When I was a kid, one of my favorite things about visiting historic houses or museums was seeing the beautiful food displays on the table.

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow There's a bright golden haze on the meadow The corn is as high as an elephant's eye And it...

Also known as "Excuse us while we iron out a few technical difficulties!" Note: The reason there is a cat meme is that Facebook wouldn't...

Really 2020? Haven't we been through enough turmoil this year? First the pandemic, quarantine, and then demonstrations. Now it's Baby...

No, not really. That's not our flax. Our flax looks like this. Little rows of soldiers dancing in the breeze. They've grown so much in...

History at Home

Hello again! It's another week on lockdown and everyone is getting a little antsy to get out of the house. It's been tough with parks...

Thread buttons, cloth buttons, deathhead buttons......in the 18th century, if you weren't able to get horn or bone buttons, you had a...

This unknown woman of the Van Mater family was the lovely subject of this portrait by Harvey Jenkins, a prolific portrait artist in...

By Pati Githens (Programs and Partnership Manager) Good morning!!! Into gardening? Love fresh produce from your own land or even pots?...

By Pati Githens (Partnership and Programs Manager) Welcome to the Covenhoven House! Since we had to cancel our spring open hearth...