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Love or Murder - Jamestown, 1608

September 10, 2014

Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative Real life ruins Disney movies. One particularly egregious example is Pocahontas. John Smith does not live up to his movie hype. Instead of the blond, attractive man most grew up watching, he was short, bald, and wore puffy pants that were...

The Great Fire of London 1666

September 5, 2014

Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative “By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down to-night by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish-street, by London Bridge.” In September 1666,...

Venus - The Mother of Rome

August 19, 2014

Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative Venus was the mother of Rome. According to Roman myth, she gave birth to Aeneas, a hero of the Greek Trojan War. When Troy fell to the Greeks, Aeneas and his men escaped. After a series of adventures they settled...

Creating the Crown, now open!

August 5, 2014

We are happy to announce our newest exhibit, Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties, is now open!     A team of volunteers and staff create all our new exhibits "in-house." Creating the Crown was no exception. Our Curator of Exhibits, Tim Howard, started with a design idea about a year ago. Interns and...

July 16,1439 - The Kissing Ban

July 16, 2014

Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative On July 16th, 1439, King Henry VI of England was desperate to save his country against a force he was near powerless to stop. As the body count increased and the crisis worsened, his administration struck back by introducing a...

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