The President's house in the early years, 1789-1814
French taste at its White House zenith, 1817-29
The People's president and the Jacksonian Era, 1830-40s
Revivals of the "Antique" at mid-Century, 1850s-60s
Renaissance revivals and the Aesthetic Movement, 1870s-1890s
National identity and the Colonial Revival, 1900-1950s
A museum evolves from a collection
Important acquisitions, 1961-2000.