HHNM Evening Speaker Series
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| "Exhumation of the Mastodon" by Charles Willson Peale. Contributed Photo. |
Museum Evening Speaker Series to focus on
Peale’s “ Exhumation of the Mastodon” Painting, Jeffersonian Cultural Politics, and the French Connection
The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in partnership with the Cornwall Presbyterian Church presents their Fall Evening Speakers Series: Peale’s “ Exhumation of the Mastodon” Painting, Jeffersonian Cultural Politics, and the French Connection This lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Cornwall Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Join Katherine Woltz, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, for an illustrated presentation on the larger historical significance of the 1809 discovery of a full Mastodon skeleton in Orange County, and how it relates to United States history including the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
For more information visit hhnaturemuseum.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Refreshments available. Admission: $7, Museum members: $5.
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