https://sapfm.org/ https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/michener-art-museum https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/michener-art-museum The Michener Art Museum, located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 845 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/b7/40/bf/Michener-63-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/metropolitan-museum-of-art https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/metropolitan-museum-of-art The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art boasts 25 period rooms representing a wide array of architectural styles. Its collection of early American furniture is unparalleled and is... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 844 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/96/27/d4/Met-1-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/merchant-s-house-museum https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/merchant-s-house-museum Located at 29 East Fourth Street, New York City the House contains more than 100 pieces of furniture dating between 1815 and 1880, including a set of 12 chairs... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 843 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/e1/48/bf/Merchants-72-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/martin-house-farm https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/martin-house-farm Located in Swansea, MA, the Martin House Farm was occupied by family members for over two hundred years. It consists of... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 842 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/be/7c/63/Martin-58-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/kenmore-plantation https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/kenmore-plantation Built in Fredrickburg, VA by Fielding Lewis (who married George Washington's sister Betty) the Georgian-style, brick mansion reflects Lewis' pre-Revolutionary-War wealth and status.   ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 841 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/c8/de/5d/kenmore-77-1637693551.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/kaufman-collection-the https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/kaufman-collection-the Washington DC's National Gallery of Art was based on the private collection of Andrew W. Mellon who donated it in 1937.  Mellon selected Amercian architect John Russell Pope to design the... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 840 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/88/08/4d/NGA-west-4-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hyland-house https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hyland-house The Hyland House Museum in Guilford, Connecticut, is one of New England ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 839 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/c8/6e/04/Hyland-46-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/huntington-homestead-the https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/huntington-homestead-the The Huntington Homestead in Scotland, Connecticut, is the birthplace of Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a distinguished statesman during the Revolutionary War and early Republic.... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 838 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/ba/b7/e0/Huntington-75-1637693434.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/homestead-the https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/homestead-the Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth of Hartford, Connecticut was among the backers of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, in Western New York. Wadsworth then made an arrangement with two cousins James... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 837 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/ec/71/70/Homestead-Exterior-27-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/historic-new-england https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/historic-new-england Formerly known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Historic New England maintains historic properties in five New England states and has over 100,000 artifacts representing the... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 836 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/a0/69/f3/Bowman-65-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/historic-deerfield https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/historic-deerfield Perhaps better known for their noteworthy architectural details, the colonial buildings of Historic Deerfield are also home to an impressive collection of early furnishings, both vernacular and high-style. Situated... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 835 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/eb/80/a0/Deerfield-95-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hancock-shaker-village https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hancock-shaker-village Located in Hancock, MA the Village operates as a living-history museum open to the public with 20 authentic Shaker buildings, costumed interpreters, Shaker furniture and artifacts in rotating exhibits,... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 834 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/09/be/6a/Hancock-Shaker-34-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hammond-harwood-house https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/hammond-harwood-house 'The Jewel of Annapolis', construction of the house began in 1774, following an Anglo-Palladian design provided by the renowned architect William Buckland. A highlight of... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 833 2021-11-23 5 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/3f/58/bd/Hammond-15-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gunston-hall https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gunston-hall The Mason Neck, VA home built by William Buckland and William Bernard Sears for George Mason IV in 1759. ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 832 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/72/77/3c/Gunston-41-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gibson-house-museum https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gibson-house-museum A time capsule of  domestic life in Boston's Back Bay from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries. ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 831 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/a7/2f/b9/Gibson-61-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/genesee-country-village-and-museum https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/genesee-country-village-and-museum Located in Mumford, NY, the Museum consists of consists of 68 historic structures furnished with 15,000 artifacts to provide an authentic, 19th-century environment. Among the buildings preserved in the historic... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 830 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/ca/90/86/Genesee-FosterHouse-93-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gamble-house https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/gamble-house Once the winter home of the Gamble family, Gamble House was designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Craftsman style,... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 829 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/56/35/6a/Gamble-2-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/enfield-shaker-museum https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/enfield-shaker-museum The museum collects objects made by, used by, or illustrative of the life of the Enfield Shakers, the New Hampshire Bishopric Shaker communities, and Shakerism in general. ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:50:33 +0000 828 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/71/d8/55/Enfield-67-1637693433.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/duxbury-rural-and-historical-society https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/duxbury-rural-and-historical-society The DRHS maintains four historic house properties, an archival library, museum collections, and more than 150 acres of land held in conservation. Two of the properties ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:47:20 +0000 827 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/1b/a5/88/Winsor-42-1637693240.jpg https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/dumbarton-house https://sapfm.org/required-jreview-museums/dumbarton-house This fine, dignified Georgian mansion, built in the 1800s, was long a centerpiece of Georgetown society. Local lore has it that Dolley Madison watched the White House burn during... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:47:20 +0000 826 2021-11-23 https://sapfm.org/media/reviews/photos/original/71/d1/4d/Dumbarton-16-1637693240.jpg