research

American Association of Museums
American Association for State and Local History
American Historical Association
Archeological Society of Virginia
Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America
Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
Association for Preservation Technology
Augusta County Historical Society
Bath County Historical Society
Berkeley County Historical Society (WV)
Botetourt County Historical Society
Clarke County Historical Association
Early American Industries Association, Inc.
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
Historical Society of Frederick County
Historical Society of Washington County, VA
Historical Society of Western Virginia
New River Historical Society
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Pennsylvania German Society
Preservation Trades Network
Rockbridge Historical Society
Rheinland-Pfalz
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
Timber Framers Guild
Vernacular Architecture Forum
Virginia Historical Society
Ulster Historical Foundation
Worcestershire Historical Society
Virginia Department of Historical Resources

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
Bauernhaus Museum-Wolfegg
Belle Grove Plantation
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Colonial Williamsburg
Conner Prairie
Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg
Gunston Hall Plantation
Hans Herr House
Historic Brattonsville
Jamestown-Yorktown
Landis Valley Museum
Living History Village 1642
Mercer Museum
Monacan Ancestral Museum
Monticello
Montpelier
Mount Vernon
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
National Museums Northern Ireland
New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
Old Salem & Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Old Sturbridge Village
Old World Wisconsin
Organization of American Historians
Roscheider Hof in Konz
Rheinland-Pfälzisches Freilchtmuseum Bad Sobernheim
Ryedale Folk Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Ulster American Folk Park
Ulster-Scots Agency
Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum Detmold
Winterthur
Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum
Weald & Down Open Air Museum

RESEARCH

The online tools and resources listed below are pathways that can lead deep into the information behind the Museum's exhibits and programs, and well beyond. They are organized in four sections. The first is a list of online catalogs from libraries reasonably near the Museum and accessible to the public. The second section lists links that feature online images, databases, and documents that can be accessed for a range of instructional and research purposes. Some links in the other sections and lists also have similar online tools.The third section is a list of museums that are similar to the Museum in approach and subject matter. This list is international in scope. The fourth is as well. This is a list of societies, associations, agencies and foundations whose work is related to the Museum's and that have useful information and publications for students and researchers.