Scouting Heritage Merit Badge Resources

Follow this link to access the requirements of the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge

Videos to assist with Requirements 1 and 2a

Requirement 4(a) Attend either a Scouting America National Jamboree, OR World Scout Jamboree, OR a national Scouting America high-adventure base. While there, keep a journal documenting your day-to-day experiences. Upon your return, report to your counselor what you did, saw, and learned. You may include photos, brochures, and other documents in your report.

Follow these links for additional information on these High Adventure Opportunities.

Philmont Scout Ranch Northern Tier Florida Sea Base Summit Bechtel Reserve
  2026 National Jamboree 2031 World Scout Jamboree  

Scouting Heritage Merit Badge NSM Patch

Requirement 4(b) Write or visit the National Scouting Museum. Obtain information about this facility. Give a short report on what you think the role of this museum is in the Scouting program.

You can send your letter via email to: philmont.museums@scouting.org

or snail mail to: National Scouting Museum, 17 Deer Run Road, Cimarron, NM 87714 ATTN: Scouting Heritage Merit Badge

Please make sure we have a valid return address so we can send you information about the museum and the patch shown to the left.

Requirement 4(c) Visit an exhibit of Scouting memorabilia or a local museum with a Scouting history gallery, or (with your parent or guardian’s permission and counselor’s approval) visit with someone in your council who is recognized as a dedicated Scouting historian or memorabilia collector. Learn what you can about the history of Boy Scouting. Give a short report to your counselor on what you saw and learned.

Below is an interactive map and list of local Scout museums around the country. If you see something that needs to be corrected or to add a museum to our database, please send us an email at philmont.museums@scouting.org. Subject: Interactive Museum Map.

Museum Address 1 Address 2 City ST Zip Phone
Old Timers Museum Camp Preston Hunt 6918 Tennessee Rd Texarkana AR 71854 903-277-0571
Camp Rockefeller Trading Post Museum   408 Scout Dr. Damascus AR 72039 501-318-3556
Nobby Schnabel Scout Museum   29485 Hook Creek Rd. Cedar Glen CA 90321 949-433-3898
Southwestern Connecticut Scouting Heritage Museum   60 Wellington Rd. Milford CT 06460 203-556-4097
JN Webster Heritage Center   231 Ashford Center Rd. (RT44) Ashford CT 06278 860-822-6235
Suwannee River Area Council Museum of Scouting Wallwood Scout Reservation 23 Wallwood BSA Drive Quincy FL 32351 850-228-9226
R. W. Hyman Boy Scout Museum   2066 Tanglewood Dr. Snellville GA 30078 404-617-3330
Mowogo Lodge’s Northeast Georgia Scouting Museum Camp Rainey Mountain 1494 Rainey Mountain Road Clayton GA 30525  
Waterman Scout Museum   215 Summit Street Center Point IA 52213 319-310-0276
Henager’s Memories & Nostalgia   8837 S. State Rd. 57 Buckskin IN 47647 812-795-2230
Museum of Scouting   1100 W. Diamond Dr. Salina KS 67401 785-822-2385
Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum   740 East Avenue Baxter Springs KS 66713 620-856-2385
Post Rock Scout Museum   161 E Lincoln Ave. Lincoln KS 67455 785-524-5383
Avondale Scout Museum Avondale Scout Reservation 14433 LA-10 Clinton LA 70722 225-229-8540
Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill   265 Beaver St. Waltham MA 2452 844-306-4736
Casoni Museum Camp Squanto 105 Cutterfield Road Plymouth MA 02320 508-942-6197
Eaton Rapids Scout Museum   635 State St Eaton Rapids MI 48827  
Thomas D Trainor Scout Museum D-A Scout Ranch 880 E Sutton Rd. Metamora MI 48455 586-817-0654
E. URNER GOODMAN OWASIPPE MUSEUM OWASIPPE SCOUT RESERVATION 9900 RUSSELL RD. TWIN LAKE MI 49457 708-616-4026
Many Point Scout Camp History Center Northern Star Council 41408 Many Point Scout Camp Road Ponsford MN 56575 612-708-2985
West Concord Historical Society and Community Center   600 West First Street West Concord MN 55985 507-316-2480
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting & Girl Scouting   2640 7th Ave. E. North Saint Paul MN 55109 651-283-8083
Camp Wilderness History Center   29984 Journey Trail Park Rapids MN 56470 701-388-2494
Life and Times of H. Roe Bartle Kansas City Convention Center 301 West 13th Street Kansas City MO 64105 816-799-7224  
Dr. Michael J. Clarke Museum of Ozarks Scouting Ozark Trials Council 1616 S. Eastgate Ave. Springfield MO 65809 417-343-9809
Camp Childress Museum   5250 Jamboree Lane Joplin MO 64804 417-456-2222
Cape Fear Council Museum Camp Bowers 13165 NC Hwy 53 W White Oak NC 28399 910-352-4668
Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum   266 Raven Knob Road Mount Airy NC 27030 336-408-8501
Occoneechee Lodge Museum Camp Durant 4637 Old Carthage Rd Carthage NC 28327 919-656-0722
William “Bill” Pergerson Scouting Museum Cherokee Scout Reservation 3296 Boy Scout Camp Rd Yanceyville NC 27379 336-404-5247
Belk Scout Camp Museum   9408 Belt Road Midland NC 28107 704-661-6775
Batchelder Family Scout Museum   12401 W Maple Rd Omaha NE 68164 402-431-9272
Mid-America Council   12401 W. Maple Rd. Omaha NE 68164 402-514-3023
Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library   395 Blondin Road Manchester NH 03109 603-801-3650
Garden State Scout Museum   693 Rancocas Mt. Holly Road Westampton NJ 08060 856-261-3749
National Scouting Museum – Seton Memorial Library Philmont Scout Ranch 439 HWY 21 Cimarron NM 87714 (575) 376-1136
Villa Philmonte Philmont Scout Ranch 399 HWY 21 Cimarron NM 87714 (575) 376-2281 x51053
Kit Carson Museum at Rayado Philmont Scout Ranch 1122 HWY 21 Rayado NM 87714 (575) 376-1136
Unadilla Boy Scout Museum   246 Main Street Unadilla NY 13849 607-237-7203
William Hillcourt Scout Museum Camp Woodland 491 Kibbe Lake Road Constantia NY 13044 315-420-0333
Richard E. Garman Scouting Center   2860 Genesee St Buffalo NY 14225 716-870-0647
Ten Mile River Scout Museum   1481 Crystal Lake Road Narrowsburg NY 12764 718-984-0817
Camp Stambaugh Scout Museum Great Trail Council 3712 Leffingwell Road Canfield OH 44406 330-755-6795
Miakonda Scouting Museum   5600 Sylvania Ave Toledo OH 43623 734-242-3445
Manatoc Reservation Scout Museum   1075 Truxell Road Peninsula OH 44264 330-212-8649
The Osage County Historical Society Museum   700 Lynn Avenue Pawhuska OK 74056 918-287-2666
Troop 25 Emmaus Scout Room Museum St John’s UCC Emmaus 139 North Fourth St. Emmaus PA 18049 610-674-7530
FayWest Boy Scout Museum  Scarlett Knob Campground 133 Scarlett Knob Rd. Ohiopyle PA 15570 724-329-5200
Camp Yawgoog Heritage Center   61 Camp Yawgoog Road Rockville RI 02873 401-539-2311
Unali’Yi Lodge Museum Camp Ho Non Wah 2609 Boy Scout Road Wadmalaw Island SC 29487 843-557-7038
Palmetto Scout Museum 420 S. Church Street   Spartanburg SC 29306 864-585-4391
SCOUTERS ATTIC SIOUX COUNCIL CENTER 800 N WEST AVE SIOUX FALLS SD 57104 605-929-2408
The Ray Capp Centennial Museum c/o Boxwell Scout Reservation 1284 Creighton Lane Lebanon TN 37087 615-260-8873
Jane Manly Scout Museum   373 Camp Buck Toms Rd Rockwood TN 37854 865-548-9862
Lauderdale County Scouting Museum c/o First United Methodist Church 145 South Main Street, Room 117 Ripley TN 38063 731-506-5242
Camp Davy Crockett Museum Headquarters Building 142 Scout Camp Rd. Whitesburg TN 37891 423-747-2004
Harbin Scout Museum Camp Wisdom  Circle Ten Council 6400W. Red Bird Lane Dallas TX 75236 214-713-0103
Armstrong County Museum   120 S. Trice St Claude TX 79019 806-226-8721
Tall Pines Museum   103 Slaton Dr. Nash TX 75569 903-277-0571
Museum at Worth Ranch   1518 Worth Ranch Road Palo Pinto TX 76484 817-231-8500
Roanoke Scouting History Project       VA    
Nawakwa Scouting Museum Heart of Virginia Council 1719 Maidens Rd. Maidens VA 23102 804-355-4306
The Western Washington Traveling Scout Museum   3120 SW 319th PL Federal Way WA 98023 425-318-9521
Scout Heritage Museum    330 South 84th Street Milwaukee WI 53214 414-616-1194
Bay Lakes Council Scout Museum Bay Lakes Council 2555 Northern Road Appleton WI 54914 920-627-3253
World Scouting Museum   1615 Washington St E Charleston WV 25311 702-301-2555
Fire Mountain McKinley Museum   26027 Walker Valley Rd. Mount Vernon WA 98274 425-338-0380