Bayou Bend - Education - Web Resources

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: World's largest outdoor living history museum. This Web site is rich in information and resources for teaching history.

Digital Library for Decorative Arts and Material Culture: Collection of electronic texts, journals, image databases, and information on organizations, museums and research facilities for the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Maintained at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Handbook of Texas Online: A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.

Historic Houston: The goal of this site is to increase historical awareness, encourage factual and scholarly research, and to actively support efforts to preserve Houston's important local architecture.

Miss Ima Hogg (1882-1975): Biographical sketch of Miss Hogg's life from The Handbook of Texas Online, a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.

Old Sturbridge Village: Web site for Old Sturbridge Village, the largest history museum in the Northeast, located in Massachusetts. Take a virtual tour of an 1830s small New England community.

Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historical Park: Web site for the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historical Park. Sponsored by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Donated to the state by Miss Ima Hogg in 1957, it was the last home of her father, former Governor James S. Hogg.

Winedale Historical Center: Web site for the Winedale Historical Center. Donated to the University of Texas System in 1967 by Miss Ima Hogg, the Winedale Historical Center is a facility primarily used for the study of the ethnic cultures of central Texas.

Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library: Former country estate of Henry Francis du Pont. This Web site includes an online period room tour as well as information about the collection, garden, and library.

This website was a created as a class project by students at the University of Houston College of Education. It is not the approved website for the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens or the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Refer to the MFAH website for information about Bayou Bend at: http://www.mfah.org.