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 RanchNorthern TierFlorida Sea BaseSummit Bechtel Reserve
 2026 National Jamboree2031 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.

MuseumAddress 1Address 2CitySTZipPhone
Old Timers MuseumCamp Preston Hunt6918 Tennessee RdTexarkanaAR71854903-277-0571
Camp Rockefeller Trading Post Museum 408 Scout Dr.DamascusAR72039501-318-3556
Nobby Schnabel Scout Museum 29485 Hook Creek Rd.Cedar GlenCA90321949-433-3898
Southwestern Connecticut Scouting Heritage Museum 60 Wellington Rd.MilfordCT06460203-556-4097
JN Webster Heritage Center 231 Ashford Center Rd. (RT44)AshfordCT06278860-822-6235
Suwannee River Area Council Museum of ScoutingWallwood Scout Reservation23 Wallwood BSA DriveQuincyFL32351850-228-9226
R. W. Hyman Boy Scout Museum 2066 Tanglewood Dr.SnellvilleGA30078404-617-3330
Mowogo Lodge’s Northeast Georgia Scouting MuseumCamp Rainey Mountain1494 Rainey Mountain RoadClaytonGA30525 
Waterman Scout Museum 215 Summit StreetCenter PointIA52213319-310-0276
Henager’s Memories & Nostalgia 8837 S. State Rd. 57BuckskinIN47647812-795-2230
Museum of Scouting 1100 W. Diamond Dr.SalinaKS67401785-822-2385
Baxter Springs Heritage Center & Museum 740 East AvenueBaxter SpringsKS66713620-856-2385
Post Rock Scout Museum 161 E Lincoln Ave.LincolnKS67455785-524-5383
Avondale Scout MuseumAvondale Scout Reservation14433 LA-10ClintonLA70722225-229-8540
Girl Scout Museum at Cedar Hill 265 Beaver St.WalthamMA2452844-306-4736
Casoni MuseumCamp Squanto105 Cutterfield RoadPlymouthMA02320508-942-6197
Eaton Rapids Scout Museum 635 State StEaton RapidsMI48827 
Thomas D Trainor Scout MuseumD-A Scout Ranch880 E Sutton Rd.MetamoraMI48455586-817-0654
E. URNER GOODMAN OWASIPPE MUSEUMOWASIPPE SCOUT RESERVATION9900 RUSSELL RD.TWIN LAKEMI49457708-616-4026
Many Point Scout Camp History CenterNorthern Star Council41408 Many Point Scout Camp RoadPonsfordMN56575612-708-2985
West Concord Historical Society and Community Center 600 West First StreetWest ConcordMN55985507-316-2480
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting & Girl Scouting 2640 7th Ave. E.North Saint PaulMN55109651-283-8083
Camp Wilderness History Center 29984 Journey TrailPark RapidsMN56470701-388-2494
Life and Times of H. Roe BartleKansas City Convention Center301 West 13th StreetKansas CityMO64105816-799-7224  
Dr. Michael J. Clarke Museum of Ozarks ScoutingOzark Trials Council1616 S. Eastgate Ave.SpringfieldMO65809417-343-9809
Camp Childress Museum 5250 Jamboree LaneJoplinMO64804417-456-2222
Cape Fear Council MuseumCamp Bowers13165 NC Hwy 53 WWhite OakNC28399910-352-4668
Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum 266 Raven Knob RoadMount AiryNC27030336-408-8501
Occoneechee Lodge MuseumCamp Durant4637 Old Carthage RdCarthageNC28327919-656-0722
William “Bill” Pergerson Scouting MuseumCherokee Scout Reservation3296 Boy Scout Camp RdYanceyvilleNC27379336-404-5247
Belk Scout Camp Museum 9408 Belt RoadMidlandNC28107704-661-6775
Batchelder Family Scout Museum 12401 W Maple RdOmahaNE68164402-431-9272
Mid-America Council 12401 W. Maple Rd.OmahaNE68164402-514-3023
Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library 395 Blondin RoadManchesterNH03109603-801-3650
Garden State Scout Museum 693 Rancocas Mt. Holly RoadWestamptonNJ08060856-261-3749
National Scouting Museum – Seton Memorial LibraryPhilmont Scout Ranch439 HWY 21CimarronNM87714(575) 376-1136
Villa PhilmontePhilmont Scout Ranch399 HWY 21CimarronNM87714(575) 376-2281 x51053
Kit Carson Museum at RayadoPhilmont Scout Ranch1122 HWY 21RayadoNM87714(575) 376-1136
Unadilla Boy Scout Museum 246 Main StreetUnadillaNY13849607-237-7203
William Hillcourt Scout MuseumCamp Woodland491 Kibbe Lake RoadConstantiaNY13044315-420-0333
Richard E. Garman Scouting Center 2860 Genesee StBuffaloNY14225716-870-0647
Ten Mile River Scout Museum 1481 Crystal Lake RoadNarrowsburgNY12764718-984-0817
Camp Stambaugh Scout MuseumGreat Trail Council3712 Leffingwell RoadCanfieldOH44406330-755-6795
Miakonda Scouting Museum 5600 Sylvania AveToledoOH43623734-242-3445
Manatoc Reservation Scout Museum 1075 Truxell RoadPeninsulaOH44264330-212-8649
The Osage County Historical Society Museum 700 Lynn AvenuePawhuskaOK74056918-287-2666
Troop 25 Emmaus Scout Room MuseumSt John’s UCC Emmaus139 North Fourth St.EmmausPA18049610-674-7530
FayWest Boy Scout Museum Scarlett Knob Campground133 Scarlett Knob Rd.OhiopylePA15570724-329-5200
Camp Yawgoog Heritage Center 61 Camp Yawgoog RoadRockvilleRI02873401-539-2311
Unali’Yi Lodge MuseumCamp Ho Non Wah2609 Boy Scout RoadWadmalaw IslandSC29487843-557-7038
Palmetto Scout Museum420 S. Church Street SpartanburgSC29306864-585-4391
SCOUTERS ATTICSIOUX COUNCIL CENTER800 N WEST AVESIOUX FALLSSD57104605-929-2408
The Ray Capp Centennial Museumc/o Boxwell Scout Reservation1284 Creighton LaneLebanonTN37087615-260-8873
Jane Manly Scout Museum 373 Camp Buck Toms RdRockwoodTN37854865-548-9862
Lauderdale County Scouting Museumc/o First United Methodist Church145 South Main Street, Room 117RipleyTN38063731-506-5242
Camp Davy Crockett MuseumHeadquarters Building142 Scout Camp Rd.WhitesburgTN37891423-747-2004
Harbin Scout MuseumCamp Wisdom  Circle Ten Council6400W. Red Bird LaneDallasTX75236214-713-0103
Armstrong County Museum 120 S. Trice StClaudeTX79019806-226-8721
Tall Pines Museum 103 Slaton Dr.NashTX75569903-277-0571
Museum at Worth Ranch 1518 Worth Ranch RoadPalo PintoTX76484817-231-8500
Roanoke Scouting History Project   VA  
Nawakwa Scouting MuseumHeart of Virginia Council1719 Maidens Rd.MaidensVA23102804-355-4306
The Western Washington Traveling Scout Museum 3120 SW 319th PLFederal WayWA98023425-318-9521
Scout Heritage Museum  330 South 84th StreetMilwaukeeWI53214414-616-1194
Bay Lakes Council Scout MuseumBay Lakes Council2555 Northern RoadAppletonWI54914920-627-3253
World Scouting Museum 1615 Washington St ECharlestonWV25311702-301-2555
Fire Mountain McKinley Museum 26027 Walker Valley Rd.Mount VernonWA98274425-338-0380