Crafting History: Fun with Fragrance

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Join us for Crafting History: Fun with Fragrance on Tuesday, February 20, at 6 p.m. to create your own solid perfume and learn more about the history of personal fragrance use through items in the Museum's collection, in person at the Museum.

Registration is required and covers the cost of the provided supplies.

Museum members: $5

General public: $7

Please visit https://bit.ly/fragrancefun to register.

Crafting History is a series of accessible, interactive programming that allows adult learners a hands-on history experience, led by the Museum's Director of Adult Education, Dr. Maria Mears, taking crafts from the past and recreating them for use today. 

All the crafts we focus on have some historical context and an element of sustainability. In the past, people found alternative uses for things no longer needed or got creative with different methods of making various products, but in the age of mass production, that has fallen to the wayside. We hope to combat hyperconsumerism with a historical understanding of crafts that take great skill and artistry but were often relegated to "women's home-keeping tasks".

Questions? Contact Maria Mears

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