The National Colonial Farm imagines a fictional family—the Boltons—to reveal the realities of life for non-wealthy landowners and...

Their work on the tobacco barn and Laurel Branch — through the application of “witch’s brew” (turpentine, boiled linseed oil, and pine...

Calling all homeschoolers! Join the Bolton family at the National Colonial Farm and spend the day learning about life on a small tobacco...

Volunteers meet on the second Saturday of every month from 1-4 pm, in addition to completing at-home volunteer projects between meetings....

This volunteer position is to assist with the interpretation of the National Colonial Farm through the belly (and the kitchen), as we...

by Matt Mattingly During the winter of 2010, the National Colonial Farm began to reexamine what is known in the living history world as...

by Sally The haunted farm house--complete with frightening Jack-o-Lantern. Rocky and I have the best hog’s-eye view of our favorite event...

After nearly 2 months of learning about colonial Maryland history, writing scripts, rehearsing, and braving the hot “Dog Days of Summer”,...

Shanice Jones interprets "Cate Sharper" Shanice Jones, born in Washington DC, recently graduated from Salisbury University with a...

How You Can Show Your Support for Museum Theatre at the National Colonial Farm Make an online donation today! Attend the show! WANTED:...

It was a fairly warm Saturday on the National Colonial Farm but under the shade of a poplar tree the Accokeek Foundation held its monthly...

Each year, hundreds of visitors flock to the farm for this popular, annual event. This year, Children’s Day will be held on Saturday, May...

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

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

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