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Upcoming Exhibitions
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Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England
Coming February 2010
The drawings of houses featured in this exhibition remind us that the architecture of New England is a touchstone of American architecture. The illustrations, from the drawing collections of Historic New England, span two centuries and depict changing styles and design trends. Learn more.
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Designing Tomorrow: America’s World’s Fairs of the 1930s
Coming October 2010
Between 1933 and 1940 nearly one hundred million Americans witnessed visions of a brighter future at six world’s fairs across the nation—spectacles of modern architecture and design. Designing the World of Tomorrow will explore the popularization of modernism and the association between design, technology, and industry at the fairs. Learn more.
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House and Home
Coming Summer 2012
House and Home is a ground-breaking, 5,500-square-foot exhibition that will examine the full sweep of American domestic architecture, from the Native American dwellings first encountered by European explorers to the computer-aided “smart” houses of tomorrow. Learn more.
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