by gwffoundation | Nov 16, 2016 | Archaeology, Behind the Scenes, Collections Management, Lives & Legacies
Here on Lives & Legacies we’ve shown you a variety of important tasks that take place inside the Archaeology Lab at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. You’ve seen how we wash, catalog, label, and then mend vessels with archival glue. One goal of all this work is to...
by gwffoundation | Mar 30, 2016 | Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Want to see “in real life” the 18th century ceramic fruit dish we wrote about last August? You can see it and the matching sherds excavated by archaeologists on your next visit to George Washington’s Ferry Farm. The dish sits inside the Ferry Farm...
by gwffoundation | Apr 1, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Back in late February, staff revamped the orientation exhibit in the visitors center at George Washington’s Ferry Farm. The new exhibit called The Science of History at Ferry Farm tells the story of how archaeologists and historians discovered the location of...
