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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.
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
Europe
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Statue of Baden-Powell, in front of Baden-Powell House in London.
Belgium
- Scouts en Gidsen Museum / Musée du Scoutisme et Guidisme, Louvain [1]
- Centre Historique Belge du Scoutisme / Belgische Historische Centrum voor Scoutisme, Brussels [2]
The Netherlands
- Dutch National Scouting Museum, Baarn [3]
- Scouting Museum, The Hague [4]
- Scout Museum, Rotterdam [5]
Poland
- Muzeum Harcerstwa (Polish Scouting Museum), Warsaw [6]
- 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[7]
- Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust[8] 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
- 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[9], South Yarra, Victoria
- The Baden-Powell Heritage Centre, Samford, Queensland.
- Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western Australia
New Zealand
- National Scout Museum, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
South America
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ http://www.scoutsmuseum.be
- ↑ http://www.chbs.be
- ↑ http://www.nationaalmuseum.scouting.nl
- ↑ http://www.scoutingmuseumhr.nl
- ↑ http://www.scoutmuseum.nl
- ↑ http://zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0001,0002,0025
- ↑ UK National Virtual Museum Accessed 20 January, 2007
- ↑ http://www.storyofscouting.org.uk
- ↑ http://www.vicscouts.asn.au/Heritage/index.php