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May 31, 2014 at 4PM
The Shakers: Models for Modernism, an illustrated lecture by Jean M. Burks, Senior Curator, Shelburne Museum
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The lecture is free and open to the public.
Hancock Shaker Village
1843 West Housatonic Street
Pittsfield, …
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The Andrews Shaker Collection – A Gallery Walk
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Reception: 5:30PM
Gallery Walk: 6:00PM
Guided tour and discussion of selected highlights from The Andrews Shaker Collection hosted by Stephen L. Fletcher, Director and Christopher Barber, Deputy …
May 4, 2014 at 1PM
The Shakers: Models for Modernism, an illustrated lecture by Jean M. Burks, Senior Curator, Shelburne Museum
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The lecture is free with museum admission.
Fruitlands Museum
102 Prospect Hill Road
Harvard, MA 01451
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May 17, 2014 at 1PM
Two Hundred Forty Years of Shaker Life in America, an illustrated lecture by Christian Goodwillie, Director and Curator of Special Collections, Hamilton College
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The lecture is free with museum admission.
Fruitlands Museum
102 …
Friday, May 2, 2014
The Pitfalls of Collecting Willard’s Patent Timepiece or “Banjo Clock”
Wine reception 5-6:30PM with lecture to follow
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An illustrated lecture by Robert C. Cheney, Director Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments. Held in conjunction with …
Guest blog post by Richard Kenworthy, PhD, Former Professor at Auburn University
Even in the age of Google and instant gratification, a good library is essential for any serious student or collector of works of art. The internet has yet …
Guest blog post by David F. Wood, Curator, Concord Museum. The Shot Heard Round the World: April 19, 1775 will be on view at the Concord Museum through September 21, 2014.
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood
Their …
Each Passover, Jews around the world fulfill the commandment to retell the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in Egypt. In Hebrew, the word for this telling is Haggadah (plural: Haggadot), and the name of the ritual meal is Seder.
A Haggadah …
If you enjoyed the recent National Public Radio series Borderland: Dispatches from the U.S.-Mexico Boundary, you might be interested in the work of Arizona-based photographer David Taylor currently on view at Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American …
In China, during the Han dynasty (206 BC through AD 220), burials commonly included tomb pottery. China’s tradition of pottery-making began in ancient times well before the Han dynasty, but by this time, improvements to pottery-making techniques allowed for extensive …
On a recent blustery, cold, and snow-showery day, my husband and I had a chance to visit the Barnes Foundation in its new location in Philadelphia. Located near the Franklin Institute, the building is just a stone’s throw away …
