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- The Women of Vision Exhibition at the Heritage Museum in Brighton, MA is a multi-media exhibition that illustrates the role of women in American life as they fought for and marched against gender discrimination and inequality in economic, social, cultural, governmental and religious institutions.
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Women of Vision
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- Women of Vision
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- Entertainment & Arts - Fine Arts
- Description:
- The Women of Vision Exhibition at the Heritage Museum in Brighton, MA is a multi-media exhibition that illustrates the role of women in American life as they fought for and marched against gender discrimination and inequality in economic, social, cultural, governmental and religious institutions.
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- Kick-off celebration for Women's History Month (March)
Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum
20 Chestnut Hill Avenue
Brighton, MA 02135
http://heritagemuseum.blogspot.com
617-635-1436
The Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum celebrates its 2nd Anniversary on Saturday, February 28th from 1-3 pm and everyone is welcome to this free event. The museum was established on February 21, 2007 as part of the Brighton-Allston's bicentennial celebration. The highlight of this 2nd anniversary event will include a special salute to the six modern artists from Allston-Brighton that have loaned works of art to the museum. The local artists include: Noreen O'leary, Chung Shil Shim, Barbara Sawin, Richard Salvucci, Jennifer Smith and Julie Hom-Mandell.
Visitors will also be able to view the two exhibitions currently on display:
Women of Vision is a temporary multi-media exhibition that illustrates the role of women in American life, as portrayed by the examples of 16 remarkable women and women’s organizations in Allston-Brighton over the past 250 years. Exhibition includes: original paintings, original photographs, textiles, decorative arts, historical settings, artifacts, signs, posters, books, documents, dioramas, ephemera, computer stations, slideshows, videos and interactive stations. One of the highlights of this exhibition is a working electronic voting booth in which visitors can actually vote on equality issues.
The museum is located at 20 Chestnut Hill Avenue in Brighton Center. Normal visiting hours are Tuesday-Friday and the 2nd and 4th Saturday from Noon to 4:00 PM. The museum web blog is http://heritagemuseum.blogspot.com
