Sabine Fisher, museum collections manager, presents a scrapbook and medals from Isabel Anderson’s overseas service with the American Red Cross during World War I. Isabel—already an active Red Cross member when the Great War broke out—was one of nearly thirty thousand American women who volunteered to serve with the organization on the Western Front. Her […]
Japan was a touchstone in the lives of Larz and Isabel Anderson, who traveled to the country four times during the so-called “Gilded Age,” when status was expressed in part through collecting fine art. The couple assembled a large collection of Meiji-period Japanese art and displayed much of it amidst the western-style interiors and décor […]
Museum and Library Schedule Changes, April 29-May 2
Due to private events, our museum will be closed to the public at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29 through Saturday, May 2. The museum will reopen with regular hours on Sunday, May 3.
Our research library will be closed on Friday, May 1 and will reopen on Monday, May 4.
