We’ve crafted a list of the crème de la crème, 100 open-air museums in North America, where you can saunter through historic buildings and bask in the open air. Most of these museums are home to kitchens straight out of a time-traveling cookbook. Picture cast iron stoves that could double as workout equipment, butter churns that raise an eyebrow or two, and mystery items that’ll have you scratching your head in delicious confusion. Whether you’re a cook or just a connoisseur of kitchen antiques, these museums will whisk you away to a world where their different foodways are like a scavenger hunt through time and space! Call the sites to confirm!
- 1. Colonial Williamsburg – Virginia
- 2. Plimoth Plantation – Massachusetts
- 3. Old Sturbridge Village – Massachusetts
- 4. Historic Deerfield – Massachusetts
- 5. Mystic Seaport Museum – Connecticut
- 6. Greenfield Village – Michigan
- 7. Old Salem Museums and Gardens – North Carolina
- 8. Conner Prairie – Indiana
- 9. The Henry Ford – Michigan
- 10. Historic Richmond Town – New York
- 11. Genesee Country Village & Museum – New York
- 12. Farmers’ Museum – New York
- 13. Strawbery Banke Museum – New Hampshire
- 14. Heritage Hill State Historical Park – Wisconsin
- 15. Old World Wisconsin – Wisconsin
- 16. Salem in 1630: Pioneer Village – Massachusetts
- 17. Historic Cold Spring Village – New Jersey
- 18. The Farmers’ Museum – New York
- 19. Hale Farm & Village – Ohio
- 20. Old Bethpage Village Restoration – New York
- 21. Old Economy Village – Pennsylvania
- 22. Frontier Culture Museum – Virginia
- 23. Historic New Harmony – Indiana
- 24. Living History Farms – Iowa
- 25. Virginia City – Nevada
- 26. Old Idaho Penitentiary – Idaho
- 27. Heritage Village Museum – Ohio
- 28. Historic Arkansas Museum – Arkansas
- 29. Heritage Park Historical Village – Alberta, Canada
- 30. Heritage Farm Museum and Village – West Virginia
- 31. Black Creek Pioneer Village – Ontario, Canada
- 32. Old Sacramento State Historic Park – California
- 33. Historic Latta Plantation – North Carolina
- 34. Historic Arkansas Museum – Arkansas
- 35. Historic Rugby – Tennessee
- 36. Upper Canada Village – Ontario, Canada
- 37. Old World Wisconsin – Wisconsin
- 38. The Farmers’ Museum – New York
- 39. Hale Farm & Village – Ohio
- 40. Old Bethpage Village Restoration – New York
- 41. Old Economy Village – Pennsylvania
- 42. Frontier Culture Museum – Virginia
- 43. Heritage Park – Florida
- 44. Edison & Ford Winter Estates – Florida
- 45. Virginia City – Nevada
- 46. Heritage Square Museum – California
- 47. Wessels Living History Farm – Nebraska
- 48. Heritage Farmstead Museum – Texas
- 49. Banning Museum – California
- 50. Historic Londontown and Gardens – Maryland
- 51. Historic Markerville Creamery Museum – Alberta, Canada
- 52. Pickering Museum Village – Ontario, Canada
- 53. Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site – Georgia
- 54. Chief Vann House State Historic Site – Georgia
- 55. Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District – Texas
- 56. Old Cowtown Museum – Kansas
- 57. Frontier Town – New York
- 58. Old Tucson – Arizona
- 59. The Autry Museum of the American West – California
- 60. Sommers Homestead Living History Museum – Wyoming
- 61. Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum – Mississippi
- 62. Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum – Louisiana
- 63. El Rancho de las Golondrinas – New Mexico
- 64. Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site – Illinois
- 65. Sauder Village – Ohio
- 66. George Washington’s Mount Vernon – Virginia
- 67. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello – Virginia
- 68. The Alamo – Texas
- 69. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site – Washington
- 70. Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site – Colorado
- 71. Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park – Florida
- 72. Fort Laramie National Historic Site – Wyoming
- 73. Fort Ticonderoga – New York
- 74. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine – Maryland
- 75. Fort Caroline National Memorial – Florida
- 76. Fort Ross State Historic Park – California
- 77. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site – North Carolina
- 78. Fort Pulaski National Monument – Georgia
- 79. Fort Matanzas National Monument – Florida
- 80. Fort Moultrie – South Carolina
- 81. Fort Monroe National Monument – Virginia
- 82. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine – Maryland
- 83. Historic Fort Snelling – Minnesota
- 84. Fort Larned National Historic Site – Kansas
- 85. Fort Nisqually Living History Museum – Washington
- 86. Fort Frederica National Monument – Georgia
- 87. New Echota Historic Site – Georgia
- 88. Fort Davis National Historic Site – Texas
- 89. Fort Caroline National Memorial – Florida
- 90. Fort Ligonier – Pennsylvania
- 91. Old Fort Niagara – New York
- 92. Fort Benton – Montana
- 93. Fort Snelling State Park – Minnesota
- 94. Fort Atkinson State Historical Park – Nebraska
- 95. Fort Apache Historic Park – Arizona
- 96. Fort Smith National Historic Site – Arkansas
- 97. Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site – North Dakota
- 98. Fort Adams State Park – Rhode Island
- 99. Fort Bridger State Historic Site – Wyoming
- 100. Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park – North Dakota
- 101. The Fort at No. 4 – New Hampshire
