Spilling the Tea
Written by: Jessica Pearl We recently had an unexpected visit to the museum. A couple, let’s call them John and Jane Doe, stopped by the museum saying they had something…
Long Island’s Wheels of Industry
Guest Post by Elizabeth Fox, Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow in American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery Textile enthusiasts, knitters, and sewing bees: this post is for you! …
Profile Portrait of Mary Yonge, a washerwoman, 1825
Mary Yonge
Written by: Jessica Pearl While recently moving archival materials to our new collections storage space, I found part of a well-known sketchbook in our collection inside a box. The section…
Dolls, Dolls, Dolls
Our guest expert, Joanna Badami, has more than 25 years of experience appraising and evaluating household furnishings, including paintings, prints, sculptures, furniture, silver, porcelain, glass, rugs, and textiles. She also…
“The Raven”
The book featured in this video was printed in 1884 and donated to the museum by a local resident in the 1990s. The illustrator Doré was a French artist, printmaker,…
Captain Hubbard Skidmore
The items featured in this video were owned by Captain Hubbard Skidmore of New York (1767-1842). As a teenager, Skidmore served as a shipmate under his father, Zophar, in the…