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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL LECTURE | Victorian-Era Colonial Revival: Late 19th Century Furniture of New York Cabinetmakers Matthew Meier & Ernest Hagen
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL LECTURE \nJoin us for an exclusive virtual lecture* with Grant S. Quertermous\, Curator & Director of Collections at the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation\, as he delves into the history and craftsmanship of a remarkable 1892 Meier & Hagen mirror from the Webb Deane Stevens Museum’s collection\, and the evolution of Meier & Hagen furniture. \nThe mirror was produced by Meier & Hagen in 1892 and is on display in our new exhibition: Out of The Attic: A Century of Collecting. \nThursday May 22nd\, 7:00 pm \nMembers: $10 \nNon-Members: $15 \n*Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture. \nGrant Quertermous | Grant Quertermous is the Curator and Director of Collections for the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation (formerly Classical American Homes Preservation Trust)\, a position he has held since 2020. He previously served as Curator at Tudor Place Historic House and Garden\, a National Historic Landmark in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington\, D.C. for five years and prior to that he was the Assistant Curator at James Madison’s Montpelier for nine years during its major restoration and furnishing project. He holds an undergraduate degree in history from Murray State University and a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of South Carolina. His book\, A Georgetown Life\, the Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon of Tudor Place was published by Georgetown University Press in 2020. \n  \nThis lecture is generously supported by the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation. 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/virtual-lecture-victorian-era-colonial-revival-late-19th-century-furniture-of-new-york-cabinetmakers-matthew-meier-ernest-hagen/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
CATEGORIES:Learning Series,Lecture,Antiques & Collectibles
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SUMMARY:LECTURE | Other People's Stuff: How the Spectacle of House Museums Can Bring Us Together and Teach Us Empathy
DESCRIPTION:You don’t have to believe the country is falling apart to notice Americans struggling to come together. Last year the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory report on our “epidemic of loneliness\,” a dark flip side to the loud and impassioned public dialogue that has become a hallmark of 21st-century life. Meanwhile\, we give less than ever to charity\, belong to fewer organizations\, and distance ourselves from the categories and etiquette that once defined individuals’ relationships to a larger community. We want to be seen and heard\, and yet we sometimes lack the tools and patience to see and hear one another. \nFrom the neuroscience of spatial experience to the awe inspired by thinking across expanses of time\, house museums hold powerful means to opening our minds. If we treat them as laboratories rather than as repositories of information\, they can teach us to look closely at the residue of the past and use multiple kinds of intelligence to grasp the complexity of the human relationships intertwined with it. A century ago\, old rooms and their furnishings were part of a bold new strategy in museums to lift up society by drawing attention to the objects that surround us. This lecture\, adapted from an address last winter at the Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum\, focuses on the ways in which our national treasures in Historic Wethersfield can help us observe\, listen\, and relate to one another with the same curiosity and respect we accord to people of the past.
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/lecture-other-peoples-stuff-how-the-spectacle-of-house-museums-can-bring-us-together-and-teach-us-empathy/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Museum Interpretation: An Open Session with Debbie Harper
DESCRIPTION:Behind the Scenes of Museum Interpretation: An Open Session with Debbie Harper \nHere’s your chance to be a fly on the museum wall! We’re inviting our audience to sit in on a staff development workshop entitled “Excellence in Interpretation\,” presented by Deborah V.R. Harper as the first step in our commitment to renewing the Webb Deane Stevens Museum visitor experience. During her extensive career at the Winterthur Museum\, Garden & Library\, Ms. Harper was part of a team that developed and presented this content at museums across the East Coast. Her session at the Webb Deane Stevens Museum includes exercises on analyzing objects from multiple points of view\, discussion of museum audience research gathered regionally and internationally\, and a primer on the techniques of decorative arts “connoisseurship\,” a term with a broader definition than one might expect. Members of the public audience will observe passively during the workshop but are invited to join in an open Q&A dialogue at the end of the evening. Light refreshments will be provided during an intermission. \nAbout Debbie Harper \nDebbie Harper dedicated the majority of her career to the Winterthur Museum\, beginning as a guide. As Senior Curator of Education\, she supervised the guide staff\, created the guided tours for the house\, garden\, and estate\, and assisted in planning exhibitions. She co-curated the recent exhibition “Lady of the House: Ruth Wales du Pont.” For more than 25 years she designed and coordinated the museum’s annual holiday spectacle\, “Yuletide at Winterthur.” In 2022 she joined the Delaware Historical Society as Curator of Education at the George Read II House & Gardens in New Castle\, where she oversees the interpretive staff\, leads school programs\, and plans public offerings\, and currently serves as Interim Director. She is a frequent speaker on a wide range of topics including the Colonial Revival\, floral design\, servitude in the 19th century\, foodways and entertaining in early America\, the antiques market in the first half of the 20th century\, and especially the history of Christmas in America. \n 
URL:https://wdsmuseum.org/event/behind-the-scenes-of-museum-interpretation-an-open-session-with-debbie-harper/
LOCATION:WDS Museum\, 211 Main Street\, Wethersfield\, CT\, 06109
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