This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2015. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! The story of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which...

This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2014. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! Period rooms are so much a part of our modern museum landscape that it’s hard...

This post originally appeared on our blog at minermuseum.blogspot.com  in 2014. We're bringing some of these old posts over to our new site, particularly those dealing with the museum's history, historical commemoration, museums and collecting, and the colonial revival. As we are celebrating the Alice ’ s one hundredth anniversary along with America 250 in 2026, it seemed appropriate to revisit some of these topics! “ In the Brave Days of Old ,” 1915 Near the stairway on the first floor of...