The Conservation Treatment of a Print Depicting Philadelphia’s Bush Hill Estate from the Winterthur Museum
by Tammy Hong The interdisciplinary aspects that drive decision-making in art conservation are often described as a three-legged stool. As a second year Graduate Fellow in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC), I use...
2023 Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Online
January 22, 2023, marked another successful Emerging Scholars Colloquium, this time in the stunning Board of Officers Room at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, home of The Winter Show. The room is one of the few surviving Herter Brothers interiors in the...
Winter 2022-23 Magazine Articles Now Online
We are receiving rave reviews of our most recent issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, one of our most popular member benefits. The print issue is mailed directly to Trust members twice a year. Please enjoy these select web versions of...
Sporting and Leisure Camps of Central and Western Maine
by Catherine Cyr With help from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant in 2021, I traveled throughout my home state of Maine to explore the architecture and history of early camps for my Master’s thesis through the Winterthur Program in American...
What Do Embroideries and Festivals Tell Us About Shaping the Nation?
by Rachel Winter This past fall, I was the first external researcher welcomed into the archives at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) since the pandemic. My week-long visit, supported by a Decorative Arts Research Grant,...
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Formerly known as the "blog,” the Bulletin features new research and scholarship, travelogues, book reviews, and museum and gallery exhibitions. The Bulletin complements The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, our biannual members publication.