Museums and Historic Houses
Several historic sites work to preserve and display artifacts from Pearl's profoundly multicultural life:
- The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia
- Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- The Zhenjiang Pearl S. Buck Research Association in Zhenjiang, China
- Pearl S. Buck House in Nanjing, China
- The Pearl S. Buck Summer Villa, on Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province, China
- The Pearl S. Buck Memorial Hall, Bucheon City, South Korea
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