James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage

Uncovering an historic property layer by layer.

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...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Madison! (Photo: "President Madison" (John D. Hall) relaxing in his Campeche chair at the Museum.) In 1973,...

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

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...

This portrait was the last painted of James Madison during his lifetime. James Barton Longacre visited Madison at Montpelier in July of...

Please, protect your special treasures properly. It is sad when you see the damage that is done by moisture when something is saved in a...

(All images are the 1924 Model T donated by Tex Webb.) With regard to the color of the Model T's (1919 - 1925), Henry Ford is quoted for...

Anyone who had watched Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" remembers the wicked Queen, obsessed with her beauty, uttered those...

We've very recently received a donation from Robbie Colvin of the original phone switchboard of the President Madison Inn (James Madison...