About Historic New England

Colonial to Modern:
A Century of Collecting at Historic New England

Historic New England's Hamilton House
parlor, South Berwick, Maine

Historic New England is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive regional heritage organization in the nation. They bring history to life while preserving the past for everyone interested in exploring the authentic New England experience from the seventeenth century to today. Historic New England owns and operates thirty-six historic homes and landscapes spanning five states. The organziation shares the region's history through vast collections, publications, public programs, museum properties, archives, and family stories that document more than 400 years of life in New England. For more information visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

Colonial to Modern: A Century of Collecting at Historic New England included eighteenth to twentieth century furniture, paintings by academic and provincial artists, ceramics made in New England and abroad, and personal accessories from diamon brooches to silk brocade shoes. The focus was on great objects with great stories, such as the Quincy family's Boston-made Japanned high chest, a 1735-1745 tour d'force of furniture that comes from one of New England's most influential families and survived two fires.