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  • Thursday, June 2, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Nichols House Spring Fete

    Join friends of the Nichols House Museum for cocktails, hors d’oeuvre, and a silent auction at its annual fundraiser on Thursday, June 2nd  from 6 – 9 at the Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street in Boston, as we celebrate the arrival of Spring. Proceeds support conservation efforts of the museum. Catered by Great Party Food, there will be a silent auction that includes a weekend stay at a vacation home near Acadia National Park, a private curator-led tour of the MFA, box seats for 20 at Fenway Park, plus one of a kind artwork and jewelry. Tickets are $150 per person, and may be purchased online at http://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/programs_events.php or call 617-227-6993.

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  • Friday, October 3, 8:00 am – 3:30 pm – Nichols House Museum Symposium: In the House and on the Web, 21st Century Strategies for Interpreting Historic Interiors

    On Friday, October 3, five speakers from Europe and the United States will come together to share experiences from their museums and heritage sites which have successfully integrated technology into interpretations of their historic interiors and landscapes. From mobile applications to virtual recreations, learn from these 21st-century innovators and come away with cutting-edge ideas from museum professionals around the world. Please join The Nichols House Museum for this full-day event, 8 – 3:30, at The Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street in Boston. $75 fee.

    Speakers:

    Lee Glazer, PhD- Associate Curator, American Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
    Victoria Kastner – Historian, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California
    Annie Kemkaran-Smith – Curator (Art Collections) Down House, National Collections Group, London, UK (pictured below)
    John A. Sibbald – Founder and First Chairman, Virtual Hamilton Palace Trust, Hamilton, Scotland
    Loic Tallon – Senior Mobile Manager, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Optional Activities

    Lunch is available either at the Union Club (additional $45 per person) or on your own. More information coming soon on a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to tour two recently re-installed British period rooms, the dining room from Hamilton Palace (1700) and the drawing room from Newland House (1748), with Thomas S. Michie, Russell B. and Andree Beauchamp Stearns Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of Europe. Additional fee will be required.
    Cancellation Policy

    Full refunds will be given for cancellations received by Friday, September 26, 2014. No refunds will be made after September 26, 2014. Register by calling 617-227-6993, email info@nicholshousemuseum.org, or register online at www.nicholshousemuseum.org/symposium_2014.php.