by The Trust | Oct 8, 2019
Touring Yale’s Hume Furniture Study Center and the Wurtele Study Center in Connecticut On Friday, October 4, Decorative Arts Trust members experienced an exceptional collection of colonial and Federal furniture at the new Leslie P. and George H. Hume Yale American...
by The Trust | Oct 7, 2019
(Fall)ing in Love with the Berkshires: My Symposium Adventures I embraced the majestic fall beauty of the Berkshires during the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2019 Symposium. As a Georgia native who just moved to Massachusetts for my curatorial assistantship with the...
by The Trust | Oct 3, 2019
A Wondrous Experience: Exploring the Berkshires The Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall Symposium in the Berkshires was a truly wondrous experience on so many different fronts. On a personal level, this was my first time visiting New England, and my journey to and from...
by The Trust | Oct 2, 2019
Inspired by the Berkshires: Notes from the Fall 2019 Symposium in Western Massachusetts With the autumn leaves changing colors, members of the Decorative Arts Trust reveled in the cultural history of Western Massachusetts during the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall...
by The Trust | Aug 30, 2018
The Paxton Style: Neat and Substantially Good When Trust participants encountered the furnishings for Paxton House in Berwickshire, Scotland, during this year’s “Celebrating Chippendale’s Tercentenary” excursion, the chaste neoclassical pieces seemed a far cry from...
by The Trust | Jul 24, 2018
A New Chapter for Drayton Hall Opened this past May, Drayton Hall’s brand new Sally Reahard Visitor Center is the organization’s most visible recent effort to open up the site to visitors. Incorporating the first purpose-built dedicated gallery and exhibit space,...
by The Trust | Jun 28, 2018
The Upper Hudson: Four Centuries of Craft and Commerce Among the oldest surviving European settlements in the United States, Albany and the Upper Hudson region boast a rich and often overlooked array of historic sites that illustrate the region’s economic importance...
by The Trust | Oct 3, 2017
CONNECTICUT: ALL MUSEUMS GREAT AND SMALL Hartford boasts impressive historic statistics: founded in 1635, it is one of the oldest cities in the country; the local Wadsworth Atheneum is the nation’s oldest public art museum; and the city is home to the nation’s oldest...
