Explore digital projects, collaborations, and exhibits from the Winterthur Library.

Boston Furniture Archive

The Boston Furniture Archive documents furniture created in Boston during the city’s first three hundred years. Explore the Archive’s growing database of objects from collections in Massachusetts and beyond.

Shaker Hymnals

Shaker hymnals (hymn books) from the Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection at the Winterthur Library and the Communal Societies Collection at the Burke Library, Hamilton College. This project was generously supported by grant funding from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Communal Studies Association's Hidden Collections initiative.

FAIC Oral History Project

Recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted between 1975 and 2019 for the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) Oral History Project.

Daffodils and Winterthur The Forgotten Story of Daffodils, Inside and Outside the Gardens

This Story May, developed by Emily Allen, tells the history of daffodils and their legacy at Winterthur, including how and why H.F. planted swaths of narcissus throughout the estate. Scroll through the story to learn about this wonderful collection.

Winterthur Library Revealed

Experience the treasures of Winterthur Library in this virtual exhibition based on the 2004 show at Winterthur and the Grolier Club. Books, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and printed ephemera, supplemented with museum objects, document the library’s evolution and its role in decorative arts scholarship.

Shall We Dance? Three Centuries of Dance in America

Dancing has long formed a vital and dynamic part of American culture. Based on the 2006 show in the Winterthur Galleries, this digital exhibit traces the history of social dance in America from the early 1700s into the 1900s through the use of prints and drawings, dance and etiquette manuals, dance tickets and cards, invitations, sheet music, photographs, and more from both the library and museum collections.