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Museums and Permanent Exhibits
Commemorating
the Work of the Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC)
Last Updated August 2, 2008Communities hold the key to displaying the history and heritage of the CCC. CCC museums and permanent exhibits are scattered throughout America and continue to teach our conservation heritage. Repeated requests for location information on museums and exhibits is the basis for the development of the CCC Museum and Exhibits List. The list offers our readers a glimpse of the scope of CCC heritage and provides an opportunity to enjoy this unique history. Please note that this list cannot be considered comprehensive and continues to change. Because of its evolving nature, we encourage viewers to share additional or updated information on the locations, and; as a prospective visitor we suggest that you call to confirm its operating hours. We continue to make every effort to include every museum or permanent exhibit we could find. If you are aware of additional museums or exhibits commemorating the work of the CCC, please contact the CCC Legacy at ccc@ccclegacy.org with information. Thank you. Arizona Museum
– Colossal
16721
E. Old Spanish Trail Vail, Phone
(520) 647-7275
Exhibit
– South
10919
S. Central Avenue
Phoenix
, www.phoenix.gov/parks/southmnt.html
Exhibit
– Walnut
Mailing
Address: 6400 N. Highway 89 Flagstaff
, Phone
(928) 526-3367
Arkansas
Exhibits - Lake Ponder Crowley's Ridge State Park 2092 Highway 168 North Paragould, AR 72450 Phone (807) 573-6751 Email: crowleysridge@arkansas.com www.arkansasstateparks.com/crowleysridge
California
Museum –
PO Box
13510
San Luis Obispo
, (805) 788-0517 Email: sudran@urbancorps.org
Connecticut
Northeast
Shenipsit
166 Chestnut Hill Road
(Rte 190)
Stafford Springs, (860)
684-3430 www.cccmuseum.org
Florida
Museum - 5931 Phone (863) 386-6094 Email: hammock@strato.net
www.abfla.com/parks/HighlandsHammock
Georgia
Museum - CCC Museum Vogel State Park 7485 Vogel State Park Road Blairsville, VA 30512 Phone (706) 745-2628 www.gastateparks.org/info/vogel
Exhibit -
1001 State Street
McCall
, Phone (208) 634-4497
Museum -
Civilian
Black
Rock Island
, Phone
309-788-0177 Fax
309-788-9865
Iowa
Museum - Iowa Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Backbone State Park 1347 129th Street Dundee, IA 52038 Phone (563) 924-2527 Fax (563) 924-2827 Email: backbone@dnr.state.ia.us http://www.iowadnr.com/parks/state_park_list/backbone.html
Massachusetts
Exhibit - National Heritage Museum 33 Marrett Road Lexington, MA 02421 Phone (781) 861-6559 www.nationalheritagemuseum.org
Michigan
Museum -
11747 N. Higgins Lake Drive
Roscommon
, Phone (989) 348-6178
Minnesota
Exhibit - Restored CCC Camp Rabideau CCC Camp National Historic Landmark Chippewa National Forest, Blackduck Ranger District 417 Forestry Drive Blackduck, MN 56630 Phone (218) 835-3160 http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/chippewa/recreation/camprabideau.php
Iron
Range Research Center Museum 801 SW Highway 169 West, Suite 1 Chisholm, MN 55719 218-254-7959 800-372-6437 http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/
Missouri
Museum – The 16 Hancock Avenue
St. Louis
, Phone (314) 487-8666 Email: nacca@aol.com
Montana
Exhibit - Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History P.O. Box 7263 Missoula, MT 59807 Phone (406) 549-5346 Email: info@fortmissoula.org
New Hampshire
Museum -
Bear
Rt. 28 Allenstown
, Phone (603) 485-9874 http://www.nhstateparks.com/bearbrook.html Exhibit –
22 East Main Street
Warner, NH 03278 Phone (603) 456-2234
New Mexico
Exhibit - Bandelier National Monument 15 Entrance Road Los Alamos, NM 87544 Phone (505) 672-3861 x517 Fax (505) 672-9607
New York
Exhibit - Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538 Phone (845) 486-7770 email: roosevelt.library@nara.gov www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/museum.html
Museum - Phone (607) 432-2114 Email: nyscccmuseum@stny.rr.com
Pennsylvania
Museum - Lou and
28 Penfield
,
Phone (814) 765-0630 Email: parkerdamsp@state.pa.us www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/parkerdam.aspx
South Carolina
Museum - Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at the Drummond Center Lake Greenwood State Park 302 State Park Road The Drummond Center Ninety Six, SC 29666 Phone (864) 543-3535 http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/926.aspx
South Dakota
Museum Coming Soon -
South Dakota Civilian Conservation Corps Museum - Hill City, SD
For more information
contact: Peggy Sanders
4331 East Oral Road
Oral, SD 57766
Phone 605-424-2795
Exhibit – Cultural
900 Governors Drive
Pierre
, Exhibit – Pactola Reservoir
,
Black Hills
Rapid City
, Phone: 605-343-1567
Exhibit
–
Custer
State Park
Phone (605) 255-4464 www.sdgfp.info/parks/Regions/Custer/Index.htm
Texas
Museum - Virginia
Museum - Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Pocahontas State Park 10301 State Park Road Chesterfield, VA 23832-6355 Phone: (804) 796-4255 www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/cccmus.shtml
Exhibits – Mailing Address:
Triangle
, Phone: (703) 221-7181 Exhibits – Mailing Address:
Luray
, Phone (540) 999-3500 Washington
Museum – CCC Interpretive Center
Deception
7150 Cleanwater Drive S.W. Olympia
, Phone (360) 675-2417 Washington, DC
Exhibit - National Museum of American History 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC
NOTE: The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is closed for renovations through the fall of 2008
West Virginia
Museum – (in the
old Quiet Dell schoolhouse in Mailing Address: c/o Dr. Robert E. Anderson, President 31 Maple Lake Drive
Bridgeport
, Phone (304) 842-5194 Email: wvacccma@hotmail.com
Museum –
5636 River View Drive
Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone (715) 369-4597 www.rhinelanders-morningside.com Wyoming
Museum - Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Guernsey State Park Highway 317 Guernsey, WY 82214
Exhibit - Museum of the Mountain Man Sublette County Historical Society P.O. Box 909 700 E. Hennick Pinedale, WY 82941 Phone (877) 686-6266 Fax (307) 367-6768 Email: museummtman@wyoming.com |
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