This is a list of open-air and living history museums in the United States.
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Alabama
California
Florida
Kentucky
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
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Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
The List of forts lists both historical, preserved and currently-operational military posts. Not all will be open to the public. Some of those open to the public will have living history guides.
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California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
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Maine
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Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
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New York
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Tennessee
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Virginia
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Wisconsin
Wyoming
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| Museum Name | Town | State | Type | Summary |
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| Alabama Constitution Village | Huntsville, Alabama | Alabama | Living | 1819 life, includes a law office, print shop, land surveyor's office, post office, cabinetmaker's shop and residence |
| Landmark Park | Dothan, Alabama | Alabama | Living | 1890s living history farm and village |
| Pioneer Living History Village | Phoenix, Arizona | Arizona | Living | Late 19th century town |
| Sharlot Hall Museum | Prescott, Arizona | Arizona | Open air | Includes special living history programs for mid 1860s |
| Ozark Folk Center | Mountain View, Arkansas | Arkansas | Living | State park with traditional crafts and music |
| Columbia State Historic Park | Columbia, California | California | Living | mid-to-late 19th century Gold Rush town |
| Empire Mine State Historic Park | Grass Valley, California | California | Living | Late 19th century living history tours, gold mine complex |
| Heritage Square Museum | Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, California | California | Living | Covers different periods, includes eight historic structures, a train car, and a trolley car |
| Leonis Adobe | Calabasas, California | California | Living | 1880s California ranch |
| San Dieguito Heritage Museum | Encinitas, California | California | Local history | Offers family living history programs on special days |
| Stein Family Farm | National City, California | California | Farm | website, focus is rural life from 1900–1920 |
| Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site | Otero County, Colorado | Colorado | Living | Reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail |
| Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum | Delta, Colorado | Colorado | Living | website, 1820s fur trading post |
| Garden of the Gods/Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Colorado | Living | Depicts life in four time periods: American Indian area in 1775; 1860s Galloway Homestead; 1880s Chambers Home and Ranch; 1907 Edwardian Country Estate |
| South Park City | Fairplay, Colorado | Colorado | Open air | mid-19th-century recreated mining town |
| Mystic Seaport | Mystic, Connecticut | Connecticut | Living | 19th century maritime village with historic ships and buildings |
| Bellevue Plantation | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida | Farm | Part of the Tallahassee Museum |
| Castillo de San Marcos | St. Augustine, Florida | Florida | Living | Colonial fort |
| Cracker Country | Tampa, Florida | Florida | Open air | Late 19th to early 20th century rural life, include thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 |
| Fort Clinch State Park | Fernandina Beach, Florida | Florida | Living | 19th century fort with period re-enactors |
| Lake Kissimmee State Park | Lake Wales, Florida | Florida | Living | Includes Cow Camp, an 1876 cattle camp |
| Mission San Luis de Apalachee | Tallahassee, Florida | Florida | Living | Reconstructed 17th century Spanish mission and Apalachee village |
| Morningside Nature Center | Gainesville, Florida | Florida | Farm | Includes 1870s farm |
| Silver River Museum | Silver Springs, Florida | Florida | Open air | Includes restored or "newly-built" 19th century farm buildings with a special living history event |
| Agrirama | Tifton, Georgia | Georgia | Farm | website, include five areas: a traditional farm community of the 1870s, an 1890s progressive farmstead, an industrial sites complex, rural town, Peanut Museum, and the Georgia Museum of Agriculture Center |
| Westville | Lumpkin, Georgia | Georgia | Living | Recreates an 1850 working town with over 30 buildings |
| Kona Coffee Living History Farm | Captain Cook, Hawaii | Hawaii | Farm | Depicts the daily lives of early Japanese immigrants during the period of 1920-1945 |
| Polynesian Cultural Center | Lā'ie, Hawaii | Hawaii | Living | |
| Kline Creek Farm | Winfield, Illinois | Illinois | Farm | Late 19th century farm |
| Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site | Lerna, Illinois | Illinois | Living | 1840s farmstead with 3 historic houses |
| Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site | New Salem, Menard County, Illinois | Illinois | Living | 1830s village |
| Macktown Living History Education Center | Rockton, Illinois | Illinois | Living | website, 1830 - 1846 village |
| Naper Settlement | Naperville, Illinois | Illinois | Living | 19th century museum village |