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Living History

16 attractions ยท 12 events

Things to Do

Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

13th Memorial Cavalry

Columbus, New Mexico

Group presents multicultural, living-history environment to educate and entertain. Exploring, tours of Tres Hermanas and…

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Adams Corner Rural Village

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Adams Corner Rural Village is a detailed reconstruction of a small crossroads community of 1875…

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Stop when something catches your eye.

Those moments tend to matter more than the planned ones.

Black Forest Village

Cape Girardeau

1870s Old West town replica. Two craft shows each year with traditional demonstrations, crafts, food…

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Bonnie Springs

Old Nevada, Nevada

Bonnie Springs is an 1880s mining town with riding stables, restaurant, shopping, live action gunfights,…

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Boot Hill Museum And Front Street

Dodge City, Kansas

Boot Hill Museum is an accredited western history village museum located on the original site…

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Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

Center for Living History Preservation

Canton, Missouri

Step back in time and see history come alive with people actually living in a…

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Cottonwood Station

Meriden, Kansas

Welcome to Meriden's unique living history frontier town with a three-story flour mill, a sawmill,…

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Find your way.

There's no single right route, just the one that fits you.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Living-history museum highlights Spanish colonial period. Former El Camino Real stop, morada, mill, frontier schoolhouse,…

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Historic Ward-Meade Park Living Museum

Topeka, Kansas

History comes to life at Historic Ward-Meade Park as period dressed guides, including a "school…

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Keep it easy.

The best days usually come without pressure or overplanning.

Living History Farms

Urbandale, Iowa

Learn the amazing story of how Iowans transformed fertile prairies into the most productive farmland…

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Old Cowtown Museum Complex

Wichita, Kansas

Relive the 1870s at Old Cowtown Museum, a 25-acre, outdoor living history center on the…

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Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum

Phoenix, Arizona

At the Pioneer Arizona Living History Museum you'll visit over 90 acres with 30 historic…

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Prairie Village at Madison South Dakota

Madison, South Dakota

Madison's Prairie Village is a living history museum created from turn-of-the-century buildings moved from around…

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Shawnee Town 1929

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee Town 1929 is a living history museum that tells the story of life in…

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Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

The Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village has been hailed as one of America's finest living museums. It…

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Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

Waynesborough Historical Village

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Slip into the nineteenth century and experience life as it once was in historic Waynesborough.…

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Upcoming & Annual Events

Simple trips are often the best.

You don't need much for a place to leave an impression.

Annual Old Greenville Black Powder Rendezvous

Greenville, Missouri

Travel back in time to relive history as you see tepees, lodges and people in…

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Let it unfold.

Not everything needs to be scheduled to be meaningful.

Annual Old Greenville Days

Greenville, Missouri

This event is always held on the third weekend in September. It consist of arts/crasfts…

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Broken Barrel Speakeasy Experience at Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

The Broken Barrel Speakeasy is unleashing some secret speakeasy mayhem with an immersive experience and…

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Civil War Living History

Round Top, Texas

Late May 1861. The Civil War has begun. The Texas militia is going to war…

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Take the detour.

The extra miles are often where the story begins.

Colonial Day

Currie, North Carolina

Learn how people lived, worked and played in colonial days. Weapons demonstrations, blacksmith, spinning, weaving,…

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Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Harvest Time at the Beaufort Historic Site

Beaufort, North Carolina

Harvest Time in October is busy with living history at the Beaufort Historic Site where…

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Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

Indigenous Iowans Day

Urbandale, Iowa

The Ioway nation were some of Iowa's first farmers! Explore the tools and technology of…

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Stop when something catches your eye.

Those moments tend to matter more than the planned ones.

Living History Talk: Traditional New England Cider Making

Farmington, Connecticut

What today is understood by "apple cider" is not the same as cider during the…

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Not every place needs a reason.

Sometimes it's enough just to be there.

Opening Day - Historic Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to welcome spring on a…

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Let the road decide.

Plans are useful, but flexibility is where the real discoveries happen.

Pioneer Tea

Findlay, Ohio

Mrs. McKinnis welcomes you to her home to learn about early pioneer holiday customs, hear…

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Go a little further.

The next turn is often where things start to get interesting.

Summer on the Farm at Sauder Village

Archbold, Ohio

The smell of fried chicken and homemade pie; the sight of children playing games in…

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Pause when it feels right.

Some stops aren't on the map, but they're worth taking.

World War II Live

Dunn, North Carolina

Averasboro Battlefield Commission, Inc, in cooperation with the Va.-Carolina Military History Association, Inc, presents World…

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