The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove is situated on a
historic 18th-century site, the farm where 18-year-old John James
Audubon lived when he first came to America from France in 1803.
Here, he developed a technique for drawing birds “from life” that
would allow him to become one of the world’s best-known wildlife
artists. The
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hundreds of life-size portraits of birds contained in his seminal
work The Birds of America helped inspire the formation of the
National Audubon Society. The site includes the original
three-story farmhouse, built in 1762, miles of nature trails along
the Perkiomen Creek, and a brand new building, featuring indoor and
outdoor exhibits focused on birds, art, and conservation.
