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Identity on Display
Among the many unique traits we have as humans is our ability create, learn, and share different ways of knowing our world.
Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments
Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.
Object Story: Landscape with Riding and Walking Figures, a River, and a Village (Overmantel)
Painting made to hang over a mantle depicting various people along a pathway.
Overview: Out of Many, One?
Americans have long created an identity based on distinct principles and values that define the country. This unit explores the tensions between being an individual and being part of a group or nation and provides insight into what it means to be an individual in America, today and centuries ago.
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.
Object Story: African American Quilting
Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.
Object Story: A Short History of Lighting
Examine a range of lighting implements from candles and rushlights to oil burning lamps.