Being Here Then, or, Present in the Past
One of the best things about reenacting is that you are always present. It is almost ironic that trying hard to being in the past makes it easy to be present—th...
All Cleaned Up
We arrived at 8, and started cleaning at 10. We finished a little after 4, with three rooms and two light fixtures cleaned. Along the way, we learned a few thin...
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). ...
An Experiment in Housecleaning
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 ...
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