Our Galleries and Facilities
The Baden-Powell Gallery
The Baden-Powell Gallery is dedicated to Robert Baden-Powell the founder of the Scouting Movement. The Baden-Powell Gallery is home to most of the museum’s collection that is on display, from the earliest days of Scouting and Robert Baden-Powell to the most recent Scouting America National Jamboree patches. This gallery is filled with patches, books, artwork, and many other items to peruse and learn about.
The Edson-Goodman Gallery
The Edson-Goodman Gallery is dedicated to the founders of the Order of the Arrow, Carrol A. Edson and E. Urner Goodman. This gallery focuses on Order of the Arrow memorabilia such as sashes, patches, and neckerchiefs. National Order of the Arrow Conference memorabilia is also on display along with other Order of the Arrow project memorabilia from the past. Norman Rockwell and Joseph Csatari prints are also on display.
The Low Gallery
The Low Gallery is dedicated to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America founder Juliette Gordon Low. The Low Gallery is a loosely connected area of the gift shop and two adjoining rooms that showcase the history of the GSUSA via Girl Scout dolls, trinkets, patches, uniforms, and other memorabilia.
The Rockwell Gallery
The Rockwell Gallery is dedicated to Norman Rockwell, who served as an iconic American artist and longtime art contributor to Boys’ Life now Scout Life Magazine. The Rockwell Gallery is located throughout the connecting sections of the museum and displays artwork by Rockwell, Csastari, Hergé, Jim Davis, and other notable artists. The Rockwell Gallery is also the location of the wall of International Scouting Uniforms, which allows Scouts to view the differences in uniforms up close between World Scout Jamborees.
The Horne Event Room
The Horne Event Room is dedicated to Dr. Robert Lynn Horne, the founder of the World Scouting Museum, and is the home of the Robert Lynn Horne Merit Badge College. The space is equal in size to our Baden-Powell Gallery as it sits below it and is able to host large events, traveling exhibits, art installations, and any other museum or scouting-focused activities. It is available for rent at reasonable rates and for any occasion. Please contact us for more information and to work out what would be necessary.
The Green Bar Bill Libraries
The Green Bar Bill Libraries are dedicated to ‘Green Bar’ William ‘Bill’ Hillcourt, an International Scouter, leader, and prolific author of seminal scouting works in his lifetime for the Boy Scouts of America. The libraries consist of one library, one annex library, and a book/ephemera storage area. The libraries contain everything from papers sent to scouts going on Jamborees to nonfiction books about Scouting adventures produced early in Scouting history. Most of the library focuses on the English language, but there is also a substantial amount printed in other languages and from other countries. The museum is home to one of the largest Scouting sheet music collections in the world.
