Guest posting by Bob Beatty, Vice President for Programs, American Association for State and Local History I have been a history geek for as long as I can remember. It is…
Read MorePosted by Joseph Mester, Project Assistant Preservation work has begun on the portico! The goal of the project is to complete the final phase of a multi-year project to protect…
Read MoreLast week, at the annual meeting of the American Association for State and Local History in Indianapolis, Indiana, Drayton Hall Director of Museum Interpretation Craig Tuminaro presented a session he organized on…
Read MoreIf you would like to see some photogrpahs from the first Preservation Wednesday program, visit our Flickr site. Many thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers who participated and helped…
Read MoreThe past few months were busy ones for the archaeologists at Drayton Hall. In the previous blog post, our director described the arrival of the “mystery watercolor,” which prompted new…
Read MoreWatercolor Mystery Solved! (So Far.) I’ve been asked to recount the story of the historical detective work that led us to identify the owner of the mysterious watercolor of Drayton…
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