Thank you to everyone who came out…in the rain and the sun…for this year’s 19th Amendment Celebration!
Susan B. Anthony House Celebrates 19th Amendment (WXXI)
Celebration of 19th Amendment at Susan B. Anthony House (13WHAM)
19th Amendment Celebrates 96 Years (RochesterFirst.com)
Passing the Torch at the Susan B Anthony House (Talker of the Town)
Members of the National Susan B Anthony Museum & House are invited for a special member-only event with Dr. Ken Florey on the evening of Friday, August 19!
Professor Kenneth Florey is a long-time specialist in Woman Suffrage Memorabilia, his collection having been recognized both here and abroad for its comprehensiveness. He has published two books on suffrage: Women’s Suffrage Memorabilia: an Illustrated Historical Study and American Women Suffrage Postcards: a Study and Catalog.
All members are invited to a reception with Dr. Florey at 6:30 pm in the Carriage House behind the Visitor Center at 17 Madison Street and to view his exhibit “Original Artifacts from the Susan B. Anthony & New York State Campaigns”. You will also have an opportunity to purchase his books for signing!
As space is very limited, please let our Membership Director, Lesia Telega, know as soon as possible but no later than August 12, if you will be able to join us! She can be contacted via phone at 585.279.7490 x12 or email at lesia.telega@susanbanthonyhouse.org.
Rochester, NY – The National Susan B Anthony Museum & House is proud to announce the launch of a new online exhibit, “Thank you, Susan B Anthony!”, in partnership with Google Cultural Institute.
Through this virtual exhibition, users are able to view artifacts, documents, and other items from the Museum’s permanent collection that bring to light new aspects of one of the world’s greatest social reformers. Viewers will encounter a young Susan B through the cross-stitch sampler she created as a preteen, images of her as a young woman, and letters penned in her own hand.
“We are excited to share these images, some of them never before published, with the world,” said Deborah L. Hughes, president and CEO of the National Susan B Anthony Museum & House. “Telling Susan B Anthony’s story through this innovative platform will help us inspire and challenge people around the world in a new way.”
“Thank you, Susan B Anthony!” is a part of the Google Arts & Culture’s American Democracy collection, which brings together over sixty online exhibits and more than 2500 individual artifacts from forty-four institutions dedicated to the preservation of U.S. political history and the practice of American democracy. The exhibition is accessible at g.co/AmericanDemocracy or through the Google Arts & Culture mobile app for iOS and Android.
Highlights of the “Thank you, Susan B Anthony!” exhibit include:
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Google Arts & Culture is a product of the Google Cultural Institute and its partners designed to put the world’s cultural treasures at the fingertips of internet users and to assist the cultural sector in sharing more of its diverse heritage online. The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with more than 1100 institutions, providing the Arts & Culture platform to over 400 thousand artworks and a total of 5 million photos, videos, manuscripts, and other documents of art, culture, and history. The exhibitions on Google Arts & Culture are open for all online, for free, on the web and through their mobile app.
The National Susan B Anthony Museum & House interprets the legacy of the great reformer to inspire and challenge individuals to make a positive difference in their lives and communities. We preserve and share the National Historic Landmark that was her home and headquarters, collect and exhibit artifacts related to her life and work, and offer tours and interpretive programs to share her story with the world.
The National Susan B Anthony Museum & House is supported primarily through the contributions of its members and donors. It is not affiliated with other organizations bearing her name.
Join the Friends of Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for this very special tour opportunity on Wednesday, September 30, 2015! The day begins with a special viewing of Anthony artifacts at the Rochester Museum & Science Center and concludes with a guided tour of the LeRoy Barn Quilt project.
Full Itinerary:
8:45 am – Meet at RMSC; cars may be parked in the lot near Oxford Street
9:00 am – View special Anthony artifacts not available to general public
10:15 am – Board bus & depart for the University of Rochester
10:50 am – View Anthony papers and artifacts from UR collection
12:15 pm – Board bus & depart for LeRoy, NY
1:15 pm – Lunch at D and R Depot Restaurant (chicken or vegetable pot pie)
1:45 pm – Brief history of the Depot by owner Nancy Nickerson / Presentation on turn-of-the-century kitchens by Mary Ellen Sweeney
2:30 pm – Presentation by Lynne Belluscio, LeRoy Town Historian
2:45 pm – Board bus for guided tour of select LeRoy barn quilts
3:45 pm – Depart LeRoy for Rochester
4:30 pm – Return to Rochester Museum & Science Center
Online registration for this event has now closed. Some seats may be available by calling 585/279-7490 x 10.
Rochester, NY – A cross-stitch sampler created by Susan B. Anthony over a three-year period beginning in 1831 will be returned to the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at 1pm. The artifact has been in the care of conservator Sarah Stevens of Zephyr Preservation Studios.
The conservation work was made possible through a 2014 Museum Conservation Treatment Grant by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, in association with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Deborah L. Hughes, President & CEO of the Anthony Museum, noted, “Susan B. Anthony had this sampler prominently displayed in her office when she was in her eighties, so we know that it was important to her. It is precious today because it connects us personally to young Susan and her family. This was her handiwork, long before she was the Great Reformer”.
A second artifact, a pair of kid gloves belonging to Susan B. Anthony and said to have been worn at her 50th birthday party, has been on display at the Museum of the City of New York since December 2014. Initially set to return to the Anthony Museum this month, the gloves will now be on display through August 2015.
