Covertside Spring 2025 Article
On Memorial Day weekend 2025, come and enjoy a full picture of fox hunting history at the Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America. As we celebrate our 40th anniversary, we welcome you to visit our two locations in Virginia, the original site at Morven Park in Leesburg and the new location in Middleburg at […]
Article about the Museum’s 40th anniversary
On May 24, the Museum of Hounds & Hunting North America, located in the historic mansion at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia, will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Available for sale at the reception check-in, at the MHHNA booth, and at both museum locations, is this anniversary poster.
40th Anniversary Spring Letter 2025 from the Chairman
Dear Members and Friends of the Museum, This year marks the Museum’s 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated with exciting exhibitions at both museums starting with the upcoming festive Spring Event at Morven Park. Our annual Memorial Day Weekend events on Saturday, May 24 includes a Huntsman’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and a Sporting […]
2025 Inductions into the Huntsman’s Hall of Fame
A year ago, this month the Middleburg Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America opened a branch to the museum at Morven Park. New members joined, and many visitors and friends now enjoy both museums’ offerings. Numerous successful exhibitions and art sales events were held at both locations throughout the year.
Middleburg has featured Howard Allen & The Horse World photography exhibit, Sandra Massie Forbush Lifetime Art on Exhibit of oil portraits, Jean Bowman 60 Years Retrospective, and most recently, Cathy Zimmerman’s Out in the Hunt Country watercolors exhibition and sale. Between these major exhibitions, our galleries offered pop-ups of local artists’ sporting art for sale.
Year-End Message from the Chairman
A year ago, this month the Middleburg Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America opened a branch to the museum at Morven Park. New members joined, and many visitors and friends now enjoy both museums’ offerings. Numerous successful exhibitions and art sales events were held at both locations throughout the year.
Middleburg has featured Howard Allen & The Horse World photography exhibit, Sandra Massie Forbush Lifetime Art on Exhibit of oil portraits, Jean Bowman 60 Years Retrospective, and most recently, Cathy Zimmerman’s Out in the Hunt Country watercolors exhibition and sale. Between these major exhibitions, our galleries offered pop-ups of local artists’ sporting art for sale.
Sandra Forbush Exhibition Article in Middleburg Life
Middleburg Life Beginning July 20, The Museum of Hounds & Hunting North America will exhibit a collection of paintings by the acclaimed artist and former horsewoman Sandra Massie Forbush. To complement the paintings featured in this exclusive exhibit, memorabilia loaned from locals of the Piedmont region, as well as Forbush’s own collection and her daughter’s, […]
Museum Expansion Article in Middleburg Life
Middleburg Life Originally founded on May 24, 1985, at Morven Park in Leesburg, the Museum of Hounds & Hunting North America is adding a second location in Middleburg’s historic Duffey House located at 11. W Washington Street. The exhibit will officially open on March 14, with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Museum of Hounds and Hunting Expands to Middleburg, Showcases More Artifacts
The Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America last week celebrated a big step in the organization’s growth with a ribbon cutting at its newest location in downtown Middleburg. The museum opened in 1985 and has been operating from the Morven Park mansion near Leesburg ever since with the goal of preserving art and artifacts […]
New MHHNA Museum Featured in Faquier Times
New Fox Hunting Museum Opens in Middleburg By Betsy Burke Parker Special to the Fauquier Times Mar 12, 2024 Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America is expanding operations, adding a Middleburg location in addition to the original museum at Leesburg’s historic Morven Park. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is slated for Thursday, March 14. The new […]
Exciting News from the Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America
By Katrina Ryan, Museum of Hounds & Hunting MIDDLEBURG, November 10, 2023 – The Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America is pleased to announce expansion of our presence in Virginia. In early November, Middleburg’s historic Duffy House (built circa 1820) was secured as a second location. Many years in the making, this exciting next […]
Country Zest – The Museum of Hounds & Hunting, North America
Country Zest | Nov 22, 2023 For those planning to visit Middleburg for the annual Holiday Parade on Saturday, December 2 add the new Museum of Hounds & Hunting satellite location at 11 West Washington Street to your list of places to visit.
Hounds and Hunting Museum Expands to Middleburg
Loudoun Now | Nov 17, 2023 Since 1985, the Museum of Hounds and Hunting has been housed in the north wing of the mansion at Morven Park. Now, the collection is expanding to a new display space on Hunt Country’s main street.
Visit the Marketplace for Available Art and Sculptures
The Museum of Hounds and Hunting art exhibition and sale continue at the Morven Park Mansion in Leesburg through July 27. Stop by on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The favorite theme of HORSES, HOUNDS, and FOXES features 15 paintings and 12 bronze sculptures of some of the most accomplished […]
Spring Letter from the Chairman
In 2022, The Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America revamped its website, www.MHHNA.org, providing opportunities for members, guests, and researchers to interact with our hunting art and artifacts, read the history of hounds and hunting, review essays, research papers, and catch the latest Museum News. An online Marketplace was added for both members and […]
Hunting Horn Collection of Ian Milne, Huntsman Fairfax Hunt
Bequest to the Museum of Hounds and Hunting from Brenda V. Milne 2021
Minton Plates Collection
A dozen plates of four designs. Donated by Julia Thieriot, 2021
In Remembrance: Jake Carle, Ex-MFH
Museum Founder – John J. Carle II, ex-MFH, Dies at Age 82 A well-respected member of the North American hunting community, one of the founding members of the Museum, Jake Carle, as he was known to all – could undoubtedly be called a dyed-in-the-wool hunting man. In 1985 as a Museum founder, Jake helped to […]
Peggy Haight Retires
The Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America announces the July 29, 2020 retirement of a Founding Board Member, Peggy Haight. Thank you, Peggy, for 35 years of tireless service on our Board, on all our committees, and as the hostess at our many events. We thank you for your ‘black and red journal’ where […]
