"Keepers of Tradition:  Art and Folk Heritage in Massachusetts" draws on eight years of fieldwork by folklorists at the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Driven by the goal of understanding the state's traditional arts from an insider's point of view, these folklorists talked to—and recorded—people in homes, dance halls, boat yards, and other places where folk art lives.

Click on the pictures below to hear the voices, sounds, and music that make traditional arts come alive.

 This audio guide was produced for the National Heritage Museum by Acoustiguide, Inc. 

Funding for "Keepers of Tradition" was provided by Bank of America, an anonymous local foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Heritage Museum, and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

"Keepers of Tradition" is organized by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts.

For more information about the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Folk Arts & Heritage Program, visit massfolkarts.org.