California
- The Muir Experience: Introduces the archives of John Muir that are preserved and made available for research at the University of the Pacific. The Muir Experience is designed to follow Muir's ideas from germination to sharing them with the world. The front room represents where he got his inspiration including his personal 1000-volume library in his original bookcases, two paintings from his friend and artist William Keith, and walls adorned in photographs of Yosemite Valley. The room also includes one of his writing desks where he recorded his ideas. The back room has exhibits including the manifestation of his ideas through his journals, letters, and manuscripts. The Muir Experience is located in the lobby of the William Knox Holt Library and Learning Center on the University of the Pacific campus in Stockton, California
- John Muir Geotourism Center: Located in historic Coulterville, California, where John Muir stopped on his 1868 walk from San Francisco to Yosemite, the John Muir Geotourism Center offers a small exhibit space, along with live and audio tours of the John Muir Highway route to Yosemite, and a variety of programs to inspire people of all ages to explore, learn, share, and preserve the values of the John Muir Legacy.
- John Muir National Historic Site: The Martinez Ranch where Muir lived for many years, tending orchards and writing his conservation messages, has long featured the historic house he lived in, built by his father-in-law. Now, the NPS is revamping the visitor center to feature more exhibits and displays explaining John Muir's life and legacy. You can view many Muir artifacts and historic photographs on the NPS site for Museum Collections for John Muir National Historic Site.
Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: The Sierra Club's historic LeConte Memorial in Yosemite Valley includes a comprehensive display about John Muir and his life and legacy. A life-size photographic cut-out of Muir greets visitors, a creative Earth-Turtles-and-Muir quote surprises visitors, and evening programs frequently feature Muir as a topic.
Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery - Features at least three portraits of John Muir and a bust (not including items for which no online illustration is available):
- Platinum Print of John Muir by William Dassonville, circa. 1910: Part of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Collection.
- John Muir by Orlando Rouland, 1917 Part of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Collection. On view at National Portrait Gallery, South Gallery 322. For a full description of this painting, see Portrait of a Prophet: Orlando Rouland's John Muir, 1917 from the National Portrait Gallery's blog "Face to Face."
- Charcoal Drawing of John Muir by Garnet W. Jex: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum of Natural History.
- Bronze Sculpture Bust of John Muir by Edwin Keith Harkness - National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art.
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Historical Society: The library of the Wisconsin Historical Society features a display of John Muir's remarkable invention, a clock-study desk that automatically rotated books Muir was studying.
- Muir Memorial Park: Really an outdoor museum, includes a nature trail surrounding Ennis Lake (which Muir's family had called "Fountain Lake."
Enjoy this excellent 10 minute video slide show of the Memorial Park showing Muir's ties there.
Scotland
- John Muir's Birthplace: Muir's birthplace in Dunbar, Scotland, has been transformed into an interpretive center with three floors of interactive exhibits explaining the importance of John Muir to the world-wide conservation movement.