Sunday, February 25, 2007

National Parks Service Virtual Exhibits

Some national parks have placed parts of their collections on the web. These are great links to use with students or for self-amusement.

The original list can be found here.

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Booker T Washington National Monument
Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries

Canyon De Chelly National Monument
A New Lease on Life: Museum Conservation in the National Park Service

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt: American Visionary

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds - paleontologic database

Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Fort Pulaski National Monument
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Fort Sumter National Monument
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
Frederick Douglass: American Visionary

George Washington Carver National Monument
Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries

Gettysburg National Military Park
Camp Life: Civil War Collections from Gettysburg National Military Park
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Park Service Museum Collections: American Revolutionary War/Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Harry S Truman: American Visionary
The Many Hats of Truman
The Truman Car

Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt: American Visionary

Independence National Historical Park
National Park Service Museum Collections: American Revolutionary War/Independence National Historical Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
A New Lease on Life: Museum Conservation in the National Park Service

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
A New Lease on Life: Museum Conservation in the National Park Service

Manassas National Battlefield Park
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Morristown National Historical Park
National Park Service Museum Collections: American Revolutionary War/Morristown National Historical Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park
Symbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
A New Lease on Life: Museum Conservation in the National Park Service

Stones River National BattlefieldSymbols of Honor: Civil War Flags in NPS Collections

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries

Valley Forge National Historical Park
National Park Service Museum Collections: American Revolutionary War/Valley Forge National Historical Park

Yellowstone National Park
Thomas Moran: American VisionaryYellowstone's Historic Vehicle Collection

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Brava!

What great resources for teaching plans!

They are also useful to students and teachers before they travel to these sites. I shall be sending this along to several of the teachers with whom I work!