Broderie perse, night-blooming cereus and watermelons share a completely reasonable relationship when you are talking about quilts. Particularly the ones on exhibit in Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia, featuring dozens of masterpiece quilts from DAR Museum’s collection. In support of the exhibition, museum staff

Have you ever wondered when Santa Claus came on the scene? How long Americans have used Christmas trees?  If you have, you won’t want to miss the DAR Museum’s special exhibit, Creating an American Christmas, which is up now through January 6th.

The DAR Museum chose twelve of

After a wonderful Thanksgiving at the ranch with my family, I returned to D.C. last week to prepare for the Executive Board Meetings.  It was such a delight to see the building beautifully decorated and I wanted to share some snapshots with you.  Poinsettias will be delivered today, just in

“Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia” is now open, and it’s getting rave reviews. The Museum’s new exhibit includes 36 quilts, twice what we can usually fit in the gallery.

The DAR Museum collection is particularly strong in quilts of this region, probably because of our location

Last Spring, a C-SPAN producer contacted DAR to feature our Headquarters and collections in their upcoming programming. We were so pleased to welcome them to DAR Headquarters where they filmed two programs for C-SPAN’s American History TV series, American Artifacts.

The first program, which aired in August 2013, featured the

Today I am sharing with you a short video tour of my office. I love working in this beautiful space and I hope you will enjoy learning a little bit more about it. I think it is so interesting that many of the pieces in the office have a special

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “How did technology play a role in people’s lives of the past?” After all, in today’s fast-paced world, the word “technology” often refers to digital devices. Only recently have we come to rely on these digital devices. In the past, say 150 years