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. A downloadable world directory of Scouting museums is available from the US Scouting Service Project.

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

• Philippine Scout Center (at the back of Manila City Hall)
• Scout Museum at the National Training Centre, Mouchak, Gazipur, Bangladesh
• Hong Kong Scout Centre

Europe

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

Austria

• Pfadfindermuseum und Institut für Pfadfindergeschichte , Vienna
• Pfadfindermuseum der Gilde Bruck an der Leitha

Belgium

• Scouts en Gidsen Museum / Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme, Louvain
• Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme / Belgische Historische Centrum voor Scoutisme, Brussels

France

• Musée Scout Réseau Baden-Powell, Thorey-Lyautey

The Netherlands

• Scouting Nederland Museum , Baarn
• Scoutingmuseum Haagse Randstad, The Hague Traveling museum without a permanent exhibition space.
• Scouting Museum "De Ducdalf", Rotterdam

Norway

• The Norwegian Guide and Scout museum Oslo

Poland

• Muzeum Harcerstwa (Polish Scouting Museum), Warsaw
• Muzeum Harcerskie im. Olgi i Andrzeja Małkowskich (Olga & Andrzej Małkowski Scouting Museum), Zakopane
• Scouting Museum, Radom

Sweden

• Kjesäters Scoutmuseum & Archive, Vingåker, http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se
• Scoutmuseet, Göteborg, http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se/ovrigt/goteborg.htm
• Scoutmuseet i Malmö
• Nordvästra Skånes Scoutmuseum, Helsingborg, http://www.nvsscoutmuseum.se/

Ireland

• Larch Hill Scout Museum
• Mount Melleray National Scout Museum, Co. Waterford
• Togher Scout Museum, Cork City

United Kingdom

• Baden-Powell House
• Gilwell Park
• Guide Heritage Centre, London
• Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust at Waddecar Scout Camp, West Lancashire
• Youlbury Scout Activity Centre Oxfordshire
• Brownsea Island Scout camp, Poole Harbour, Dorset

North America

United States

See also: Strengthen the Arm of Liberty

• Arizona Scouting Museum [Arizona Scouting Museum - Arizona]
• Barbara Anderson Girl Scout Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
• 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
• Erie Shores Council - Miakonda Scouting Museum, Toledo, Ohio
• Fred H. Poppe Museum, Amarillo, Texas
• George E. Freestone Boy Scout Museum, Provo, Utah
• Girl Scout First Headquarters, Savannah, Georgia
• Girl Scout Museum, Girl Scout Headquarters, New York City, New York
• Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, Camp Cedar Hill, Waltham, Massachusetts
• The Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place, Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Office, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Girl Scout Museum, Oakland, California and at Camp Bothin in Fairfax, California
• Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, Houston, Texas
• 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
• New Jersey Scout Museum, Morganville, New Jersey
• 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
• Samoset Council Archives Room, located at the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
• Scouting Museum of New Mexico
• 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
• North East Regional Scout Museum, Rochelle Park, New Jersey

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, South Yarra, Victoria.
• Baden-Powell Heritage Centre and Museum, Samford, Queensland.
• Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western Australia.
• Queensland Guide Museum.

New Zealand

• National Scout Museum, Kaiapoi, New Zealand

South America

• CCME - Cultural Centre of Scout Movement(pt-br), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Scout Musseum "Baden Powell", Argentina

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.