One of the things that we are always interested in is attempting to contextualize the Morgan Log House within the period in which it was built. In thinking about our new federal holiday, Juneteenth (which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people), it is...
By: Tim Betz, Executive Director, Morgan Log House A completed example of a hair art flower. One of the historic trades and crafts that we have recently explored in a History Happy Hour and as part of some special tours on site is the nineteenth-century tradition of...
The Morgan Log House has just opened a Cabinet of Curiosities. In it, you can enjoy objects from our collection that are not normally on view in this open storage space as part of a regular tour. Museums are homes of history. At the Morgan Log House, we tell about the...
Illustration of the Periodical Cicada, from The American Entomologist ca. 1880 “They usually come out of their holes at night and climb trees and the stems of plants. The nymphal cases, which split on top as the insects emerge, are discarded, but...
The Morgan Log House is the museum’s greatest artifact. It is also one of its biggest puzzle pieces. We are still piecing together much about the lives of the people who lived here from 1708 through the 1960’s, but the two most solid ways we’ve...
