When I’m having trouble focusing on cataloging our collection, promoting our special events, or pondering how to keep historic house museums relevant in the 21st century, I like to take my mind off such these weighty topics by doing some reading. And as if I needed any more encouragement, recently the Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
Read MoreSince Hurricane Irene knocked out my power, I spent a lot of time reading by candlelight last weekend. It seemed only appropriate to read a book about an era in which they had no choice but to use candlelight. “The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace” by Lucy Worsley was […]
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