Calendar
Thursday, July 30, 2009
All programs are FREE with museum
admission unless otherwise noted.
Summer Art Workshop
9:00 am–noon (6–8 years old)
1:00–4:00 pm (9–13 years old)
FAMILY PROGRAM—SUMMER ART WORKSHOP:
Egyptian Mask-
Making
Egyptian masks were an important part of burial practices during ancient times. Learn all about these fascinating adornments and create your own Egyptian-inspired mask with mixed media and paint. $15 for AIHA members and $20 for non-members (per workshop). Registration is required.
Register online
$15 for AIHA
members
$20 for non-members (per workshop)
For information about any family programs, please contact Barbara Collins, Education Coordinator, at (518) 463-4478, ext. 405, collinsb@albanyinstitute.org.
Weeklong Summer Art Adventures
9:00 am–noon (6–8 years old)
1:00–4:00 pm (9–13 years old)
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
For information about any family
programs, please contact Barbara Collins, Education Coordinator, at
(518) 463-4478, ext. 405, collinsb@albanyinstitute.org.
Lecture and Book
Signing
Richard H. Gassan, Assistant Professor of History, American
University of Sharjah
The Birth of American Tourism: New York, the Hudson Valley, and American
Culture, 1790–1830
6:00 pm
Today, the idea of traveling within the United States for
leisure purposes is so commonplace it is hard to imagine a time when
tourism was not a staple of our cultural life. Yet, as Richard H. Gassan
persuasively demonstrates, at the beginning of the 19th century, travel
for leisure was strictly an aristocratic luxury beyond the means of
ordinary Americans. It wasn't until the second decade of the century
that the first middle-class tourists began to follow the lead of the
well-to-do, making trips up the Hudson River Valley north of New York
City, and in a few cases beyond. At first just a trickle, by 1830 the
tide of tourism had become a flood, a cultural change that signaled a
profound societal shift as the United States stepped onto the road that
would eventually lead to a modern consumer society.
Call (518) 463-4478
for more information.
Albany Institute of History & Art
2009 Lecture Series
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