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  In this Section: The History Center in Tompkins County    
   Mel Fischer Maritime Museum
  Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
  Occoquan Mill House Museum
  Pettis County Historical Society & Museum
  Texarkana Museum of Regional History
  Dallas Historical Society
  Renton History Museum
  The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
  George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University
  Pella Historical Society and Museums
  Frazier History Museum
  William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
  Smith-McDowell House Museum
  Jesse Owens Museum and Park
  Lane County Historical Museum
  Vermont Historical Society
  Cleveland History Center
  Anacostia Museum
  Morgantown History Museum
  Plymouth Museum
  Chrysler Museum of Art
  Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
  Basque Museum & Cultural Center
  National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
  Museum of Work and Culture
  Northwest African American Museum
  River Road African American Museum
  Big Horn County Museum
  The Computer History Museum
  The Historical Society of Chesire County
  Glore Psychiatric Museum
  Elmore County Historical Society and Museum
  Mark Twain Museum
  Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
  Passaic County Historical Society
  Institute of Texan Cultures
  Lower East Side Tenement Museum
  Minnesota Historical Society
  Heritage Sandy Springs
  Gaithersburg Community Museum
 Data@Museums Census data is a great resource for understanding our communities.  For over 225 years, the United States has counted its population. This data provides a  "snapshot in time" allowing museums to tell stories about local populations or single families and compare them with other towns, or states, and countries. Data@Museums shows how exhibit demographic, agriculture, and economic census data are used to educate visitors about population growth and decline, immigration and migration, and changes in race, gender, housing, and economies in the areas they serve.  To read more about the innovative ways some of these museums are presenting census data, follow the links to the museums' Web sites.  Also, watch for new additions posted in this section and at the Census Bureau's social media sites (#MuseumMondays). Has your museum used census data in its exhibits?  The Census Bureau's History Staff would love to add a description of your exhibit, Web site links, and photos to Data@Museums and feature it on its social media pages!  Contact us at sharon.a.tosi.lacey@census.gov.  The U.S. Census Bureau exhibit at the Susquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, June 1–December 1, 1926.The exposition celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 50thanniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition.Photo courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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