August 2021
Hidden History: Japanese Internment and Other Asian American Witch Hunts
Our museum’s mission is to be the voice of the innocent victims of the Salem witch trials of 1692 while also bringing awareness to how the lessons and patterns of historic witch hunts relate to society today. In our exhibit, Witches: Evolving Perceptions, we present a formula that can be used to describe the pattern of behavior responsible for sparking contemporary witch hunts. Join us for this hour-long, virtual presentation where we will discuss how this formula can be applied…
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The Not So Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife
Binge-watch Vikings, Turn, or Frontier, and you’ll see people being disemboweled, tortured, and decapitated – but you won’t see anything about menstruation, chamber pots, birth control, breastfeeding, or poopy babies. It’s 2021! Even though Google cars have been invented and women won the vote 101 years ago, these “unsanitary” subjects still make people uncomfortable and are omitted from history. Discover what life was really like for New England’s colonial women – because we’ve always been curious about: menstruation, sex, birth…
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