>
> Dear Terrilyn:
>
> I find
>
> Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA—1926
>
> The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village), Dearborn, 
> MI--1929
>
> This makes Colonial Williamsburg the oldest living history museum that 
> we have found so far.  The Henry Ford must qualify as one of the older 
> transportation museums as well.
>
> Sincerely,
> Hugh
>
>
>
>
> On May 5, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Terrilyn Wendling wrote:
>
>> Living History Museums - I would think Greenfield
>> Village and Colonial Williamsburg would be amoung the
>> firsts.  Both museums began in the 1920s.
>>
>> Terrilyn
>>
>> --- Hugh Genoways <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Colleagues
>>>
>>> Questions about History of Museums
>>>
>>> We all have heard of Peale's museum in Philadelphia,
>>> the Charleston
>>> Museum, Silliman's mineralogy collection at Yale,
>>> Academy of Natural
>>> Sciences of Philadelphia, and a little later P. T
>>> Barnum's and Moses
>>> Kimball's proprietary museums in New York and
>>> Boston, but I have some
>>> questions about the early history of other museums
>>> and types of museums
>>> in the United States.
>>>
>>> What was the first art museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating art museum in the U.
>>> S. that is still
>>> open?
>>>
>>> What was the first history museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating history museum in the
>>> U. S. that is still
>>> open?
>>>
>>> What was the first state historical society in the
>>> U. S.?
>>>
>>> What was the first historic house museum in the U.
>>> S.?  (Not the oldest
>>> house that is now a museum, but the first to be
>>> operated as a museum)
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating historic house museum
>>> in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first specialty museum in the U. S.?
>>> What was its
>>> specialty?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating specialty museum in
>>> the U. S. that is
>>> still open?  What was its specialty?
>>>
>>> What was the first sports museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating sport museum in the U.
>>> S. that is still
>>> open?
>>>
>>> What was the first living history museum in the U.
>>> S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating living history museum
>>> in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first botanical garden in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating botanical garden in
>>> the U. S. that is
>>> still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first arboretum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating arboretum in the U. S.
>>> that is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first zoological garden in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating zoological garden in
>>> the U. S. that is
>>> still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first anthropology/archaeology museum
>>> in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating
>>> anthropology/archaeology museum in the U.
>>> S. that is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first military museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating military museum in the
>>> U. S. that is
>>> still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first "hall of fame" museum in the U.
>>> S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating "hall of fame" museum
>>> in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first college/university museum in the
>>> U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating college/university
>>> museum in the U. S.
>>> that is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first mineralogy museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating mineralogy museum in
>>> the U. S. that is
>>> still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first natural history museum in the U.
>>> S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating natural history museum
>>> in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first transportation museum in the U.
>>> S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating transportation museum
>>> in the U. S. that
>>> is still open?
>>>
>>> What was the first medical museum in the U. S.?
>>>
>>> What is the longest operating medical museum in the
>>> U. S. that is still
>>> open?
>>>
>>> I am not certain what the person with the most
>>> correct answers will
>>> receive, but it definitely will be something
>>> special!
>>>
>>> Actually, I ask these questions because I don't know
>>> the answers to
>>> most of them.  It seems surprising to me that a
>>> profession that is so
>>> much involved with history doesn't know much about
>>> its own history.  Or
>>> maybe I am the one that doesn't know these things.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Hugh
>>>
>>>
>>> Hugh H. Genoways
>>> Professor
>>> W436 Nebraska Hall
>>> University of Nebraska-Lincoln
>>> Lincoln, NE 68588-0514
>>>
>>>
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