Opening Symposium Registration
Thank you everyone for a marvelously successful Symposium!
The exhibit is open through February 19.
Exhibit Catalogs are available for purchase at the Peterborough Historical Society, and will soon be available through the website and other venues.
The New Hampshire Glassmakers Opening Symposium
Saturday & Sunday, 13 & 14 November
Bass Hall, Peterborough Historical Society
19 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH 03458
Registration is $15 and includes:
~ Museum admission for both days
~ 5 lectures by eminent historians and glass collectors
~ Delicious light lunch on Saturday
~ Full-color exhibit catalog
~ Coffee and refreshments
| Opening Symposium Schedule |
| Saturday, November 13th |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Exhibit open for viewing |
| 10:30 |
The Curators – Introduction to “New Hampshire Glassmakers, 1780-1886” |
| 11:00 |
Kirk Nelson, Executive Director, New Bedford Museum of Glass ~ “Shared Traditions: Early Glassmaking in New Hampshire and Beyond” |
| 12:00 |
Lunch (a delicious repast of sandwich wraps, tortilla pinwheels, mini-quiches, “Our Famous Lillian’s Tea,” and substantial hors d’oeuvres. Catered by Fiddlehead’s in Hancock.) |
| 1:30 |
David Starbuck, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Plymouth State University ~ “The New England Glassworks in Temple: New Hampshire’s Bold Experiment in Early Glassmaking” |
| 2:30 - 4:00 |
Exhibit open for viewing |
| Sunday, November 14th |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Exhibit open for viewing |
| 10:45 |
Jeff Noordsy, Glass Historian / Collector ~ “Blown Three-mold Tableware: Yankee Ingenuity” |
| 12:00 |
Lunch break |
| 1:30 |
Alan Rumrill, Executive Director, Historical Society of Cheshire County ~ “Brittle Beauty: The Stoddard Glass Industry, 1842-1873” |
| 2:30 |
Michael George, Glass Historian / Collector ~ “Identification: Key Characteristics of New Hampshire Glass” |
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Exhibit open for viewing |
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