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A Victorian
Christmas at Woodlawn
Don't miss A
Victorian Christmas at Woodlawn during the first four
weekends in December. Inspired by the tastes and styles of the
Victorian period, a team of wonderful designers has installed
spectacular decorations throughout the museum.
Each designer used
realistic artificial greens and floral material appropriate to
the nineteenth century to dress the museum with garlands,
wreaths, fruit arrangements, topiaries and trees artfully
placed amidst the original furnishings of the Black family
home. Their creations are guaranteed to delight visitors of
all ages. Details about this event ...
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I Want to Support
Woodlawn
Help keep Woodlawn a vital part of our community
by contributing to our 2007-2008 Annual
Appeal.
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News
Woodlawn Hires Anne Russenberger-Keefe as
Director of Education and Program
Development
 Woodlawn
Museum is pleased to announce the hiring of Anne
Russenberger-Keefe, who will be responsible for
developing an array of new educational programs. This
new position is the result of a museum initiative to
expand and improve upon its educational
programming. Over $40,000 has
been raised for the initiative, including a $25,000
anonymous donor-directed grant from the Maine Community
Foundation, a $10,000 gift from an anonymous donor, and
contributions from the Board of Trustees. Read more
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Pencil Sketches and Pianos
Woodlawn's collections continue to attract
scholarly interest from researchers near and far. In the early
fall, John Mimpriss visited from England to examine
several pencil sketches by Colonel John Black's niece
and nephew, Harriet Elizabeth Mimpriss and Thomas Nixon
Mimpriss, sent to their uncle in the mid-nineteenth
century.
 In October, John Watson,
Conservator of Instruments and Mechanical Arts at
Colonial Williamsburg, examined our Tomkison piano. Made in London
between 1811 and 1820, it is believed to be one of only
35 pianos by this maker still extant. It is an unusually
complete survivor, retaining even its tuning fork and
hammer. Tomkison, Maker
to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent (George IV,
Prince Regent from 1811-1820), was known for his quality
workmanship. One of his famous grand pianos was made for
the Prince Regent for use at Brighton Pavilion. Learn more
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Volunteer Spotlight
Heather
Cox
 Woodlawn welcomes Heather Cox, 2007
graduate of UMO, as a collections volunteer/intern for
the coming year. Ms. Cox's goal is
to pursue historic archaeology after taking this year
off from academics. Working one day a
week with collections manager Rosamond Rea, Heather is
learning about collections management by cataloging
objects, photographing the collection and incorporating
information into the PastPerfect database. This fall she
also helped complete a needlework survey and pack
books for short-term storage. We are delighted to offer
Heather a range of real-life museum experiences while
benefiting from her desire to serve as a museum
volunteer.
It is a great
match.
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Events
Lecture at Trinity Church
Boston
 On October 21, Woodlawn
Museum teamed with Trinity Church Boston to co-present
The Man Behind the Window: G. Nixon Black, Jr., a
lecture by researcher Jane Goodrich. Over 60 guests
learned about a quiet, unknown, nineteenth-century
Boston philanthropist: George Nixon Black, Jr.
He was the donor of The New Jerusalem, one of John
LaFarge's masterwork windows at Trinity Church, and also
donated Woodlawn to the Hancock County Trustees of
Public Reservations. Learn more about
Mr.
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