Three Gutenberg Bibles, the only surviving manuscript of Milton’s Paradise Lost, Thoreau’s journals, 1,500 Old Master drawings: financier John Pierpont … More
Tag: Historic Homes
The Newly Opened Maison Caillebotte Sheds Light on a Lesser Known Impressionist
Some call him the Greatest Impressionist You Never Heard Of. Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894) not only was friends with Claude Monet, … More
The Evergreens Reopens at the Emily Dickinson Museum
Visitors to the Emily Dickinson Museum (covered last year in Side of Culture) now have even more to explore on … More
“Plant the Change”: Native Plants at Delaware’s Extraordinary Mt. Cuba Center
One of the Brandywine Valley’s lesser-known treasures, Mt. Cuba Center is a captivating botanical garden with a special mission: conserving … More
A Colonial Garden Blooms Again: George Mason’s Gunston Hall
Tucked away on Mason Neck peninsula and just 10 miles south of Mount Vernon, Gunston Hall tells the story of … More
700 Volunteers, 65 Rooms, Glorious Gardens: Akron Ohio’s Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Around the country, historic homes both famous and less well-known tell tales of families and places that shaped the past … More
A Year of Anniversaries at Hartford’s Mark Twain House & Museum
Novelist, lecturer, humorist, entrepreneur, steamboat pilot, and more: Mark Twain was a true multi-hyphenate, but above all he is one … More
Morse-Libby House, or Victoria Mansion, Has a History all its Own
Sitting high above the harbor in Portland, Maine, the Morse-Libby house, later Victoria Mansion, looks out of place in an … More
The New Louis Armstrong Center in Queens Celebrates Opening & Collection
As spring turned to summer in June of 2023, it was a great day on 107th Street in Corona, Queens. … More
New Grant Round Fuels Imaginative Projects Centered on Women’s History at Three Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios Sites
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the second round of Dorothy C. Radgowski Learning Through Women’s … More
