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What does a Museum Scientist do?
Ever wonder what a museum scientist does? This series of blog posts will shed light on the varied work of museum scientists and how their work impacts museum collections. Within the Department of Conservation at Winterthur we are lucky to … Continue reading
Curiosity
By Hailey Denevere This blog post was the winning entry for our creative writing contest. The contest focused on the 100th anniversary of the National Prohibition Act, which was ratified in January 1919, and entries had to incorporate ephemera from … Continue reading
Posted in Ephemera, Library, museum collection, Uncategorized
Tagged creative writing, prohibition, volstead act, Winterthur Library
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Silhouette Sleuthing: Solving the Mystery of the Weston Profile Artist (Part 2)
In the first Silhouette Sleuthing blog post, I detailed how I discovered that one of the silhouettes in the Winterthur collection had been misattributed to artist Mary Pillsbury Weston, who was most famous for her Spirit of Kansas painting exhibited … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, antiques, Decorative Arts, Delaware Antiques Show, Events, exhibition, museum collection, Prints, Photos & Drawings, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged #DAS, antiques, Delaware Antiques Show, silhouette, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Silhouette Sleuthing: The Mystery of the Weston Profile Artist
What started as simple research into a silhouette in the Winterthur collection has progressed to a three-month trek through directories, census records, newspaper advertisements, maps, artist encyclopedias, archives, and auction catalogs. The silhouette in question, a group portrait against an … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, Decorative Arts, Delaware Antiques Show, exhibition, museum collection, Prints, Photos & Drawings, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged #DAS, antiques, Delaware Antiques Show, silhouttes, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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Looks Good Enough to Eat! Dishes Imitate Foods in Dining by Design Exhibition
As well as studying early cookbooks, prints, and paintings, those of us who love the history of food can learn about past delicacies by studying the shapes of dishes and their ornament. In the Winterthur exhibition Dining by Design: Nature … Continue reading
Truths of the Trade: Collecting, Researching, and Exhibiting an Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World Cabinet
A mere shadow, faintly visible in raking light, is all that remains of the script that once spelled “Philadelphia” on the drawer front of Winterthur’s recently acquired double cabinet. This drawer may be blank, but gold painted letters still adorn … Continue reading
A Winterthur Interview: Thomas Chippendale at 300
In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth, Winterthur Museum has organized an exhibit featuring its collection of rococo-inspired furniture, Thomas Chippendale’s publications, and related publications and objects influenced by Chippendale’s designs. Cecilia Aquino, Winterthur intern, sat down … Continue reading
Joyous Memories and Dining by Design
Among the greatest joys an exhibition curator can experience is seeing the pleasure with which guests respond to their displays. Very high on my list relating to Dining by Design: Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table (open through January 6, … Continue reading
Calling Santa Claus
It’s hard to imagine a time when telephones were not a part of everyday living. Today, phones are found in our homes, offices, and even in our pockets—modern life would shut down without them. In the late nineteenth century, however, … Continue reading
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