Orchard House - Home of the Alcotts is a historic house museum owned and operated by the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association. The Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association is a private, not-for-profit corporation, founded in 1911. The Association provides the financial and human resources required to conduct public tours, special programs, exhibits and the curatorial work which continue the tradition of the Alcotts, a unique Nineteenth Century family