by gwffoundation | Dec 17, 2017 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
Several weeks ago, staff from George Washington’s Ferry Farm went hunting for objects to go into the reconstructed Washington house, which will be fully furnished with reproduction pieces to allow our visitors to sit on the chairs, open drawers, and pick up the...
by gwffoundation | Sep 8, 2017 | Building George's House, Collections Management, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
As Meghan talked about in her latest blog post, we are currently taking on the immense task of finding accurate and well-made reproduction furnishings and household items for the reconstructed Washington house at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. We recently completed...
by gwffoundation | Nov 3, 2016 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies
In today’s electrically-lit world, we have very little notion of exactly how dark it can be in a house without any artificial light at all. In fact, our modern eyes have become so accustomed to bright lighting at all hours of the day and night, that we would probably...
by gwffoundation | Nov 16, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
This past Friday, November 13, visitors enjoyed “Night in Washington’s Day,” a special evening event at Historic Kenmore that explored the history of nighttime in the 18th century. Night was an active time 200 years ago. People cleaned, cooked,...
