Enslaved “Runaway” Ads

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...

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What I Learned Learning to Make Hair Art

What I Learned Learning to Make Hair Art

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...

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Welcome to our Cabinet of Curiosities!

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...

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