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Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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Student Projects
Connoisseurship
Material Life in America
Thesis Research
Other Winterthur Courses
Cities on a Hill: Material Culture in America’s Communal Utopias
Summer Institute
Further Studies
Field Based Learning
British Design History
British Design History, 2025
British Design History, 2024
British Design History, 2023
British Design History, 2019
British Design History, 2018
English Design History, 2017
English Design History, 2016
English Design History, 2015
Craftsmanship
Williamsburg 2019
Williamsburg, 2017
Williamsburg, 2016
New England Field Study
New England Trip, 2023
New England Trip, 2016
New England Trip, 2015
New England Trip, 2014
Southern Field Study
Southern Trip, 2023
Southern Trip, 2017
Southern Trip, 2016
Southern Trip, 2015
Further Exploring
Museum Musings
Opportunities
Montgomery Competition
Alumni
Student Projects
Love by the Sackful
“All the World’s a Stage”: Winterthur’s Theatrical Fireplace Tiles
Retail Encyclopedias: The Materials and Making of Sears Roebuck Catalogs
The Various Lives of Objects: The Origins & Evolution of a Pennsylvania German Hanging Cupboard
How do Winterthur Students Spend Their Free Time? An Exploration of Echo Mountain Trail
Miniature Marvels: A Brief Look at a Miniature Desk in the Winterthur Museum
Misidentified for Nearly One Hundred Years: The History of a Maine-Made Chest of Drawers in the Winterthur Museum
The Scenic Route: Winterthur’s Americo-Bohemian Vases
“A Mass of Barbarous Splendour”: A Papier-Mâché Writing Desk in the Winterthur Collection
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