Unraveling ‘The Cause of Much Chagrin’: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Historic Shark and Ray Exploitation through Marine Shagreen Museum Objects Dr. Rachel M. Winter will speak about her ongoing research into identifying the seas and species exploited to produce marine shagreen using nearly two dozen objects in Winterthur’s collections she studied in consultation with Winterthur scientists, […]
An “English” Liquor Chest Revisited Learn about the complex history of an early 19th-century chest with mahogany veneer and satinwood inlay. Where was it originally made, and what changes to it reshaped its identity and may have resulted in its survival to the present day? Presented by Matthew Becue, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, Winterthur Program […]
A Nation Unraveled During the American Civil War, clothing became central to the ways people waged war and experienced its cost. Through the clothes they made, wore, mended, lost, and stole, Americans expressed their allegiances, showed their love, confronted their social and economic challenges, subverted expectations, and, ultimately, preserved their history. As the collections they […]
America’s First Woman Botanist Jane Colden (1724–1760) was America’s first woman botanist, yet her contributions to the field of remain little-known and her writings are mostly unpublished. Enjoy this lecture restoring Colden’s life and work, in her own writings, her father’s correspondence, and botanic sources of the 18th century with Fenella Greig Heckscher, author of […]
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