James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage

We have this simple, yet lovely, tea caddy in our Collection. Structurally, it is a simple box of 12" x 6" x 6". There are no handles...

While creating our "Black History" exhibit (opened 2/5/2015), I enjoyed going through the Museum's coverlets and other textiles. There...

There are probably as many different kinds of bottles as there are types of trees. I was both enthralled and aghast at the varieties. ...

While working on completing the photographic cataloging of the Museum's Collection, I enjoyed reading through three Edwardian Era...

If you have documents (or textiles) stored in cardboard boxes in closets, attics, basements or storage units; please don't leave them...

At the James Madison Museum, we have much more beyond our in-depth exhibit about James Madison; that’s why we added the phrase “of Orange...

I'm writing this brief blog to share our "War of 1812" exhibit in the Madison Exhibit Room. The 209th anniversary of the Battle of New...

Orange County, Colony of Virginia, was Great Britain's largest county in Colonial America. Established (around August 8th) in 1734 to...

Photo of cover by B. W. Sullivan. Photo is of the cover page of the booklet, published by the Buffalo Book Co., 1905. Published and...

In 2018, the estate "Grassland" was being prepared for auction and the postal unit (left), telephone system, and several boxes of "stuff"...