If you get a chance, there is a wonderful traveling exhibit of seven historic kitchen vignettes called America's Kitchens, originally organized by Historic New England, which began its national tour in New Hampshire, sponsored in part by Vintage Kitchens. The exhibition opened at the New Hampshire Historical Society museum on June 11, 2009 and ran here in NH through January 17, 2010 before embarking on its national tour. The America's Kitchens exhibit is currently set up at the Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, MA. More information is available here: Heritage Museums and Gardens America's Kitchens showcases the important role of kitchens throughout American history. Based on extensive research and authentic historical kitchens, the exhibition features recreated kitchens, artifacts, photographs, and the personal stories that bring them to life. (Description & illustration from the NHHS website)

Vintage Kitchens is proud to be a supporter of The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, the state-wide organization whose goals are to preserve New Hampshire 's historic buildings, landscapes, and communities through leadership, advocacy, and education.

Historic New England  maintains over 35 properties throughout New England, spanning from the Pilgrim Century to the 20th Century, including many in the region from Portsmouth , NH to Newburyport , MA . Historic New England was formerly known as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, or SPNEA for short.

With our personal special fondness for Shaker design, it is quite a treat to have Canterbury Shaker Village  so nearby, and so beautifully preserved! There are a number of other wonderful Shaker museums scattered around New England and upstate New York, and of course collections of Shaker articles in many major museums. No matter how well the Shakers are covered in books and on the internet, seeing these beautiful pieces in person immediately gives you a much stronger connection to the "hearts to work and hands to God" spirit in which these pieces were devotedly crafted.

Portsmouth, NH is rich with architectural heritage, and where better to begin than Strawberry Banke.

Old House Journal  has long been a wonderful resource for both ideas and supplies for old house aficionados. Although they were recently sold to a large publishing house, they still have a lot to offer—though perhaps in a more mercantile package.

Brought to you by the folks who used to publish Old House Journal, Old House Interiors  does a beautiful job with, well, old house interiors!

The ultimate resource for historic property images and detailed drawings is the Historic American Building Survey collection  at the US Library of Congress, in Washington , DC .

Designed and built by the brothers Greene & Greene in Pasadena CA , in 1908, the Gamble House, complete with all of its wonderful custom light fixtures and furniture, is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship in the Arts & Crafts Style.

Designed by the famous Boston architect H.H. Richardson, the Glessner House  is a triumph of late Victorian residential design, foreshadowing the dawn of the Modern Age. It includes an absolutely incredible collection of original Eastlake Style furnishings—including several pieces from the Glessner's summer estate in NH!

Old Sturbridge Village, located just off the Mass Pike in Sturbridge MA, is a ‘living' museum that is carefully restored to recreate the authentic feel of an 1830's rural New England mill village.

And if you time your visit to Old Sturbridge right, you could easily spend a day browsing one of the largest antique shows in the world, just up the road in Brimfield , MA .

Located near the shore of Lake Champlain, just south of Burlington, VT, the Shelburne Museum  not only contains over 30 beautifully restored old buildings, it houses one of the finest collections of artifacts of Americana—from country store items, to Amish quilts, to old hand tools.

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