum (German : Museumsdorf Cloppenburg Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum ) in the Lower Saxon county town of Cloppenburg is the oldest museum village in Germany . The museum is a research and educational establishment in the field of cultural and countryside history. The Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum is a non-profit organisation . Although the museum does not set out to compete for visitors, in 2009 the Cloppenburg Museum Village had more visitors than any other museum in Lower Saxony (250,000). In 2004 the visitors included about 60,000 children and young people, who took in what the museum had to offer as part of their school curricula. Cloppenburg Museum Village History The Museum Village was laid out in 1934 by the Cloppenburg senior schoolmaster, Heinrich Ottenjann. It was ceremonially opened on Ascension Day in 1936. On 13 April 1945 six houses in the museum village were destroyed by artillery fire, including the Quatmannshof farm. By 1962 this farm had been reconstructed true to the original in detail. The second museum director after Heinrich Ottenjann was his son, Helmut Ottenjann (1961-1996). Since 1996 Uwe Meiners has been the director of the open-air museum. Purpose The Lower Saxon Open-Air Museum acts today as a research and educational establishment for cultural and agricultural history. The museum education facilities are always activity- and product-oriented. The museum village is also a research establishment. Research work concent... ... Read more

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Chapters: Farm Museums, Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm, Shugborough Hall, Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Green Gables, Schwarzwälder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof, Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping, Butser Ancient Farm, Milton Keynes Museum, Canada Agriculture Museum, Vajdahunyad Castle, Newham Grange Leisure Farm, Ross Farm Museum, Mary Arden's Farm, Riverdale Farm, Wimpole Home Farm, Barleylands Farm Museum, Motherwell Homestead, Claas Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm -Seager Wheeler developed many dryland farming techniques, invented equipment as well as winning numerous awards for developing wheat strains and fruits which would grow in the short prairie season, seeds which would survive over winter and many other practises which helped develop a sustainable agricultural economy in Saskatchewan. Seager Wheeler's brother, Percy Wheeler, also homesteaded in the area successfully proving his land at SW section 2 Township 43 (A) Range 2 W of the 3rd Meridian in 1884. Seager and Percy jointly developed the three point seed cleaning system which present day farmers still use. The Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society purchased the farm and opened it up in 1996. The farming techniques, implements, and pursuit of prairie wheats and fruits by Seager Wheeler, are presented on the restored homestead by the Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society. Sheila Copps, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage, presented the 1996 Parks Canada Award to the Seager Wheeler Historic Farm Society. "Profitable Grain Growing" published by Grain Growers Guide in 1919 by Seager Wheeler. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10958123 ... Read more

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Chapters: Fruitlands Museum, Willard House and Clock Museum, Museum of Russian Icons, Waters Farm, Fitchburg Art Museum, Rider Tavern, the Fisher Museum. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Willard House and Clock Museum, located in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, is the former farm homestead of the Willard brothers (Benjamin, Simon, Ephraim, and Aaron), who made clocks there in the late 18th century, before they moved the business to Roxbury, where they became pillars of the emerging American clockmaking industry. The house was built about 1718. It stands in a rural setting, in the middle of a field that was part of the Willard farm back in the 18th century. The museum was founded by Dr. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: International Wind- and Watermill Museum, Roscheider Hof, Open Air Museum, Mödlareuth, Winsen Museum Farm, Schwarzwälder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof, Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum, Rischmannshof Heath Museum, Hösseringen Museum Village, Dat Ole Huus, Hessenpark, Blankenhain Castle, Ferropolis. Excerpt:The main castle building. Blankenhain Castle (German : Schloss Blankenhain ) is a large castle in Blankenhain near Crimmitschau , in the landkreis of Zwickauer Land in Saxony , Germany . The castle dates back to the 12th century. Half of it burned down in 1661 and was rebuilt in 1699 (some sources say 1700). The castle acquired its current Baroque appearance, with mansard roof and domed towers, in 1765. Since 1981, the castle and the surrounding land have been developed as an open air museum of agriculture and rural life in central Germany between 1890 and 1990. The museum covers 11 hectares , including 60 buildings. Blankenhain Castle panorama See also (online edition) Websites (URLs online) Coordinates : 50°48 00 N 12°17 04 E / 50.8°N 12.28444°E / 50.8; 12.28444 A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Dat ole Huus farming museum Dat ole Huus Heath Museum is a local history museum in Wilsede in the German state of Lower Saxony . It is one of the oldest open air museums in Germany. The name is Low German ( plattdeutsch ) for "That ol' house". Exhibition The exhibition provides information about farming on the Lüneburg Heath around 1850. History The house was built in 1742 as a traditional Low German house and is the oldest farmhouse in the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park . In 1907 the building was dismantled in Hanstedt and reconstructed in Wilsede by the teacher Bernhard Dageförde as a farmhouse museum. The museum is affiliated with the larger open air museum "Freilichtmus... ... Read more

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Tall (6.5 X 10 in.), 97 page paperback with black & white diagrams throughout. ... Read more

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ISSN 0148-8031. Proceeding of the 1997 Conference held in Staunton, VA. "On the Road Again: Mobility, Memory and Museums" was the theme of the meeting. ... Read more

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Collection of historic photos capturing the history of farming and ranching in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming, 112pp of B & W historic photos. ... Read more