In addition to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the Colonial Dames, The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) has has a long history in historic preservation and historic house museums. I seem to recall hearing in a museum studies course at the George Washington University that the DAR Museum was among the first institutions to install period rooms. In addition to the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C., there are hundreds of historic house museums nationwide run by chapter and state organizations of the DAR. All were founded, and are run, by women. For more information, contact the Office of the Curator General, NSDAR at 202/628-1776. Amy Northrop Adamo Bergen County (NJ) Historical Society