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Future Exhibits
at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Arts of the South
This exhibition will highlight Colonial Williamsburg's superb collection of eighteenth-century decorative arts made and used in the South. Opening throughout the year 2013. Entire exhibition will be complete by November 28, 2013.
Opens Thursday, November 28, 2013
Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America 1700-1830
This exhibition will explore the evolution of spinets, harpsichords and pianos in the eighteenth century. Opening November 22, 2012.
Opens Thursday, November 22, 2012
Painters and Paintings in the American South
A ground-breaking exhibition that will together works by artists working in the south during the eighteenth century. Opening March 23, 2013.
Opens Saturday, March 23, 2013
Richard Newsham's Fire Engine
Richard Newsham’s Fire Engine explores fire and fire fighting in the 18th century with the display of an original fire engine built in the mid-18th century. Williamsburg, described as "our Wooden city" in 1721, remained relatively safe until 1747 when the Capitol burned. The new Capitol was threatened in 1754. Wisely, the colony decided to invest in a proper fire engine, and the next month the Council directed “That the Receiver General send to London for a Fire Engine and Four Dozen of Leatheren Buckets for the use of the Capitol” Initially granted a patent on December 26, 1721, Richard Newsham’s “new water engine for quenching and extinguishing fires” became the clear choice for anyone in England or America who was serious about combating the flames. So effective were Newsham’s engines that some were used for more than a century. The original engine is on view for the first time. Opens Saturday, February 18, 2012.
Opens Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tall Case Clocks from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
Tall Case Clocks is an exhibition of over 20 clocks from the Colonial Williamsburg collection. The dual importance of a clock’s monetary value and family importance have made them the ideal object to be passed down through generations as family heirlooms. Tall case clocks evoke memories of ancestors and the passage of time (hence the 20th century names of “grandfather” and “grandmother” clocks). But what do they tell us about the men who made them and the first families who owned them? This exhibit will explore the clock mechanism and wooden casework, the history of the form, the trade practices of the makers, ownership and cost, and showcase a group of Southern clocks.
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