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Camp Winnebago

Reston, Virginia

Frying Pan Park, Kidwell Farm

Herndon, Virginia

History, Historic House

Frying Pan Park preserves a piece of Fairfax County's rural heritage with it's working demonstration farm. Kidwell Farm recreates the era of 1920-1950, when family dairy farms blanketed the landscape. This was a period of great transition in agricultural technology. Kidwell Farm provides a glimpse of the patterns of family farming.The site includes the Kidwell farm, an equestrian center, a schoolhouse and a blacksmith shop.

Greater Reston Arts Center

Reston, Virginia

Art

A non-profit arts organization providing lectures, workshops, children's programming and exhibitions at the Reston Town Center Gallery.

Herndon Historical Society and Depot Museum

Herndon, Virginia

History, Historic House, Historical Society

The depot, c. 1857, is home to Herndon Historical Society.The Herndon Museum houses railroad memorabilia, information on Commander William Lewis Herndon, for whom the town was named; and artifacts from local residents. Operated by the Historical Society of Herndon, the building dates back to the 1850s and served as a train station until 1968

Heritage Farm Museum of Loudoun County

Sterling, Virginia

Children's, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

The Heritage Farm Musem preserves the history of agriculture and promotes the agricultural heritage of Loudoun County.

Seneca Schoolhouse Museum

Poolesville, Maryland

History

Spend a day in a one-room schoolhouse reliving education of over 100 years ago. Appropriately costumed teacher conducts class using McGuffy’s Readers and slate boards. Students may be assigned roles of students of that period. Gift shop sells books, slate boards, toys, and candy from days of yore. Shop is open at the end of each session. Arrangements for this site are made by appointment only through Historic Medley District, Inc. at 301-972-8588. Make arrangements as early as possible; spring dates are most popular and fill quickly.

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October 1 - October 4, 2025

Western Museums Association’s (WMA) 2025 Annual Meeting

Western Museums Association

TBA

Reno, Nevada

Save the Date for WMA 202

As we celebrate our 90th anniversary, join us to build relationships and soar higher than ever before. With the theme of ELEVATE, WMA 2025 will explore ways to lift up the experiences of cultural professionals and the communities they serve.

In Reno, Nevada, 4,400 feet above sea level, we will forward the progress of museums by looking to the future.

September 10 - September 13, 2025

2025 Am Assoc for State and Local History Annual Conference

American Association for State and Local History

TBD

Cincinnati, Ohio

The 2025 AASLH Annual Conference, in partnership with Ohio Local History Alliance, will take place as the history field makes the final preparations to kickoff off the 250th commemoration of the founding of the United States.

The 2025 conference theme, inspired by AASLH’s Making History at 250: The Field Guide for Semiquincentennial, is an opportunity to broadly explore one of the guide’s themes, The American Experiment. For many in the American colonies in 1776, independence from Britain represented a “leap into the dark” into an unknown future

We are excited for you to join us in Cincinnati as we encourage discussion about our democracy and civic institutions and how they can help strengthen understanding, inspire action, and reveal ways that all of us can participate in and shape the ongoing American experiment.

For more information, please call 615-320-3203 or email info@aaslh.org.

September 5 - September 8, 2025

Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) 2025 Conrference

Association of Science-Technology Centers

Moscone Center

San Francisco, California

ASTC 2025 Annual Conference September 5–8, 2025 San Francisco Bay Area ASTC 2025 will be held primarily at the Moscone Center in the SoMa/Yerba Buena neighborhood of San Francisco with other events throughout the area. The ASTC Annual Conference is one of the premier annual events for science-engagement professionals and leaders in science and technology centers and museums as well as allied organizations across North America and around the world. ASTC 2025 is being hosted by a consortium of ASTC members in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each year, this event brings together more than 1,600 professionals working in science and technology centers and museums and allied organizations. This includes not only experts and practitioners in informal science education, but also science communication, STEM learning, public engagement, and the broader intersections between science, technology, and society.

For more information, please call 202-783-7200 or email conference@astc.org.

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