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Good To Great Presentations
May 27 @ 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
May 3: Works by Black Artists an
Every object in the Art Museum’s collection has an interesting back story that you may never learn with out attending one of these interesting presentations that are part of your admission. During the presentation you will discover who created the object, who owned it, and how it ended up in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Each week an object will be explored by a curator, conservator, educator, archaeologist, or historian. This is another way they bring history to life! Here is the upcoming schedule
- May 6: Material Culture and the Public Hospital – Margaret Perry & E. Katherine Hargrove
- May 13: An Archaeological Discovery from the Williamsburg Powder Magazine – Eric Schweickart
- May 20: The Excavation of a Rare Bleu Persan Flower Urn – Kate McEnroe
- May 27: Material Culture and the Public Hospital – Margaret Perry & E. Katherine Hargrove
- June 3: Conserving Firearms from the Magazine – Isabelle Lobley
- June 10: New Research in Paintings – Laura Barry
- June 24: Archaeological Collections Highlight – Sean Devlin
- July 1: Hull & Sanderson: Silver – Erik Goldstein
- July 8: Faces of Williamsburg: Portraits from the Colonial Capitol – Kate Rogers
- July 15: Tally Ho! Conservation of a Child’s Riding Toy from 1880 – Aliza Taft
- July 22: Treating Two Large Glass Vessels – Charlotte Li & Katie Linder
- July 29: Conservation of an 18th-C. Wall Gun – Tina Gessler
- August 19: Costume Mounting and Display – Jackie Peterson-Grace
- August 26: Archaeological Collections Highlights – Sean Devlin
These presentations are in the Hennage Auditorium and require either museum admission, a Good Neighbor Pass or an Annual Pass. The Hennage Auditorium is on the ground floor of the Art Museum of Colonial Williamsburg Schedule of programs can change. More Event Info