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Painting of two-story wooden church with tall steeple, surrounded by small groups of people approaching with sticks and logs; detritus falling out of windows.

Object Story: Before the Burning of Old South Church in Bath, Maine

On July 6, 1854, an angry crowd set fire to this church in the town of Bath, Maine.

Five glass toy lamps in a variety of shapes, three with feet and bulbous or V-shaped reservoirs, another in a shape resembling a teacup, and another in the shape of a oval sphere.

Object Story: Toy Lamps

Blown glass lamps made for burning whale oil.

Document with portrait of uniformed man in a circle at the top and text in a box at the center; the first letters of each line of text spell "Winthrop Eager" vertically.

Object Story: Acrostic “Portrait dedicated to Winthrop Eager”

This "portrait" of Major Winthrop Eager documents his membership in the secret order of Freemasons.

Print on paper showing arrangement of squares; within each square there are strips of colored rectangles that are arranged asymmetrically in shades of red, blue, white, and black.

Object Story: African American Quilting

Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.

Icon with a light bulb, star, and shapes above a pencil.

Activity: Judgement and Group Belonging

Consider what influences group behavior and the formation of in-groups and out-groups.

Activity: Make a Contemporary Connection to Inventions

Examine the role of innovation in relationship to progress and improvements in lifestyle and consider the impact of these improvements on the environment.

Activity: Twenty-First Century Object

Reimagine an object from the eighteenth or nineteenth century into one for the twenty-first.

Activity: Change and Consequences

Explore the influence that artificial lighting has on everyday life and the environment.

References and Resources

Quilting: A Living Tradition

Activity: Candle Math

Explore the relationship between candle light and contemporary lighting from incandescent and fluorescent lamps.