Monthly Archives: March, 2012
Robot Curators, or, How Museums Make Us Human
Here at the RIHS, we talk a great deal about our Mission, and check everything we do and collect against that Mission. In the collecting departments, we often summarize the … Continue reading
Crazy Corsets
Technically, it’s not a corset. The garment driving me mad is a set of stays patterned from an original in the Connecticut Historical Society (CHS 1963.42.4). I’ve re-measured and re-cut … Continue reading
The Root of the Matter
On March 22, 1860, a group of enterprising amateur historians set about excavating the grave of Roger Williams. I realized this today when I looked at the accession card for … Continue reading
A Day of Experimental Archaeology
Eighteenth and 21st centuries meet at the John Brown House Museum when RIHS Director of Collections Kirsten Hammerstrom and Registrar Dana Signe Munroe get the museum ready for spring in … Continue reading
