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  • May 2017

  • Tue 2
    May 2, 2017 @ 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Bus Trip to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum with Special Tour of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    Join members of the CMCH Decorative Arts Council on a special bus trip to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.

  • Tue 2
    May 2, 2017 @ 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Bus Trip to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum with Special Tour of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    Join members of the CMCH Decorative Arts Council on a special bus trip to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.

  • October 2017

  • Tue 17
    October 17, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Council Annual Lecture: When America Went Modern: Design in the 1920s and 1930s, presented by John Stuart Gordon

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    John Stuart Gordon (Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery) will explore the varied influences and myths surrounding the appearance of modern decorative arts during the Jazz Age and the popularization of the style during the Depression.

  • Tue 17
    October 17, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Council Annual Lecture: When America Went Modern: Design in the 1920s and 1930s, presented by John Stuart Gordon

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    John Stuart Gordon (Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery) will explore the varied influences and myths surrounding the appearance of modern decorative arts during the Jazz Age and the popularization of the style during the Depression.

  • May 2018

  • Sat 12
    May 12, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Study Day: Shaker Artifacts

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford

    An in-depth study day focusing on items in our new exhibit on Shaker artifacts, led by co-curator M. Stephen Miller.

  • Sat 12
    May 12, 2018 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Study Day: Shaker Artifacts

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford

    An in-depth study day focusing on items in our new exhibit on Shaker artifacts, led by co-curator M. Stephen Miller.

  • June 2018

  • Tue 12
    June 12, 2018 @ 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Bus Trip to Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    Join members of the CMCH Decorative Arts Council on a special bus trip to the Peabody Essex Museum.

  • Tue 12
    June 12, 2018 @ 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

    Bus Trip to Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    Join members of the CMCH Decorative Arts Council on a special bus trip to the Peabody Essex Museum.

  • July 2018

  • Wed 18
    July 18, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Council Lecture: Seventeenth-Century William and Mary Furniture: A Brave New World

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    How did English craftsmen adapt to New World conditions in 17th-century New England? Guest speaker Nancy Carlisle of Historic New England will share her expertise.

  • Wed 18
    July 18, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Decorative Arts Council Lecture: Seventeenth-Century William and Mary Furniture: A Brave New World

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

    How did English craftsmen adapt to New World conditions in 17th-century New England? Guest speaker Nancy Carlisle of Historic New England will share her expertise.

  • November 2018

  • Wed 14
    November 14, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Money, Beauty, Power: the Transformation of Taste in Gilded Age America

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Ulysses Grant Dietz (Chief Curator Emeritus of The Newark Museum) will explore the changing tastes of Gilded Age America in our Decorative Arts Council Annual Lecture.

  • Wed 14
    November 14, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Money, Beauty, Power: the Transformation of Taste in Gilded Age America

    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United States

    Ulysses Grant Dietz (Chief Curator Emeritus of The Newark Museum) will explore the changing tastes of Gilded Age America in our Decorative Arts Council Annual Lecture.

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