Special for the July Bristol-Warren Art Night!!
Shells to Make Your Own Crafts
Join us for an exploration of the act of collecting through the lens of art. Participants will take a closer look at our current exhibit
COLLECTORS OF CURIOSITIES:
THE HISTORY OF THE WUNDERKAMMER
and examine how these objects are intertwined with art.
In addition to curiosities of all kinds, we are featuring an amazing 160-year-old shell frame from our collection.
View Curiosities from the BH&PS Collections
Open for the Bristol-Warren Art Night
5:30-8:30 PM - Thursday, July 31st.
Enjoy the Wunderkammer Exhibit
and/or take the opportunity make your own shell art, as inspired by Sailors' valentines popular during the mid 1899s.
Either make your craft at the Society
or take it home with you.
Stop by for all the fun!
FLEA & FAIR
AUGUST 9 FROM 9 TO 4 (RAIN DATE AUGUST 10)
An all day fun-filled event on the Bristol Town Common with lots of treasures to be found for sale by over 50 local artisans, book dealers, woodworkers, textile artists, crochet and knit crafters, artists, photographers, and lots and lots of antique and flea market dealers.
SUMMER & FALL HISTORY BOOK CLUB
The BH&PS Book Club's first book for this series is The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean.
UPCOMING LECTURES, TALKS, CONVERSATIONS...
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSSION VIDEO
Watch our video of the recent Historic District Roundtable with four preservation experts.
"ON THIS DAY"
A RETELLING OF KING PHILIP'S WAR
Are you following the BH&PS's retelling of King Philips War? You can receive an email as each story unfolds, day by day. It's on substack as KPW350 and you can sign up for the emails by clicking below.
King Philip’s War was a pivotal moment in both New England and American history. Rooted in the historical interactions between the Indigenous People and the colonists of Plymouth Colony, its ramifications and legacy continue to influence the present.