Curator Snippets: New Additions
The Fenton History Center has a couple of new objects on display, namely, a Maddox highboy in the Furniture Room and an infant’s gown in
The Fenton History Center has a couple of new objects on display, namely, a Maddox highboy in the Furniture Room and an infant’s gown in
The Fenton History Center is presenting some of the toys from our Nanny’s Room, at the Kennedy Library. As we celebrate the holidays, we reflect
The Fenton History Center’s Military Room features the naval uniform of Edwin N. Nelson Jr., from the Korean War. Mr. Nelson served in the U.S.
The Fenton History Center Nanny’s Room features an 1820s rocking chair. A source of family legend, the rocking chair once belonged to Philena Sheldon. It
The Fenton History Center is presenting a tool exhibition at the Kennedy Library. As many Jamestown historians know, the crescent wrench was invented here. The
The Fenton History Center is presently exhibiting Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) artifacts at the Ellington Farman Library. This small exhibit will run for
The Fenton History Center’s 1920s Exhibition features a blue silk crepe dress trimmed with blonde lace. Textile Curator, Phoebe Forbes, describes this dress as decked
The Fenton History Center is installing a 1920s Exhibition, to be viewed in different parts of the museum. The 1922 Case in the first floor
The Fenton History Center Military Exhibition has been undergoing some changes. Several objects have been rearranged and new items have been added from our collections.
The Fenton and Hall House Research Centers are hosting a graduate intern from Simmons University, Boston. Joshua Tomaszewski, a Jamestown resident, is taking his Master’s
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