The Haviland Collectors International Foundation started the year with the announcement of new officers. The election took place at the annual conference. Read More +
Haviland collectors elect officers for 2013
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Heritage Square Museum presents ‘Evening of Victorian Enchantment’
Heritage Square Museum is launching a new event that features 19th century Victorian magic, mind-reading and mysticism Read More +
Johannes Spitler blanket chest closes at record $350K
The top lot in Freeman’s recent sale of American furniture, silver, folk and decorative arts set a record for a blanket chest made by Johannes Spitler, which sold for $350,000. The auction generated excitement and interest among American and International institutions, private collectors and dealers and ultimately realized more than $1.74 million. Read More +
Record-breaking ‘Norman Rockwell’s America’ exhibition opens in Alabama
After shattering attendance records in England, “Norman Rockwell’s America” opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art Sept. 16, 2012. Featuring more than 52 original paintings and all 323 vintage Saturday Evening Post covers, the exhibition visually chronicles the evolving landscape of American culture and society from 1916-1969 and is one of the largest Rockwell exhibitions to ever travel. Read More +
San Antonio historian restores antique Pearl Beer delivery wagon
San Antonio historian Bob Dale restored an antique Pearl Beer keg delivery wagon and calls it the only wagon from Texas beer brewing heritage. This small beer wagon dropped kegs at the Menger Hotel of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough-Rider fame, the wild and woolly Ironfront, the legendary Buckhorn (still operating on Houston Street), and Billy Keilman’s infamous “Beauty Saloon” in the rip-roarin’ red-light district of old San Antonio. Read More +
Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibit examines the postcard as art this fall
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts exhibit “The Postcard Age: Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” depicts postcards as an artistic medium, Oct. 24, 2012. Read More +
New York’s Museum Mile festival returns June 12
Ten Fifth Avenue museums along New York’s Museum Mile are opening their doors for free for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration known as the Museum Mile Festival June 12. More than 1,600 museums across the country have opened their doors for free through Labor Day for active-duty military personnel and their families. Read More +
Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum 2012 announces new acquisitions
About 500 history buffs visited Virginia’s colonial capitol for the 64th Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum, Feb. 19-23, 2012. Curators announced new acquisitions and exhibits for 2012 including several needlework samplers and a paint-decorated North Carolina Chest, circa 1844. Read More +
Museum of American Glass hosting inaugural paperweight forum
The first forum for people interested in American-made paperweights, old and new, is March 31, 2012, at the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia. Read More +
Victorian costume ball returns to support Rockwood Museum of Wilmington, Del.
The Friends of Rockwood, in support of the Rockwood Museum in Wilmington, Del., is holding its second annual Victorian Costume Ball Feb. 25, 2012. Read More +