by gwffoundation | Sep 19, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Porcelain is the king of all ceramics. As resilient as it is beautiful, porcelain has long fascinated many people. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), the Chinese began exporting porcelain to Europeans, who coveted the precious dishes to the point that porcelain...
by gwffoundation | May 9, 2019 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Washington family
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Archaeologist Mara Kaktins, Ceramics & Glass Specialist at The George Washington Foundation, presented a lecture titled “Drinking with the Washingtons: Archaeological Evidence of Colonial Imbibing at Ferry Farm.” Mara explored a wide...
by gwffoundation | May 3, 2019 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
The replica Washington house at George Washington’s Ferry Farm has been open for tours for one year now but we still continue to add reproduction furniture and objects to the rooms inside. Since the house is a replica built using archaeology, historic research, and...
by gwffoundation | Dec 17, 2018 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm
Our Archaeology team reveals how they are creating replica 18th century glass and ceramic objects that visitors may touch during tours of the Washington house replica at Ferry Farm. Learn more about the Washington house replica...
by gwffoundation | Oct 26, 2018 | Archaeology, Foodways, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Twenty years ago, archaeologists digging at George Washington’s Ferry Farm unearthed the remains of a mid-eighteenth century kitchen. It was immediately obvious from the state of the artifacts that this kitchen had not simply fallen into to ruin and been abandoned –...
