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Education, Preservation, Uncategorized

Using nothing more than cardboard, toothpicks, spray paint, and an abundant amount of hot glue, a team of students from Valley High School in Gilcrest, Colorado, constructed an impressive model…

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Landscape, Preservation, Research, Uncategorized

Posted by Jessica Garrett, Director of Development Returning to work from my Christmas vacation meant that I came back to overflowing mailboxes and a host of piles on my desk…

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Archaeology, Breaking News, Education, Event, Fieldwork, Landscape, Preservation, Uncategorized

Click on the video below to see the results of the first ever Drayton Hall Archaeological Institute. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opU-HkKDZdU&hl=en&fs=1]

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Archaeology, Breaking News, Collections, Event, Fieldwork, Preservation, Research, Uncategorized

The fifth and final day of the Archaeological Institute got off to a quick start with all participants showing up early for the day’s work.  Rather than commencing the day…

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Archaeology, Breaking News, Collections, Fieldwork, Landscape, Preservation, Uncategorized

Work has continued in the search for the possible connecting wall between the Drayton Hall main house and it’s north flanker building.  On day 3 of the institute, evidence of…

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Archaeology, Breaking News, Collections, Event, Fieldwork, Preservation, Research, Uncategorized

Posted by Carter Hudgins, Interim Director of Preservation/Site Archaeologist 10/28:  Day 2 began with a tour of the main house. Under the guidance of interpreters Joe Mester and Kate Ruhf, participants learned about the…

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