Educational Resources: Archives and Museums
Want to learn more about Rosie? Visit these archives, memorials and museums online or in real life for a rich mine of information on Rosie and WWII history. Clicking on links will open them in a new window.
National WWII Museum in New Orleans
Offering a compelling blend of sweeping narrative and poignant personal detail, The National WWII Museum features immersive exhibits, multimedia experiences, and an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories, taking visitors inside the story of the war that changed the world. Beyond the galleries, the Museum’s online collections, virtual field trips, webinars, educational travel programs, and renowned International Conference on World War II offer patrons new ways to connect to history and honor the generation that sacrificed so much to secure our freedom.
National World War II Memorial
The National World War II Memorial is the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II. The memorial honors all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and the high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation’s call to arms.
Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Park – Richmond, CA
Located at the former Kaiser Shipyards, this museum is a wonderful resource for Rosie history, particularly on women in the shipbuilding industry during WWII.
Rosie the Riveter Trust
A fund-raising support arm of the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Park
Long Beach Rosie the Riveter Park & Interpretive Center
Long Beach, California, is home to their very own Rosie the Riveter Park & Interpretive Center.
Check out this site for Rosie photos and videos. Long Beach was home to many WWII war-related activities.
What did you do in the war, Grandma?
An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School
Women in Transportation – Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation’s brief history of Rosie the Riveter.
The Real Rosie the Riveter Project out of NYC
A project of the Tamiment Library. Powered by NYU DLTS.
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
located on historic Ford Island, a 441-acre island in the middle of Pearl Harbor. Moored off its shores on Sunday, December 7, 1941, were some of the largest ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, in addition to the dozens of patrol and scout planes that filled the hangars and airfield, all of which were targets on that fateful morning. Now a National Historic Landmark, Ford Island is quiet today but still shows the scars of war.