September 4-6, 2010
Jersey County Victorian Festival
Location Information
Historic Hazel Dell Farm
25007 U. S. Highway 67
Jerseyville, IL 62052
Contact Information
Brenda Nolan, Email: hazeldell@gtec.com,
Phone: 618-498-5590,
Fax: 618-498-5590
Website: www.greatriverroad.com
September 11, 2010
Elgin Historic House Tour
29th Annual Historic House Tour will take place on Saturday September 11, 2010, in Elgin, IL beginning at 8:30am
Elgin Historic House Tour Registration
Location Information
Church of the Brethren
783 West Highland Ave.
Elgin, IL 60123
Website: gifford-park-assoc.org/tour10/
Contact Information
Julie Schmitt
Email: schmulie2002@yahoo.com
Phone: 847-732-4708 or 847-732-4708
September 16-20, 2010
Exploring the Adirondacks: An Architectural Tour of a Great Rustic Tradition
Join us for four days and nights as we tour private and public Adirondack camps, led by experts in the field of architectural history and preservation, as well as local historians. This is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at this distinctive piece of America’s architectural geography. Accommodations will be at the Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid.
Location Information
Lake Placid (and various locations), NY
Contact Information
Susan Arena, AARCH Program Director
Email: susan@aarch.org
Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake
The exhibition examines history through 17th-Century bone biographies, including those of colonists fighting to survive at Jamestown, Virginia, and those in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary’s City, Maryland. Exhibition topics include life and death in the colonies, activity and physical labor, health and disease, dietary resources, internal strife, and the effects of colonization on Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. For more information: National Museum of Natural History
Now through December 31 in Charlottesville, Virginia:
Making Monticello: Jeffersons ‘Experiment in Architecture’
The exhibition in the recently opened Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center explores the architectural origins, construction, and evolution of the home Jefferson built. The designs changed over time, from the first house erected in 1770 to the completion of the house and its dependencies in 1809. It also examines the enslaved and free workers who performed the myriad tasks required to build the house. On display are drafting instruments, architectural references, Jeffersons drawings and notebooks, and three detailed models of the structure. In the David Bruce Smith Gallery. For more information: Monticello, (434) 984-9822
Now through January 2, 2011 in Williamsburg, Virginia:
Pottery with a Past: Stoneware in Early America
More than 300 intact objects and archaeological fragments show the diversity of drinking, dining, and storage vessels available to Americans from the first English settlements through 1800. First made in Germany in the Middle Ages, salt-glazed stoneware vessels were suited for preparing and storing various liquids and foodstuffs. Potters in England and then American soon developed their own wares. At the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. For more information: Colonial Williamsburg, (800) 447-8679.
Now through September 26 in Bedford, Pennsylvania:
Stay at Home and Use Me Well
On Saturday, a symposium by national textiles experts explores such topics as the development of American spinning wheels, European linen production, and Pennsylvania German household textiles. The exhibition opens Sunday with displays of the tools and processes used in home linen and wool production in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The museum also celebrates the 150 anniversary of the sites construction. Symposium registration required. For more information: National Museum of the Coverlet, (814) 623-1588.
Now through September 6 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts:
Convenient and Fashionable: Furniture of Inland Massachusetts 1790-1830
The exhibition highlights work by both well-known and newly discovered furniture makers in rural Massachusetts. The pieces on displlay were chosen for their provenance as well as the intricacies of their craftsmanship. Many are marked by their makers, and many have documented histories of ownership tracing back to the buyers who acquired them and those who inherited them. On October 24, master furniture maker Norm Abram, host of the PBS Television series The New Yankee Workshop, hosts a brunch and book signing. Registration required for brunch with Abram. For more information: Old Sturbridge Village, (800) 733-1830.
Now through December 31 in Saco, Maine:
A Factory Girl Boardinghouse Bedchamber
The permanent exhibition at the Saco Museum offers a glimpse into the lives of early-19th-Century factory girls, who came from farms throughout New England to work in the textile mills. These women were also active consumers. The artifacts displayed include period furniture, textiles, loom shuttles, letters, photographs, and sensational fiction. A dress-up trunk allows visitors to experience the fashion of the 1840s and 1850s. For more information: Saco Museum, (207) 283-3861
