Scouting museums
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Throughout the world there are many museums related to Scouting dedicated to preserving, communicating, and exhibiting the heritage of the Scouting movement for purposes of study, education, and enjoyment of society. A downloadable world directory of Scouting museums is available from the US Scouting Service Project.
Africa
- Baden-Powell museum - Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage, now a small museum, stands on the grounds of the Outspan Hotel. For years it served as a WAGGGS World Center.
Asia
- Philippine Scout Center (at the back of Manila City Hall), the Philippines
- Manila International Scout Museum (MISM) (Tondo, Manila),[1] the Philippines
- Scout Museum at the National Training Centre, Mouchak, Gazipur, Bangladesh
- Hong Kong Scout Centre, Hong Kong
- Discovery Scout Centre, Singapore
Europe
Statue of Baden-Powell, in front of Baden-Powell House in London.
Austria
- Pfadfindermuseum und Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte, Vienna [2]
- Pfadfindermuseum der Gilde Bruck an der Leitha
Belgium
- Scouts en Gidsen Museum / Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme, Louvain[3]
- Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme / Belgische Historische Centrum voor Scoutisme, Brussels[4]
- International Scouting Museum, Arlon [5]
France
- Musée Scout Réseau Baden-Powell, Thorey-Lyautey[6][7]
The Netherlands
- Scouting Nederland Museum, Baarn[8]
- Scoutingmuseum Haagse Randstad, The Hague[9] Traveling museum without a permanent exhibition space.
- Scouting Museum "De Ducdalf", Rotterdam[10]
Norway
Poland
- Muzeum Harcerstwa (Polish Scouting Museum), Warsaw[11]
- Muzeum Harcerskie im. Olgi i Andrzeja Małkowskich (Olga & Andrzej Małkowski Scouting Museum), Zakopane
- Scouting Museum, Radom
Portugal
- Museu Nacional do Corpo Nacional de Escutas, Lisbon
- Museu do Escutismo, Braga https://sites.google.com/site/museudoescutismo/
Sweden
- Kjesäters Scoutmuseum & Archive, Vingåker, http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se
- Scoutmuseet, Göteborg, http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se/ovrigt/goteborg.htm
- Scoutmuseet i Malmö
- Nordvästra Skånes Scoutmuseum, Helsingborg, http://www.nvsscoutmuseum.se/
Ireland
- Larch Hill Scout Museum
- Mount Melleray National Scout Museum, Co. Waterford
- Togher Scout Museum, Cork City
United Kingdom
- Baden-Powell House
- Gilwell Park[12]
- Guide Heritage Centre, London
- Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust[13] at Waddecar Scout Camp, West Lancashire
- Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Oxfordshire
- Brownsea Island Scout camp, Poole Harbour, Dorset
- Hertfordshire Scout Museum, Well End.[14]
North America
United States
See also: Strengthen the Arm of Liberty
- Arizona Scouting Museum [Arizona Scouting Museum - Arizona]
- Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- Camp Boyhaven Scouting Museum, Middle Grove, New York
- Central States Scout Museum, Larned, Kansas
- E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum, Owasippe Scout Reservation, Blue Lake Township, Michigan
- Erie Shores Council - Miakonda Scouting Museum, Toledo, Ohio
- Fred H. Poppe Museum, Amarillo, Texas
- George E. Freestone Boy Scout Museum, Provo, Utah
- Girl Scout First Headquarters, Savannah, Georgia
- Girl Scout Museum and Archives, Girl Scout Headquarters, New York City, New York
- Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, Camp Cedar Hill, Waltham, Massachusetts
- The Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place, Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Office, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Girl Scout Museum, Oakland, California and at Camp Bothin in Fairfax, California
- Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, Houston, Texas
- Greater Cleveland Council - Nathan Dauby Scouting Museum, Cleveland, Ohio
- Gregson Center and Museum, Pipsico Scout Reservation, Spring Grove, Virginia
- Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library, Manchester, New Hampshire
- Las Vegas International Scouting Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Many Point Scout Camp History Center
- National Scouting Museum, Irving, Texas
- Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum
- New Jersey Scout Museum, Morganville, New Jersey
- Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont
- North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, North St. Paul, Minnesota
- Osage County Historical Museum
- Otis H. Chidester Museum, Tucson, Arizona
- Ottawa Scouting Museum, Ottawa, Illinois
- Peregrine International Museum of Scouting
- Samoset Council Archives Room, located at the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
- Scout Heritage Museum, Three Harbors Council, Milwaukee, WI
- Scouting Museum of New Mexico
- Thomas D. Trainor Boy Scout Museum
- Ten Mile River Scout Museum, Narrowsburg, New York
- William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library, Constantia, New York
- World of Scouting Museum, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
- W.C. Moorehead Museum
- Washington Scouting Museum, Washington, Michigan
- Worth Ranch Museum, Palo Pinto, Texas
- North East Regional Scout Museum, Rochelle Park, New Jersey
Virtual Museums'
- "Scouting Milestones Scout History Website". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. has over 55 fully researched articles with unique photographs of the rarest Scout artifacts making it the most comprehensive virtual Scout Museum on the net.
- Lawrence L. Smith Scouting Museum and Library, Manchester, New Hampshire
- Virtual Scout Museum
- USScouts Scout & Guide Museum page (US and worldwide)
Oceania
Australia
- Victorian Scout Heritage Centre, South Yarra, Victoria.[15]
- Baden-Powell Heritage Centre and Museum, Samford, Queensland.[16]
- Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western Australia.
- Queensland Guide Museum.[17]
New Zealand
- National Scout Museum, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
South America
Argentina
- Scout Museum "Baden Powell"
- Scout Museum "Hno. Cayetano Ponso" Organismo 9800 de Scouts de Argentina
Brazil
See also
- Scouting memorials
- Scouting memorabilia collecting
External links
- http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0311/a-scou.html
- Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue, Samford, Queensland.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.manila-scoutmuseum.org/
- ↑ Scouting Museum and Institute of Scouting History
- ↑ Scouts en Gidsen Museum - Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme
- ↑ Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme - Belgisch Historisch Centrum voor Scoutisme
- ↑ Musée International du Scoutisme
- ↑ Chateau Lyautey
- ↑ Belles Choses Vues A Thorey
- ↑ Scouting Nederland Museum
- ↑ Scoutingmuseum Haagse Randstad
- ↑ Scouting Museum Rotterdam
- ↑ ZHP :: Strona główna - Muzeum Harcerstwa
- ↑ UK National Virtual Museum Accessed 20 January 2007
- ↑ Be Prepared - The Story of Scouting Museum Trust
- ↑ Hertfordshire Scout Museum
- ↑ Victorian Scout Heritage Centre
- ↑ Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum
- ↑ Queensland Guide Museum
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