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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.

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.

Tin candle lamp with wire stem topped with finger or hanging loop; a tin tray holds the two candle holder and slides up and down the stem.

Object Story: A Short History of Lighting

Examine a range of lighting implements from candles and rushlights to oil burning lamps.

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

Explore Plant Adaptations in Your Community!

Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?

Woodblock print featuring a black and white bird sitting on a fruiting branch and eating a small orange fruit.

Ten Bamboo Studio Manual

Walk through a printed garden.

Black velvet cap in the shape of a pointed oval, with beadwork in blue, white, green, yellow, and red forming flowers and stems all over; made by a Haudenosaunee woman.

Niagara Hat

How do our cultural values affect the way we view and create art?

Printed illustration of a person face forward with their abdomen drawn back to reveal a near term fetus.

The Midwives Book

The Art and Advice of a Midwife in a Changing Medical World 

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

How are artists inspired by nature? How do artists combine observation and imagination to create artwork? 

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