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| Albany Institute of History & Art |
| 125 Washington Avenue |
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Albany, New York 12210 |
| 518-463-4478 |
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The Museum Shop offers a selection of items that reflect current exhibitions, items from the collections and the work of local artists and craftspeople. AIHA Members always receive a special 10% discount. Hours:Wednesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday from Noon - 5:00 pmFor more information, please call 518.463.4478 x459 or email museumshop@albanyinstitute.org There is no fee to visit the Shop! |
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VALENTINE'S DAY SHOPPING AT THE MUSEUM SHOP From now through Valentine's Day, AIHA Members will receive an extra 10% off their purchases of jewelry. Other Valentine's Day gift ideas include:
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HORSING AROUND: 19th Century
Cast-Iron Hitching Posts Paperback, ($26.95 + Tax) |
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| Catalog highlights the exhibition HORSING AROUND, on view at the Albany Institute of History & Art through May 26, 2007 | |||
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CAST WITH STYLE: 19th Century
Cast-Iron Stoves from the Albany Area Paperback, ($24.95 + Tax) |
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Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting Paperback, ($50 + Tax)
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This comprehensive overview of AIHA's American art and decorative-arts collections, edited by Tammis K. Groft and Mary Alice Mackay, presents color plates and essays about 130 objects (of a total exceeding 20,000) dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the 1990s, each chosen for its national significance, artistic merit, and relevance to the Institute’s mission: collecting and interpreting the art, history, and culture of New York State’s Upper Hudson Valley through four centuries. |
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MATTED PRINTS ($7.95+tax), POSTCARDS ($.25 to $.40+tax), NOTE CARDS ($1.25+tax) and MAGNETS ($3.75+tax) featuring images from AIHA's collections are available. | ||
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Hudson Valley Voyage: Through the Seasons, Through the Years by Ted Speigel and Reed Sparling Paperback, ($36.95 + Tax) |
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| Hudson Valley Voyage: Through the Seasons, Through the Years offers a rich exploration of the Hudson River Valley's awe-inspiring beauty and the last 400 years of its history. Reed Sparling's eye-opening text - complemented by rare first person recollections and historical documents - offers a vivid, "you are there" account of the history of this "landscape that defined America." The book features a four-page map highlighting 90 historic and cultural sites, as well as an extensive tourism guide that provides descriptions, addresses, and web sites for each. | |||
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The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street Hardcover, ($24.95 + Tax) |
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| The Crazy Ladies of Peal Street, by legendary writer Trevanian, is a heartfelt and unforgettable novel, that takes a look back at one child's life in the poverty stricken Irish slums of Albany, and the child's never ending dream to get his family out of the slums. | |||
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Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth Century Dutch Art and Life
Paperback, ($49.95 + Tax)
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| This 192-page book illustrated with 60+ full-color reproductions, includes essays on the history and popularity of Dutch art in America, the symbolism of food and drink in Dutch paintings, aspects of Dutch and Dutch-American culinary history and 17th and 19th century Dutch and Dutch American recipes. A cookbook for the modern kitchen is included. | |||
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The Albany Collection: Treasures and Treasured Recipes Hardcover, ($21.95 + Tax) |
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| The Albany Collection: Treasures and Treasured Recipes reflects nearly 400 years of history and entertaining from a historic city, unique in its Dutch/English heritage, that developed from a trading and transportation hub into prominence as New York State’s capital. Recipes were gathered by members of The Council of The Albany Institute of History & Art from personal travels, friends and families. | |||
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DELFT TILES, ORNAMENTS, KITCHENWARE and COLLECTIBLES are available ranging in price from $3.75 to $85 plus tax. | ||
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The Bicentennial History of Saint Andrew’s Society of the City of Albany by Roger L. Creighton and John A. Willison
Hardback, 2 volume set ($49.50 + Tax)
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Volume One (The Formative Years: 1803-1913) begins with the arrival of the Scots before the American Revolution and the founding of the Society. It continues with the Society's growth, spurred by the great Scottish in-migration of 1825-1900. Volume Two (Staying the Course: 1903-2003) describes the impact of two world wars, the Great Depression, changing technology and how the Society built two homes for itself while continuing its charitable work and active social life.
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The Hudson: A History Hardcover, ($30.00 + Tax)
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| The Hudson: A History, provides readers with a colorful history of the Hudson River, as author Tom Lewis discusses how the Hudson River shaped the development of colonial America, how its deep seaport helped New York City to become the financial center of the world, and how the Hudson River is more to Americans than just a river. | |||
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The Empire State: A History of
New York
Hardcover, ($45 + Tax) |
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| A richly illustrated volume edited by Milton M. Klein, begins in the early seventeenth century (when the region was still populated solely by Native Americans and concludes at the year 2000, by which time people from all over the world had made the state their home. | |||
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Dutch Colonial Homes in America Hardback ($60 + Tax)
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| This is a lavishly illustrated book (200 full-color photographs) that provides an unprecedented look at twenty-eight houses plus eleven barns and other structures, built in the 17th and 18th century by Dutch colonists in the northeastern United States, especially upstate New York along the Hudson Valley. | |||
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Frederic Church Hardcover, ($50.00 + Tax)
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| Frederic Church, by John K. Howat, describes Church's life and career and details the ways in which the artist played a part in America's development during the 19th century. | |||
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The Hudson River School: American Landscape Artists Hardcover, ($10.95 + Tax)
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Author Bert D. Yaeger introduces the first native American school of landscape painting that included artists Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand, and Thomas Doughty as well as, later, looking westward, Frederic Church, Thomas Moran and Albert Bierstadt. With painstaking attention to detail and a panoramic vision, these painters captured the “new” and profound feeling associated with nature undefiled. |
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Hudson River School Paintings: A Book of Postcards
Paperback,($9.95 + Tax) |
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The Hudson River School of painters left a notable legacy to American art, embodying the reverence for nature and the national idealism that prevailed at the middle of the nineteenth century. This book of postcards presents thirty magnificent works, all from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum. |
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JEWELRY by local designers | ||
| The creations of jewelry designers Pam Rainer, Dana Rudolph and Mary Wheeler include stunning earrings, bracelets, anklets, necklaces, rings and brooches ranging in price from $34 to $110 plus tax. | |||
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CERAMIC TILES by Wendy Costa
(From $22 - $30 + Tax) |
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| Each ceramic tile is printed from an original painting by Wendy Costa and are completely heat safe and washable. Tiles may be used as trivets, for wall displays or for wall grout applications. | |||
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Richard Callner: 50 Year Retrospective Paperback, ($15 + Tax)
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This 57-page book, including 30+ full-color reproductions and essays by The New York Times Art critic Ken Johnson and AIHA Chief Curator Tammis K. Groft, celebrates the work of one of the upper Hudson Valley's most significant artists. |
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| Merchandise pictured above may vary from current Museum Shop stock or may be limited in availability. Prices are subject to change. For specific inquiries, contact the Museum Shop at 518-463-4478. | |||
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