New Docents Are Invited To A Costume Seminar
What is a docent? A docent is a greeter and tour guide at a museum or historic house. At the Matthew Curtiss House, we have both Senior and Junior Docents. The Junior Docents are students 10 years old through high school. They greet visitors, play games with them, and some of the more experienced junior docents give tours. The Senior Docents give tours and supervise the junior docents.
Do you need to be an expert? Absolutely not. Most of our docents simply have an interest in all things colonial, although, most do have a special area of interest that they like to focus on. Whether it's furniture, clothing, farming or gardening, colonial activities, the Curtiss family, or the social aspects of life, visitors will enjoy learning about any topic you want to discuss. And we all learn as we go, so you can start with little or no knowledge of colonial history. All you need is the desire.
Interested in joining us? Why not attend our next educational seminar. Topic is costumes and will be held Saturday, April 12th. We are excited to welcome Adrienne Saint Pierre, Curator of the Barnum Museum, as she presents the program "Costume in Context: A Close Look at 18th century American Dress with Hints on Making Good Reproductions". Adrienne has been working in historic clothing and textiles for 30 years and has made a number of exact reproductions, including two copies of Emily Dickenson's only extant dress, commissioned by the Emily Dickinson Homestead in Amherst, MA. Please e-mail bkwilsonhistory@yahoo.com to register.
About the Newtown Historical Society
The Historical Society is a non-profit, all volunteer organization. Its headquarters, The Matthew Curtiss House, is located at 44 Main Street in Newtown. During the year we offer open houses with living history demonstrations, a lecture series, and a summer history camp for kids among other special events. All funding comes from private donations, membership dues, bequests and fund raisers such as the antique show, house and garden tour and publication sales.
Image Source: http://media.nola.com/business_impact/photo/10397814-large.jpg