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1 day ago by nschonberger

For July, Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction celebrates the history of the Hex sign. A common motif in Pennsylvania German decorative arts, the Hex sign has become a symbol of joy. The exhibition includes artifacts on loan from Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, along with new interpr ...

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2 days ago by nschonberger

Largely ignored by most popular histories of skateboarding, the story of the American Indian skate scene is subject of celebration in Ramp It Up. The exhibition is open now at the National Museum of the American Indian and includes elements of design, graphic art, film, and music. Complementing the ...

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5 days ago by nschonberger

Centuries of lace making in Normandy are celebrated in the new Fashion and Lace Museum located in Calais. The building itself meshes a contemporary facade with existing industrial space. On the contemporary side a curved glass wall takes inspiration from the properties of lace. Inside, the exhibitio ...

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5 days ago by mebrett

One of the sessions I attended today at THAT Camp was on material culture (led by my friend Arden Kirkland – see her blog post and webgroup). This is something I’ve given passing thought to, or tangentially considered, but never thought of seriously on it. What I said in the session was that, for me ...

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8 days ago by Lydia Horstman

Start: 16/06/2010 End: 17/06/2010 Timezone: Europe/London Proposals for complete sessions and individual presentations are currently being accepted for the Third International MARGOT Conference (Moyen Age et Renaissance Groupe de recherches – Ordinateurs e [read more...] Digital Historian

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11 days ago by nschonberger

Designed by Merkx+Girod, the interiors and new exhibition of the Hermitage Museum’s Amsterdam satellite space opened to the public this week. The exhibition halls and especially the display of garments are magnificent. Well fitting of the heritage of the collection and the environment itself. Head t ...

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14 days ago by ferrytofulton

How many houses were once occupied by Brushfield families in Madison, Indiana? Excluding those in the next block down (Filmore and Vaughn) so far I have a record of them living at NINE separate addresses: 1010 E. First 1017 E. First (shown at first on a map in the location of 1015 and 1/2) 1013 Park ...

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15 days ago by nschonberger

Following 10-days archaeological work in Point Barrow a few years back a firm interest in the Artic began to take hold. Much of this has centered, for me, on Whaling. However, the North, and especially the North West Passage generates obsessive interest far beyond the search for Bow Head’s. The Nati ...

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15 days ago by nschonberger

Furniture museums are almost always excellent. The combined stories of craft, taste, style, mode, influence, and more that a piece of furniture tells makes each piece ripe for cultural exploration. DesignBoom has published a wealth of photographs from a past trip to the Korean Furniture Museum today ...

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17 days ago by nschonberger

Celebrating 275 years of brotherhood, the National Heritage Museum has mounted The Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts. The exhibition explores the history of Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere through objects and artifacts collected over three centuries. The people, places, and events that fo ...

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