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March 10, 2010
Portraits from My Garden
Laura Coombs Hills was born on September 7, 1859, in the prosperous and thriving seacoast city of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her father, Philip Hills, was a vice president of a local bank, the Institution for Savings....
When Pottery Became Art, 1880-1930
The Newark Museum, founded in 1909, began collecting art pottery from the start. From its first art pottery exhibition in 1910 until the death of its founding director, John Cotton Dana, on the eve of the Great Depression, the museum was one of the...
Hudson River Celebrations
The year 1909 marked the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson in 1609 and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's journey up the Hudson River on the first successful steamboat....
The Call of the Coast: Art Colonies of New England
The coast of New England has long attracted tourists drawn to the primal drama of wave on rock or the soothing play of glasslike ocean greeting sandy shore....
Museum Focus: Beyeler Foundation
The stylish and serene municipality of Riehen, situated on the right bank of the Rhine River at the northeastern edge of Basel, Switzerland, is home to the Beyeler Foundation, a remarkable small...

Chester County Antiques Show - Mar 20-Mar 21
 
27th Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show - Aug 13-Aug 14
 
32nd Annual Invitational Antique Indian Art Show - Aug 16-Aug 17
 
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