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Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum - Birthday Party (Event Over)
- When:Sat 2/28/09 (1PM)
- Where: Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum
- Address: 20 Chestnut Hill Ave. Brighton, MA Map
- Cost: FREE!
Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum
20 Chestnut Hill Avenue
Brighton, MA 02135
617-635-1436
Start Women's History Month with a bang!!
Not your typical local museum!!
The Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum celebrates its 2nd Anniversary
on Saturday, February 28th from 1-3 pm and everyone is welcome to
this free event. The museum was established on February 21,
2007 as part of the Brighton-Allston's bicentennial celebration.
The highlight of this 2nd anniversary event will include a special
salute to the six modern artists from Allston-Brighton that have
loaned works of art to the museum. The local artists include:
Noreen O'leary, Chung Shil Shim, Barbara Sawin, Richard Salvucci,
Jennifer Smith and Julie Hom-Mandell.
Visitors will also be able to view the two exhibitions currently on
display:
Brighton Transformed
is
a permanent exhibition that traces the
historical themes that have contributed to the varied and rich
history of Brighton and Allston, a neighborhood of Boston that
represents a microcosm of our national experience. Included in the
exhibition are historical photographs, artifacts, books, maps,
signage, letters, portraits, interactive web-based stations,
models, dioramas and historial ephemera.
Women of Vision
is a temporary multi-media exhibition that illustrates the
role of women in American life, as portrayed by the examples of 16
remarkable women and women’s organizations in
Allston-Brighton over the past 250 years. Exhibition includes:
original paintings, original photographs, textiles, decorative
arts, historical settings, artifacts, signs, posters, books,
documents, dioramas, ephemera, computer stations, slideshows,
videos and interactive stations. One of the highlights of this
exhibition is a working electronic voting booth in which visitors
can actually vote on equality issues.
The museum is located at 20 Chestnut Hill Avenue in Brighton
Center. Normal visiting hours are Tuesday-Friday and
the 2nd and 4th Saturday from Noon to 4:00 PM. The museum web
blog is
http://heritagemuseum.blogspot.com.
Official Site: http://heritagemuseum.blogspot.com
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