Lambert Castle Carriage House

Join our Director of Collections Patrick Byrnes and Registrar Emmett Rivera at the Lambert Castle Carriage House for a special behind-the-scenes look at highlighted artifacts from the Department’s collections. Participants will examine select objects up close while learning how museum professionals identify, catalog, document, store, and preserve artifacts for future generations. Discover the stories these …

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The 19th century of the Victorian Era was a time rife with sentimental culture. Death rates were high due to factors including disease, war, and high childhood mortality. Queen Victoria was an unlikely fashion icon and submerged herself in mourning after the deaths of both her husband and her mother in 1861. Aside from her …

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