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Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
movement for purposes of study, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, and enjoyment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
of society. A downloadable world directory of Scouting museums is available from the US Scouting Service Project.
Africa
- Baden-Powell museum - NyeriNyeriNyeri is a town in situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province...
, KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, near Mount KenyaMount KenyaMount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian , Nelion and Point Lenana . Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi...
. 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 CenterBoy Scouts of the PhilippinesThe Boy Scouts of the Philippines is the national Scout organization of the Philippines. Its mission is to imbue in the youth the love of God, country, and fellow men; to train young people to become responsible leaders; and to contribute in nation-building.The BSP was chartered under...
(at the back of Manila City Hall) - Scout Museum at the National Training Centre, Mouchak, GazipurGazipur DistrictGazipur District is a district of Dhaka Division, it has an area of 1741.53 km2 and is bounded by Mymensingh and Kishoreganj districts on the north, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Narsingdi districts on the south, Narsingdi on the east, Dhaka and Tangail districts on the west. Annual average...
, BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - Hong Kong Scout Centre
Europe
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
The Netherlands
- Scouting Nederland Museum , Baarn
- Scoutingmuseum Haagse Randstad, The Hague Traveling museum without a permanent exhibition space.
- Scouting Museum "De Ducdalf", Rotterdam
Poland
- Muzeum Harcerstwa (Polish Scouting Museum), WarsawWarsawWarsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
- Muzeum Harcerskie im. Olgi i Andrzeja Małkowskich (Olga & Andrzej Małkowski Scouting Museum), ZakopaneZakopaneZakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...
- Scouting Museum, RadomRadomRadom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...
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 HillLarch HillLarch Hill is the national campsite, and administrative and training headquarters of Scouting Ireland. It was previously owned by Scouting Ireland .-Overview:...
Scout Museum - Mount MellerayMount MellerayMount Melleray is a townland situated in the Knockmealdown Mountains near Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland.-Abbey:...
National Scout Museum, Co. Waterford - Togher Scout Museum, Cork City
United Kingdom
- Baden-Powell HouseBaden-Powell HouseBaden-Powell House, colloquially known as B-P House, is a Scouting hostel and conference centre in South Kensington, London, which was built as a tribute to Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...
- Gilwell ParkGilwell ParkGilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre for Scouting groups, as well as a training and conference centre for Scout Leaders. The 44 hectare site is in Sewardstonebury, Epping Forest, close to Chingford, London....
- Guide Heritage Centre, London
- Be Prepared - Scouting Museum Trust at Waddecar Scout Camp, West Lancashire
- Youlbury Scout Activity CentreYoulbury Scout Activity CentreYoulbury Scout Activity Centre is one of a number of The Scout Association's National Scout Activity Centres in the United Kingdom and is the oldest permanent Scout campsite in the world .The Centre, which is based near Oxford, is open to Scouts from around the world, and offers many...
Oxfordshire - Brownsea Island Scout campBrownsea Island Scout campThe Brownsea Island Scout camp was a boys camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys. Boys from different social backgrounds participated from 1 August to 8 August 1907 in...
, Poole Harbour, Dorset
United States
- 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, KansasLarned, KansasLarned is a city in and the county seat of Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,054.-History:...
- E. Urner GoodmanE. Urner GoodmanEdward Urner Goodman was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America movement for much of the twentieth century. Goodman was the national program director from 1931 until 1951, during the organization's formative years of significant growth when the Cub Scouting and Exploring programs were...
Scout Museum, Owasippe Scout ReservationOwasippe Scout ReservationOwasippe Scout Reservation , located in Twin Lake, Michigan is the resident camp operated by the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It began in 1911 as Camp White on of land on Crystal Lake donated by the White Lake Chamber of Commerce. It is the United States' oldest and longest...
, Blue Lake Township, MichiganBlue Lake Township, Muskegon County, MichiganBlue Lake Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,990... - Erie Shores Council - Miakonda Scouting Museum, Toledo, OhioToledo, OhioToledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
- Fred H. Poppe Museum, Amarillo, TexasAmarillo, TexasAmarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
- George E. Freestone Boy Scout Museum, Provo, UtahProvo, UtahProvo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
- Girl Scout First Headquarters, Savannah, GeorgiaSavannah, GeorgiaSavannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
- Girl Scout Museum, Girl Scout Headquarters, New York City, New York
- Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill, Camp Cedar Hill, Waltham, MassachusettsWaltham, MassachusettsWaltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
- The Girl Scout Museum at Daisy’s Place, Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Office, Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, TennesseeFounded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
- Girl Scout Museum, Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
and at Camp Bothin in Fairfax, CaliforniaFairfax, CaliforniaFairfax is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States. Fairfax is located west-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 115 feet... - Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum, Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
- Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
- Gregson Center and Museum, Pipsico Scout Reservation, Spring Grove, Virginia
- Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library, Manchester, New HampshireManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
- Las Vegas International Scouting Museum, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
- Many Point Scout Camp History Center
- National Scouting MuseumNational Scouting MuseumThe National Scouting Museum, located at 1329 West Walnut Hill Lane in Irving, Texas, is the official museum of the Boy Scouts of America.-Locations:The museum was first opened in 1959 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It closed in 1979...
, Irving, TexasIrving, TexasIrving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated... - Nawakwa Lodge #3 Museum
- New Jersey Scout Museum, Morganville, New JerseyMorganville, New JerseyMorganville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Marlboro Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 5,040.Morganville has its own post office, with a ZIP code of 07751....
- Norman Rockwell MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumThe Norman Rockwell Museum is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art.-History:Founded in 1969, the museum is located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. The museum has been at its current location since 1993. The museum...
at Stockbridge, MassachusettsStockbridge, MassachusettsStockbridge is a town in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,947 at the 2010 census... - Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont
- North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, North St. Paul, MinnesotaNorth St. Paul, MinnesotaNorth St. Paul is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, east of the city of Saint Paul. The population was 11,460 at the 2010 census.North St. Paul is a distinct city, and not a neighborhood of nearby St. Paul...
- Osage County Historical Museum
- Otis H. Chidester Museum, Tucson, ArizonaTucson, ArizonaTucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
- Ottawa Scouting Museum, Ottawa, IllinoisOttawa, IllinoisOttawa is a city located at the confluence of the Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18,786...
- Peregrine International Museum of Scouting
- Samoset CouncilSamoset CouncilSamoset Council is a Boy Scout council headquartered in Weston, Wisconsin that serves north central Wisconsin. Founded in 1920, the council gets its name from an early Boy Scout camp in the Town of Harrison named Camp Sam-O-Set...
Archives Room, located at the Crystal Lake Scout Reservation, Rhinelander, WisconsinRhinelander, WisconsinRhinelander is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 7,735 at the 2000 census.-Claim to fame:... - Scouting Museum of New Mexico
- Thomas D. Trainor Boy Scout Museum
- Ten Mile River Scout Museum, Narrowsburg, New YorkNarrowsburg, New YorkNarrowsburg is a hamlet in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 414 at the 2000 census.Narrowsburg is in the western part of the Town of Tusten at the junction of Routes 52 and 97...
- William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library, Constantia, New York
- World of Scouting Museum, Valley Forge, PennsylvaniaValley Forge, PennsylvaniaThe Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located on the west side of Valley Forge National Historical Park at the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, United States. The remaining village is in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, but once...
- W.C. Moorehead Museum
- Washington Scouting Museum, Washington, Michigan
- Worth Ranch Museum, Palo Pinto, TexasPalo Pinto, TexasPalo Pinto is an unincorporated town in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. It is the county seat , and has an estimated population of 425.-History:...
- North East Regional Scout Museum, Rochelle Park, New JerseyRochelle Park, New JerseyRochelle Park is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 5,530....
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 HampshireManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
- Virtual Scout Museum
- USScouts Scout & Guide Museum page (US and worldwide)
Australia
- Victorian Scout Heritage Centre, South Yarra, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. - Baden-Powell Heritage Centre and Museum, SamfordSamford, QueenslandSamford is a valley community located in South East Queensland, Australia. It is roughly 21 km north west of Brisbane. The hilly area was first settled in the mid 1850s. The community is well catered for, with a number of sporting facilities, parks and museums.-Location:Samford is one of the...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. - Baden-Powell House, Perth, Western AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. - Queensland Guide Museum.
South America
- CCME - Cultural Centre of Scout Movement(pt-br), Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... - Scout Musseum "Baden Powell", ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
External links
- http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0311/a-scou.html
- Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue, SamfordSamford, QueenslandSamford is a valley community located in South East Queensland, Australia. It is roughly 21 km north west of Brisbane. The hilly area was first settled in the mid 1850s. The community is well catered for, with a number of sporting facilities, parks and museums.-Location:Samford is one of the...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
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