Some days it’s just too BEAUTIFUL to be stuck indoors. Today was one of those days–mid 70s and sunny with a slight breeze. Perfect! So I...

One of our favorite things to do at the farm is to take photos — lots and lots of photos! From the barnyard and the colonial site to the...

by Lisa Hayes, Director of Public Programs and Education Meet Terence Johnson, Public History Fellow at the Accokeek Foundation From the...

by Matt Mattingly, Manager of the National Colonial Farm and Historic Interpretation You know what I miss the most about Southern...

by “Sally” Recently my photo was selected by a London publisher for inclusion in a new book by Brett Mizelle (a professor at California...

Clara loved her mums Throughout its history the Accokeek Foundation has been blessed by the contributions of many extraordinary women....

The Accokeek Foundation's Foodways program explores the foods that our colonial ancestors ate and the ways in which these foods were...

Last month I gave a workshop on museum theatre at the Small Museums Association conference. Museum theatre is a valued part of our ...

by Wilton Corkern, President In 1793 George Washington wrote that, “No estate in United America is more pleasantly situated than this.”...

The eighteenth-century tobacco barn on the National Colonial Farm is filled with dry tobacco. Bundles of dried tobacco plants hang from...

by Lisa Hayes, Director of Public Programs and Education In December I learned that I had been selected for a four-week Creative and...

In March of this year the National Colonial Farm will premier its newly developed Foodways program.  Over the years this successful...

Hog Island Sheep Grazing At 5:00 p.m. last Saturday the National Colonial Farm was the perfect picture of a pastoral scene. Cows and...