“The town of Boston is a spectacle worthy of the attention of a deity, suffering amazing distress, yet determined to endure as much as human nature can, rather than betray America and posterity.”
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Though our doors at 1154 Boylston Street are closed, the staff is hard at work answering research questions, providing digital content, and devising new ways to provide engaging content to our community. We are exploring new programming possibilities including live, remote, interactive presentations and are curating existing digital content to forge a virtual community. These activities and more are all being developed with an eye to providing you with relevant and inspiring content that will make those hours you are spending at home enriching ones. Take a look at this week’s featured item and online programs and stay tuned for more.
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Featured Item from the MHS Collection
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When the Circus Came to Boston in 1889: In Honor of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Final Tour
In 1889, Walter Gilman Page painted this view of Barnum's Circus set up along Parker Street (now Hemenway Street) in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. The small tents in the middle occupy what would ten years later become the site of the MHS at 1154 Boylston Street.
Read more about this painting and P. T. Barnum's circus in Boston
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Watch Three Programs on Art and Design in Boston
In program 1, Nonie Gadsden explores how the Eliot School related to the rise of manual arts training and the advent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. In program 2, panelists talk about the history of reuse and refashioning as well as how designers today are using secondhand clothing or previously disposed of material in new ways. In program 3, women working in architecture, design, and planning will explore social and political landscapes for women designers in Boston today. They discuss when they got started, challenges they have faced, and how Boston compares with other cities on the topic of gender equity.
- Program 1: Art, Craft & Reform: The Eliot School with Nonie Gadsden, Museum of Fine Arts
- Program 2: Reuse, Recycling, & Refashioning: Past, Present, & Future in Fashion with Linzy Brekke-Aloise, Stonehill College; Jay Calderin, Boston Fashion Week; Michelle Finamore, Museum of Fine Arts; Pete Lankford, Timberland; and moderator Kimberly Alexander
- Program 3: Boston Women Designers: Then & Now with Mikyoung Kim, Tamara Roy, Regan Shields Ives, Justine Orlando, and moderator Elise Couture-Stone
Coming Up Next Week
Next week, take a look at Boston’s Revolutionary era by watching several previously recorded programs and participating in a virtual Q&A session with Prof. Robert Allison, Suffolk University. The live Q&A will take place on 3 April at 2:00 PM.
Register online
for more information and to receive links to the programs.
Future conversations will include live sessions with MHS President Catherine Allgor and Red Sox Historian Gordon Edes. Allgor will lead a discussion about the work of leading women historians and Edes will answer questions related to the history of the Boston Red Sox.
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Making History Gala featuring Jon Meacham
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Previously scheduled for 5 May,
the Gala will now take place on
Tuesday, 17 November
5:30 sponsor reception | 6:00 cocktails and dinner
Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston
Tickets are $500 per person
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