These collections tell the story of three generations of craftsmen in the Dominy family of East Hampton, New York between 1762 and 1852. The Dominy family made and repaired furniture, clocks, watches, and a wide variety of farm and household equipment for their family and neighbors. A national treasure, this extraordinary collection of tools and furniture, together with exact reproductions of the frame structures that originally contained both shops, demonstrate craftwork and community at a time when Americans were finding their places as citizens of the new republic and participants in a young, dynamic, industrializing economy.
Click below to learn more about the Dominy family, the history of the shops, their tools and products, and their world.
