Spring Exhibit Speaker Series - "Currier & Ives: More Than A Christmas Card"
June 28, 2015 |
This spring Macculloch Hall Historical Museum (MHHM) presented a speaker series related to the current exhibits on display at the museum, on the last Sunday of the month.
The final presentation in the series takes place at 4:30pm on June 28th when Steve Miller presents “Currier & Ives: More Than A Christmas Card.” The 19th century lithography firms of N. Currier and Currier & Ives produced images of America that remain as popular today as when they were made. Creatively marketing to a new consumer group - the middle class created by the burgeoning Industrial Revolution - Nathanial Currier and James Merritt Ives brilliantly tapped into an enthusiastic desire for affordable art for myriad applications. Steve will present an illustrated history of the sequential firms showing the wide range of pictures they produced that go beyond their well-known winter scenes. Visitors who arrive prior to the program can view the MHHM’s collection of seven of these prints on display through out the second floor of the Museum. Steve Miller is the Executive Director of Boscobel Restoration, Inc., Garrison, NY and past Executive Director of the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ. He works as a museum consultant, writer, educator and worked on the Currier & Ives Print Collection Project at the Museum of the City of New York.
Tickets to hear speakers are Adults $8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5 are admitted free. Tickets for the program go on sale from 1pm on the day of the program, no advance sales, and remain on sale until the presentation begins at 4:30pm. Speaker tickets include admission to the museum exhibits during the afternoon and a guided tour of period rooms, the last tour ticket is sold at 3pm. Speaker tickets will remain on sale until 4:30pm. The Museum’s collection of “Currier & Ives” prints on display throughout the second floor of the museum and the second floor “The Civil War Through the Eyes of Thomas Nast” and “Canals of New Jersey” exhibits will remain on view until 4:30pm. The first floor “Thomas Nast: Unknown Works and American Icons” exhibit will close 3:30 – 4pm in preparation for the program.
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families, the Morris area community, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd through its historic site, collections, exhibits, and educational and cultural programs. The Museum is open for house and exhibit tours on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Adults $8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5 are free. Call (973) 538-2404 ext. 10, visit our website maccullochhall.org find us on Facebook. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.
Image attached: MHHM Spring Exhibit Speaker Series_Steve Miller_Currier & Ives_June 28 2015
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Macculloch Hall Historical Museum |
45 Macculloch Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960 |
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www.maccullochhall.org |
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Karen Hollywood |
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khollywood@maccullochhall.org |
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973-538-2404 |
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