This year, Historic New England hosted two exhibitions: The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home at the Eustis Estate and Historic Wαpánahkəyak at Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center. As we hit the coldest months of the year, we invite you to settle in with a warm drinks and explore these exhibitions anew—or experience them for the first time—through their digital presentations.
The Importance of Being Furnished, curated by R. Tripp Evans and based on his recent book of the same title, explores the lives of four “bachelor decorators” who, inspired by Oscar Wilde, transformed American interiors at the turn of the twentieth century.
Historic Wαpánahkəyak presents collages by Panawáhpskewi artist Lokotah Sanborn, who reimagines late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs of Indigenous people to demonstrate the continuity of Wabanaki culture.
Several of Historic New England’s recent exhibitions are also available to explore online–from the history of tattooing to hat and shoe fashions to Audubon art, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
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