"America’s First Museum: 250 Years of Collecting, Preserving and Educating, Part 2" Opening

Commemorating two and a half centuries since its founding and spanning nearly 4.6 billion years of history, we are pleased to present "America’s First Museum: 250 Years of Collecting, Preserving, and Educating" in the Historic Textiles Gallery. This year-long exhibit will feature a wide array of objects that tell the story of this impressive institution and its remarkable collections.

Part two will showcase a church pew made by enslaved hands measuring 20 feet in length, centuries old Archaic carved bone pins, a skull from the largest known flying bird and a couture Fortuny gown.