James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage

We are on schedule for the beginning of construction in March! Check out our "Charters of Freedom" tab and visit New tab...

I have been enjoying reading about the Holladay's of "merrie England". While the earliest history is not included, only alluded, the...

...one of the most beautiful telephones ever made is the Standard Telephone & Electric "rope shaft" candlestick. Standard, like a lot of...

Mount Athos in Orange County, not Greece, has a rather “colorful” history filled with hard work, romance, excess, jealousy, betrayal,...

While we may not house revered documents like the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States, our Collection...

History, as a study, is multi-faceted; interconnecting societal structure with economics, fashions, food, etiquette, architecture, art,...

While we may not house revered documents like the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States, our Collection...

What is the difference between a bedspread and a coverlet? A bedspread is all-encompassing and usually drapes well over the side of the...

To say that James Madison, Jr., Father of the Constitution, 4th President, and author of the Bill of Rights, contradicted himself with...

Every now and then, we are able to accept donations that belong to an often overlooked portion of local history, our Black-owned business...