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The Barnes Museum and Homestead

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Availability:In StockContributor:Christina Volpe, Phil Wooding (Foreword by)Publish date:02/25/25Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467158428ISBN-10:1467158429UPC:9781467158428Book Category:History, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Museums, Tours, Points of InterestBook Topic:State & Local, NortheastSize:8.89 x 6.12 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCVT8CPDHH

The Barnes Museum and Homestead

Victorian Era Treasures

Once the center of bolt manufacturing in the United States, Southington has been affectionately called Connecticut's "City of Progress." At the center of this progress was Amon Bradley, an industrialist and philanthropist whose family legacy remains intact inside the Barnes Museum. Beginning as a six-room Greek Revival-style home, the Barnes Museum was built in 1836 for...

Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467158428ISBN-10:1467158429UPC:9781467158428Book Category:History, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Museums, Tours, Points of InterestBook Topic:State & Local, NortheastSize:8.89 x 6.12 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCVT8CPDHH

Christina Volpe is an esteemed historian and curator specializing in the captivating era of the Gilded Age, with a focus on Connecticut's role in the Second Industrial Revolution and the material culture of the time. Volpe's expertise stems from her degrees in archaeology and classics from the American University of Rome and a master's degree in public history from Central Connecticut State...

Publisher: History Press

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