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Special 100th Anniversary of Scouting Exhibits

Pacific Skyline Council launched its 2010 Museum Tour this weekend with the opening of a special Scouting exhibit at the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City, CA. We will be opening a Scouting in Aviation exhibit at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA next month and have 5 other local museums or libraries putting on displays. Scouts who visit at least three of the exhibits and get their passport stamped can earn a special felt Museum Tour patch. PM me if you want more details.

I also attended the grand opening of a Scouting exhibit at the Benicia Historical Museum in Benicia, CA. It seems that there will be a host of special museum exhibits on the Boy Scouts this year, so I thought it would be nice to compile a list of these special exhibits across the nation. If you have any information on something in your area, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list. So here’s a start.

Arkansas

Old State House Museum

100 Years of Scouting: Celebrating the Adventure & Continuing the Journey

Feb 6 – Sep 12

300 W Markham St., Little Rock, AR

http://www.oldstatehouse.com/

California

Benicia Historical Museum

Boy Scouts of America – 100 Years

Feb 7 – Jun 1

2060 Camel Rd., Benicia, CA

http://www.beniciahistoricalmuseum.org/

Brisbane Library

Scouting in Brisbane

Mar 1 – Mar 31

250 Visitacion Ave., Brisbane, CA

http://www.brisbanelibrary.org/

Daly City History Museum

Scouting in Daly City – Colma

Feb 1 – Jun 30

6351 Mission St., Daly City, CA

http://www.dalycityhistory.org/

Hiller Aviation Museum

Scouting in Aviation

Mar 13 – Dec 31

601 Skyway Rd., San Carlos, CA

http://www.hiller.org/

Millbrae Museum

Scouting History in Millbrae

Feb 6 – Jun 30

450 Poplar Ave., Millbrae, CA

http://www.millbraehs.org/

Pacific Skyline Council: Lucie Stern Apartment

Boy Scouting in Palo Alto

Feb 6 – Dec 31

1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA

http://www.pacsky.org/

San Carlos Museum of History

Scouting History in San Carlos

Feb 12 – Sep 25

533 Laurel St., San Carlos, CA

http://www.sancarloshistorymuseum.org/

San Mateo County History Museum

Gateway to Outdoor Adventure: Boy Scouting in San Mateo County

1910-1940

Feb 6 – Dec 31

2200 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA

http://www.historysmc.org/

Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum

Scouting: A Century of Shaping Boys Into Men

Aug 1 – Oct 31

570 East Remington Dr., Sunnyvale, CA

http://www.heritageparkmuseum.org/

Connecticut

Easton Public Library

Feb 17 – ?

691 Morehouse Rd., Easton, CT

http:www.eastonlibrary.org/

Florida

Collier County Museum

Boy Scouts of America Centennial Exhibition

May 3 – Jun 30

3301 E Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL

http://www.colliergov.net/

Georgia

Legacy Museum

Celebrating 100 Years of Boy Scouting in West Georgia and East Alabama

Feb 1 – Mar 31

136 Main St., LaGrange, GA

http://www.legacymuseumonmain.org

Illinois

Geneva History Center

Scouting: A Century of Values

Jan 30 – May 22

113 S Third St., Geneva, IL

http://www.genevahistorycenter.org/

Iowa

Johnson County Historical Society Museum

A Century of Advernture: Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting

Jan 17 – Mar 31

860 Quarry Rd., Coralville, IA

http://www.jchsiowa.org/

Massachusetts

The Gardner Museum

Scouting, 100 Years

Mar 3 – May 30

28 Pearl St., Gardner, MA

http://www.thegardnermuseum.com/

Milford Town Library

Feb 1 – Feb 28

80 Spruce St., Milford, MA

http://www.milfordtownlibrary.org/

Michigan

Alfred P. Sloan Museum

100 Years of Scouting

Feb 8 – Feb 28

1221 E Kearsley St., Flint, MI

http://www.sloanmuseum.com/

Missouri

Jefferson Landing State Historic Site, Elizabeth Rozier Gallery

Be Prepared: Scouting Centennial

Jan 7 – Feb 27

101 Jefferson St., Jefferson City, MO

http://www.mostateparks.com/statecapcomplex/jeffersonland/rozier.htm

Sikeston Depot Museum

Jan 12 – Feb 28

116 W Malone Ave., Sikeston, MO

http://sikestondepot.org/

Montana

The History Museum

Feb 12 – May 1

422 Second St. S., Great Falls, MT

http://www.thehistorymuseum.org/

The Museum at Central School

Feb 8 – ?

124 Second Ave. E., Kalispell, MT

http://www.yourmuseum.org/

Nebraska

The Durham Museum

100 Years of Scouting: Celebrating the Adventure, Continuing the Journey

Jan 16 – May 30

801 S 10th St., Omaha, NE

http://www.durhammuseum.org/

New York

The Greece Museum

Feb – Jul 31

595 Long Pond Rd., Rochester, NY

http://www.greecehistoricalsociety.net/

Ten Mile River Scout Museum

Ten Mile River Scout Camps, Narrowsburg, NY

http://www.tmrmuseum.org/

Ohio

Bellbrook Museum

May 24 – Jun 30

2067 Bonniedale Dr., Bellbrook, OH

Heritage Center of Clark County

May 1 – May 23

117 So. Fountain Ave., Springfield, OH

http://www.heritagecenter.us/index.cfm

Pennsylvania

Liberty Bell Shrine Museum

Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting

Feb 5 – May 8

622 W Hamilton St., Allentown, PA

http://www.libertybellmuseum.org/

South Carolina

South Carolina State Museum

The Centennial History of the Boy Scouts of America

Jan 29 – Jun 20

301 Gervais St., Columbia, SC

http://www.museum.state.sc.us

Upcountry History Museum

Celebrate the Adventure, Continue the Journey

Jan 9 – Feb 28

540 Buncombe St., Greenville, SC

http://www.upcountryhistory.org/

Tennessee

American Museum of Science and Energy

100 Years of Scouting: Celebrating the Adventure, Continuing the Journey

Jan 22 – May 9

300 S Tulane Ave., Oak Ridge, TN

http://www.amse.org/

Texas

Arlington Historical Society

Ends Mar 31

Historic Fielder House, 1616 W Abram St., Arlington, TX

http://www.arlingtontxhistoricalsociety.org/

Doss Heritage and Cultural Center

Celebration: 100 Years of Scouting in the USA

Jan 19 – Mar 6

1400 Texas Dr., Weatherford, TX

http://www.dosscenter.org/

Sam Houston Memorial Museum

Celebrating 100 Years of Boy Scouting in Huntsville

Feb 8 – Feb 28

1402 19th St., Huntsville, TX

http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/

West Virginia

Huntington Museum of Art

Celebrating One Hundred Years of Scouting

Jan 23 – Feb 21

2033 McCoy Rd., Huntington, WV

http://www.hmoa.org/

Wisconsin

Waukeshaw County Historical Society & Museum

Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary

Feb 6 – Mar 27

101 W Main St., Waukeshaw, WI

http://www.waukeshawcountymuseum.org/

Wyoming

Campbell County Rockpile Museum

The Boy Scouts of America – 100 Years

Jan 9 – Mar 31

900 W 2nd St., Gillette, WY

http://www.ccgov.net/departments/museum/

Comments

That is great information! Thanks for sharing and I hope if people know of more they will contact you and add to the list.

By jason on February 9th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

Just wanted to share some photos from the grand opening of our last museum, “Scouting in Aviation” at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA. >Click here.<

There were about 150 people present, including a class of 45 Scouts taking the Aviation merit badge that day at the museum. The display features artifacts and memorabilia from Air Scouts, Air Explorers and Aviation Exploring, including a Type 1 Ace Medal, the first Aviation merit badge with the Wright Flyer design, all 18 Air Scout Specialist rankings, and the four Air Scout blue merit badges. As a special treat, we also have a Type 2 Ace Medal presented to an individual from Burlingame Air Scout Squadron 1, the only Air Scout unit in our council area. In a word, the content was awesome, and I tried to impress upon the visitors how what they were seeing would likely not be brought together in one place for them like this ever again.

We have a Museum Tour felt embroidered patch for visiting the museums with Scouting exhibits as part of our council’s 100th Anniversary activities. All of the Scouts and leaders were very busy getting their passports stamped. If you find yourself in the San Francisco Bay Area or want to copy this in your own area, please check out the Museum Tour Passport at the link below.

>Museum Tour Passport<

By ISCA87L on March 15th, 2010 at 11:08 pm