History Museums nonprofits in the U.S.

Organizations that acquire, preserve, research and exhibit collections of objects including documents, tools, implements and furnishings that have significance in helping to interpret or understand the past. History museums may specialize in a specific era such as early Greece or Rome, a particular geographical region such as California or Appalachia, a particular ethnic or cultural group such as Native Americans or a specific subject area such as costumes; and may contain items created or used by contemporary or historical figures. 3,504 history museums file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $2.5 billion in revenue and hold $12 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Historic House Museums, Historical Society Museum, Colonial Farm Museums, Costume Museums, Interpretive Farm Museums, History Museums, Living History Museums, Military Museums, War Museums.

The largest are Henry E Huntington Library And Art Gallery, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and The National World War Ii Museum Inc.

Largest history museums

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Top 100 by revenue · 3,504 history museums nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets	Follow
Henry E Huntington Library And Art Gallery San Marino	CA	$180.7M	$1.2B	+ Follow
United States Holocaust Memorial Council Washington	DC	$172.5M	$957.3M	+ Follow
The National World War Ii Museum Inc New Orleans	LA	$100.2M	$449.3M	+ Follow
The Edison Institute Inc Dearborn	MI	$98.2M	$556.4M	+ Follow
Alamo Trust Inc San Antonio	TX	$87.5M	$58.5M	+ Follow
San Antonio Valley Ranch Llc Petaluma	CA	$65.4M	$136.2M	+ Follow
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc Charlottesvle	VA	$51.7M	$402.7M	+ Follow
Society For The Preservation Of New England Antiquities Inc Haverhill	MA	$45.0M	$162.3M	+ Follow
National Constitution Center Philadelphia	PA	$40.5M	$198.7M	+ Follow
Navy Seal Foundation Inc Virginia Beach	VA	$38.6M	$168.2M	+ Follow
Missouri Historical Society Jefferson Memorial Building Saint Louis	MO	$35.1M	$156.3M	+ Follow
P Pmml North Inc Kenosha	WI	$33.4M	$218.9M	+ Follow
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc Los Angeles	CA	$33.3M	$104.7M	+ Follow
Museum Of The American Revolution Philadelphia	PA	$33.1M	$171.9M	+ Follow
Holocaust Legacy Foundation Inc Boston	MA	$30.2M	$44.1M	+ Follow
Fenimore Art Museum Cooperstown	NY	$24.0M	$60.8M	+ Follow
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation Memphis	TN	$23.1M	$75.9M	+ Follow
W Wjo Foundation Los Angeles	CA	$22.6M	$50.7M	+ Follow
Bishop Museum Honolulu	HI	$21.1M	$100.3M	+ Follow
Conner Prairie Museum Inc Fishers	IN	$20.9M	$9.3M	+ Follow
Union Station Kansas City Inc Kansas City	MO	$20.5M	$89.5M	+ Follow
National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc New London	CT	$19.5M	$51.8M	+ Follow
Council On American-Islamic Relations California Anaheim	CA	$18.9M	$22.9M	+ Follow
Computer History Museum Mountain View	CA	$17.9M	$72.7M	+ Follow
Greenwood Rising Inc Tulsa	OK	$17.8M	$17.6M	+ Follow
National Baseball Hall Of Fame And Museum Inc Cooperstown	NY	$17.2M	$71.5M	+ Follow
Gettysburg Foundation Gettysburg	PA	$16.9M	$104.6M	+ Follow
Historic Deerfield Inc Deerfield	MA	$16.7M	$89.6M	+ Follow
Museum Of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial To The Holocaust New York	NY	$16.0M	$44.9M	+ Follow
Swc Museum Corp Los Angeles	CA	$15.8M	$224.0M	+ Follow
Foundation Of The American Academy Of Ophthalmology San Francisco	CA	$14.9M	$182.4M	+ Follow
Montpelier Foundation Mntpelier Sta	VA	$14.5M	$21.4M	+ Follow
Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York	NY	$13.8M	$51.2M	+ Follow
Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc Wilmington	DE	$13.8M	$206.6M	+ Follow
Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc Oshkosh	WI	$13.5M	$76.7M	+ Follow
Heritage Plantation Of Sandwich Inc Sandwich	MA	$13.4M	$46.9M	+ Follow
S Smith Family Heritage Foundation Roaring Spg	PA	$13.4M	$13.4M	+ Follow
Chicago Historical Society Chicago	IL	$13.4M	$126.6M	+ Follow
Buffalo Bill Memorial Association Cody	WY	$13.2M	$168.6M	+ Follow
Anchorage Museum Association Anchorage	AK	$13.2M	$14.2M	+ Follow
Museum Of The City Of New York New York	NY	$12.7M	$67.4M	+ Follow
Holocaust Memorial Foundation Of Illinois Inc Skokie	IL	$12.5M	$85.3M	+ Follow
Lahaina Restoration Foundation Puunene	HI	$12.0M	$32.0M	+ Follow
Autry Museum Of The American West Los Angeles	CA	$12.0M	$179.9M	+ Follow
Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation Irvine	CA	$11.9M	$17.1M	+ Follow
The Walt Disney Family Museum Presidio	CA	$11.5M	$46.3M	+ Follow
Armenian American Museum And Cultural Center Of California Glendale	CA	$10.9M	$32.7M	+ Follow
Shakertown At Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc Harrodsburg	KY	$10.8M	$24.4M	+ Follow
Earthmoving Legacy Center Inc Elkader	IA	$10.1M	$10.2M	+ Follow
Northwest Maritime Center Port Townsend	WA	$10.1M	$22.7M	+ Follow
Florida Holocaust Museum Inc St Petersburg	FL	$9.8M	$16.4M	+ Follow
Plimoth Patuxet Museums Inc Plymouth	MA	$9.6M	$43.8M	+ Follow
T This Is The Place Foundation Inc Salt Lake Cty	UT	$9.5M	$20.0M	+ Follow
Motown Historical Museum Inc Detroit	MI	$9.5M	$55.7M	+ Follow
B&O Railroad Museum Inc Baltimore	MD	$9.0M	$47.2M	+ Follow
Old Sturbridge Inc Sturbridge	MA	$9.0M	$32.5M	+ Follow
Dallas Holocaust And Human Rights Museum Dallas	TX	$8.9M	$54.4M	+ Follow
Pacific Battleship Center San Pedro	CA	$8.8M	$10.6M	+ Follow
The National Museum Of African American Music Nashville	TN	$8.4M	$29.8M	+ Follow
North Carolina Transportation Museum Foundation Spencer	NC	$8.1M	$14.1M	+ Follow
The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Inc Palm Beach	FL	$8.0M	$67.3M	+ Follow
N National Infantry Museum Foundation Inc Columbus	GA	$8.0M	$75.4M	+ Follow
Wartime History Museum Inc Bentonville	AR	$8.0M	$134.2M	+ Follow
Dallas County Historical Foundation Dallas	TX	$7.8M	$22.3M	+ Follow
Old Salem Incorporated Winstonsalem	NC	$7.7M	$78.2M	+ Follow
Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation Inc Golden	CO	$7.5M	$20.4M	+ Follow
Farmers Museum Inc Cooperstown	NY	$7.4M	$78.7M	+ Follow
Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum Inc Cuero	TX	$7.4M	$18.6M	+ Follow
Holocaust Memorial Center Farmingtn Hls	MI	$7.3M	$57.1M	+ Follow
Nc History Center On The Civil War Emancipation & Reconstruction Fayetteville	NC	$7.2M	$82.9M	+ Follow
Mccreary County Heritage Foundation Inc Stearns	KY	$6.7M	$13.3M	+ Follow
Dayton History Dayton	OH	$6.7M	$72.7M	+ Follow
United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum Colorado Spgs	CO	$6.4M	$94.2M	+ Follow
Navy Museum Development Foundation Washington	DC	$6.0M	$9.4M	+ Follow
Strawbery Banke Museum Portsmouth	NH	$6.0M	$25.3M	+ Follow
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc Palm Springs	CA	$5.9M	$28.8M	+ Follow
Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation Atchison	KS	$5.7M	$15.2M	+ Follow
Iowa 80 Trucking Museum Walcott	IA	$5.6M	$44.1M	+ Follow
Y Youngbaum Foundation Inc Cocoa	FL	$5.4M	$5.6M	+ Follow
Valentine Museum Richmond	VA	$5.4M	$40.9M	+ Follow
The Center For Holocaust And Humanity Education Cincinnati	OH	$5.4M	$32.9M	+ Follow
M Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society Inc Mansfield	OH	$5.3M	$7.1M	+ Follow
Genesee Country Museum Mumford	NY	$5.3M	$25.5M	+ Follow
Joliet Area Historical Museum Joliet	IL	$5.3M	$8.0M	+ Follow
National Veterans Memorial And Museum Operating Corporation Columbus	OH	$5.1M	$49.7M	+ Follow
S Sephardic Heritage Museum Inc New York	NY	$5.0M	$15.2M	+ Follow
St Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Inc Saint Augustine	FL	$4.7M	$9.0M	+ Follow
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc Cincinnati	OH	$4.5M	$34.0M	+ Follow
Collings Foundation Inc Hudson	MA	$4.5M	$117.9M	+ Follow
Society Of The Cincinnati Washington	DC	$4.3M	$35.1M	+ Follow
Owsley Brown Frazier Historical Arms Museum Foundation Inc Louisville	KY	$4.3M	$37.2M	+ Follow
Lone Star Flight Museum Houston	TX	$4.3M	$35.5M	+ Follow
T The Institute Of Wwii Artifacts Inc Laguna Beach	CA	$4.2M	$3.6M	+ Follow
The Corporation For Jeffersons Poplar Forest Forest	VA	$4.1M	$20.6M	+ Follow
Hiller Aviation Institute San Carlos	CA	$3.9M	$15.6M	+ Follow
San Antonio African American Community Archive And Museum San Antonio	TX	$3.9M	$17.6M	+ Follow
Historical Society Of Delaware Wilmington	DE	$3.9M	$27.7M	+ Follow
General Society Of Mayflower Descendants Plymouth	MA	$3.9M	$13.1M	+ Follow
Charleston Museum Charleston	SC	$3.8M	$24.5M	+ Follow
S Sumter Museum Sumter	SC	$3.7M	$7.0M	+ Follow

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Largest history museums by state