This exhibition offers a close-up look at more than 100 objects from the Newport Mansions that many visitors might not notice while touring the houses. Yet these objects are among the treasures of the the Preservation Society's collections. They were crafted in many different countries and periods, but all of them were collected and appreciated […]
Are we living in a second Gilded Age? With this question in mind, Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane of Dickinson University, host of the popular podcast "The Gilded Age and Progressive Era," will explore the transformative years of the late 19th and early 20th centuries when migration, technology and mass production changed everything and left a […]
The Information Age was introduced with the advent of the computer in the second half of the 20th century. But long before that, new technologies (the telegraph, phonograph, photography and even the sewing machine) were revolutionizing communication, connecting and shrinking the world, and creating the vast fortunes which define the Gilded Age. Matthew Bird of […]
