SCOUTING MUSEUMS

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Throughout the world there are many 'museums related to Scouting' dedicated to preserving, communicating, and exhibiting the heritage of the Scouting movement for purposes of study, education, and enjoyment of society.

Contents
Africa
Asia
Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
The Netherlands
Poland
Ireland
United Kingdom
North America
United States
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
South America
See also
External links
Notes

Africa



Baden-Powell museum - Nyeri, Kenya, near Mount Kenya. Baden-Powell's Paxtu cottage, now a small museum, stands on the grounds of the Outspan Hotel. For years it served as a WAGGGS World Center.

Asia



Hong Kong Scout Centre

Europe


Statue of Baden-Powell, in front of Baden-Powell House in London.

Austria


★ Pfadfindermuseum und
Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte [1], Vienna

★ Pfadfindermuseum der Gilde Bruck an der Leitha
Belgium


★ Scouts en Gidsen Museum / Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme, Louvain [2]

★ Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme / Belgische Historische Centrum voor Scoutisme, Brussels [3]
France


★ Musée Scout Réseau Baden-Powell, Thorey-Lyautey [4]
The Netherlands


★ Dutch National Scouting Museum, Baarn [5]

★ Scouting Museum, The Hague [6]

★ Scout Museum, Rotterdam [7]
Poland


★ Muzeum Harcerstwa (Polish Scouting Museum), Warsaw [8]

★ Muzeum Harcerskie im. Olgi i Andrzeja Małkowskich (Olga & Andrzej Małkowski Scouting Museum), Zakopane

★ Scouting Museum, Radom
Ireland


Larch Hill Scout Museum

Mount Melleray National Scout Museum, Co. Waterford

★ Togher Scout Museum, Cork City
United Kingdom


Baden-Powell House

Gilwell Park[9]

★ Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust[10] at Waddecar Scout Camp, Scouting in West Lancashire

Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Oxfordshire

North America


United States


Camp Boyhaven Scouting Museum, Middle Grove, New York

Central States Scout Museum, Larned, Kansas

E. Urner Goodman Scout Museum, Owasippe Scout Reservation, Blue Lake Township, Michigan

Fred H. Poppe Museum, Amarillo, Texas

★ George E. Freestone Boy Scout Museum, Provo, Utah

Gregson Center and Museum, Pipsico Scout Reservation, Spring Grove, Virginia

Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library, Manchester, New Hampshire

Las Vegas International Scouting Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

Many Point Scout Camp History Center

National Scouting Museum, Irving, Texas

Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum

Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont

North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, North St. Paul, Minnesota

Osage County Historical Museum

Otis H. Chidester Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Ottawa Scouting Museum, Ottawa, Illinois

Peregrine International Museum of Scouting

Thomas D. Trainor Boy Scout Museum

Ten Mile River Scout Museum, Narrowsburg, New York

William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library, Constantia, New York

World of Scouting Museum, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

W.C. Moorehead Museum

Washington Scouting Museum, Washington, Michigan

Worth Ranch Museum, Palo Pinto, Texas
''Virtual Museums'

Scouting Milestones Scout History Website has over 55 fully researched articles with unique photographs of the rarest Scout artifacts making it the most comprehensive virtual Scout Museum on the net.

Lawrence L. Smith Scouting Museum and Library, Manchester, New Hampshire

Virtual Scout Museum

USScouts Scout & Guide Museum page (US and worldwide)

Oceania


Australia


★ Victorian Scout Heritage Centre[11], South Yarra, Victoria

Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue, Samford, Queensland.

★ Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western Australia
New Zealand


★ National Scout Museum, Kaiapoi, New Zealand

South America


See also



Scouting memorials

Scouting memorabilia collecting

External links



★ http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0311/a-scou.html

Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue, Samford, Queensland.

Notes


1. http://www.pfadfinder-archiv.org/
2. http://www.scoutsmuseum.be
3. http://www.chbs.be
4. http://www.chateaulyautey.com
5. http://www.nationaalmuseum.scouting.nl
6. http://www.scoutingmuseumhr.nl
7. http://www.scoutmuseum.nl
8. http://zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0001,0002,0025
9. UK National Virtual Museum Accessed 20 January, 2007
10. http://www.storyofscouting.org.uk
11. http://www.vicscouts.asn.au/Heritage/index.php


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