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The Appraisers Association of America is an international organization based in New York City with over 800 members in cities across the country as well as in Canada, Europe and Asia.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia—the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World. Here we interpret the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution.
The main house is considered one of the finest examples of Georgian-Palladian architecture in the United States. The grounds represent one of the most significant, undisturbed historic landscapes in America. And Drayton Hall's stories—stories of race, family, culture, sacrifice, innovation, and preservation—reveal who we are and where we've come from.
Historic Deerfield, Inc., is dedicated to the heritage and preservation of Deerfield, Massachusetts and the Connecticut River Valley. Its museums and programs provide today's audiences with experiences that create an understanding and appreciation of New England's historic villages and countryside.
Early American Decoration is applied to all decorated articles that adorned the homes of our forefathers. HSEAD supports and encourages crafters to continue the tradition with workshops, classes, books, and The Decorator, published twice a year.
Experience the story of America's beginnings at Jamestown Settlement and the Yorktown Victory Center. Through film, artifact-filled galleries and outdoor living history, these museums engage visitors in nearly two centuries of our nation's history - from the founding of America's first permanent English settlement in 1607 to the decisive Revolutionary War victory in 1781 and implementation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Explore the rich and diverse textile traditions of Lancaster County and south-central Pennsylvania through this rich and diverse collection that celebrates the role of textiles in the past, present, and future.
Landis Valley Museum is a nationally significant living history museum that collects, conserves, exhibits and interprets Pennsylvania German material culture and heritage between 1750-1940.
Experience Castles Full of Treasures at the Mercer and Fonthill Museums. The museums offer a wide array of programs, events, exhibits and tours for audiences of all ages. Discover your family history and more in our Spruance Library. The museums and library are operated by the Bucks County Historical Society.
Mission Mill Museum interprets the history of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill—designated an American Treasure by the National Park Service—which produced wool products from 1889 to 1962 and represents one of Oregon’s earliest and strongest industries.
In the splendor of the Virginia countryside, a national treasure is being recovered. Experience the rediscovery of the mind and the man who forged the framework of a nation, who created the Constitutional charter that defines our democracy, our thinking, our society.
Mount Vernon was home to George Washington for more than 45 years. First known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation, the Estate was originally granted to Washington's great grandfather John Washington in 1674.
Headquartered in Seagrove, the Museum of NC Traditional Pottery is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the tradition, and educating new generations about the history, and the simple and elegant beauty of traditional pottery.
Mystic Seaport—The Museum of America and the Sea—is the nation's leading maritime museum. Explore American maritime history first-hand as you climb aboard historic tall ships, stroll through a re-created 19th-century coastal village or watch a working preservation shipyard in action.
The Old Barracks is a State and National Landmark located in Trenton, New Jersey. Built in 1758 by the Colony of New Jersey during the French and Indian War, the Old Barracks was a witness in 1776 to the Battle of Trenton, the turning point of the American Revolution.
Antique Flower Bulbs for Every Garden - Unique, Endangered, Amazing!
Old Salem Museums & Gardens is America's most comprehensive history attraction. Our four museums - the Historic Town of Salem, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), the Old Salem Children's Museum, and the Old Salem Toy Museum - engage visitors in an educational and memorable historical experience about those who lived and worked in the early South.
Plimoth Plantation, a bicultural museum, offers powerful personal encounters with history built on thorough research about the Wampanoag People and the Colonial English community in the 1600s.
The Rufus Porter Museum and Cultural Heritage Center is dedicated to the preservation of Rufus Porter's murals and his other achievements.
The Shaker Museum and Library is the premier center for the interpretation and exhibition of Shaker life and culture.
Located in Vermont's scenic Lake Champlain valley, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional museums of art and Americana.
Strawbery Banke is about connecting with the past. Visitors to Strawbery Banke have the opportunity to experience and imagine how people lived and worked in this typical American neighborhood throughout four centuries of history.
The Heritage Center Museum collects, preserves, and interprets Lancaster County's history and decorative arts through its permanent collection, annual exhibitions, and educational programs.
The Textile Museum expands public knowledge and appreciation ? locally, nationally and internationally ? of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world?s textiles.
Winterthur, an American country estate, is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), an avid antiques collector and horticulturist.
