Posts tagged collections

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  Beware – Monsters!

  June 5, 2017 - David Webb

  Biased reporting is much in our minds at the moment, where there is often the suspicion that wild invention is being […]

  
  

  Tagged: collections, maps

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  ‘All Dressed Up – Some Place To Go’

  September 19, 2014 - Laura Beresford

  The First Family at the American Museum President Obama may not officially have visited Bath during his recent visit to […]

  
  

  Tagged: African-American, collections, curatorial, exhibition

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  A Family Affair: The Bell-Knights and the Creation of the American Museum in Britain

  June 26, 2014 - Cathryn Spence

  Nick and Beryl Bell-Knight were integral to the successful establishment of this Museum. Beryl (1917-2007) was an accomplished seamstress working […]

  
  

  Tagged: collections, Dallas Pratt, foundation, John Judkyn, museum, Nick Bell-Knight

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  Quilt Display and Storage at the Museum

  July 15, 2013 - Kate Hebert

  There are over 250 quilts in the collection at the American Museum. Displaying them in the space available is tricky. […]

  
  

  Tagged: collections, curatorial, quilts

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  A quiz for eagle-eyed visitors

  July 4, 2013 - Esther Harper

  Benjamin Franklin famously favoured the turkey (“a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the […]

  
  

  Tagged: collections, quiz

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  Closed Season Deep Clean

  January 29, 2013 - Judith Mellowes

  During the winter months the Museum is closed to the public. On the surface, this appears to be a quiet […]

  
  

  Tagged: behind-the-scenes, collections, curatorial

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