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Vermont Sampler ID Day, Saturday November 19. the Bennington Museum

November 19, 2022 @ 10:00am-4:00pm

Free

WANTED:
Bring your antique samplers for identification and documentation
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont

The national Sampler Archive Project wishes to locate, document and photograph antique American samplers and related schoolgirl embroideries in Vermont’s public and private collections.
The public is invited to bring their antique American samplers and other schoolgirl embroideries to this Sampler ID Day where they will be registered, documented and photographed. You will meet with sampler specialists, and learn more about your needlework heirlooms.
If you have history for your sampler and/or the girl who made it, please bring it along.
Sponsors for this event:
The Bennington Museum
Sampler Consortium (www.Samplerarchive.org)
Vermont Sampler Identification Team:
Michele Pagán, at mpp1@comcast.net
Ellen Thompson, ellen2thom@gmail.com

Appointment required for 3 or more samplers.

Details

Date:
November 19, 2022
Time:
10:00am-4:00pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
www.Samplerarchive.oeg

Organizer

Bennington Museum
Phone
(802) 447-1571
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Venue

Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, VT 05201 United States
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Phone
(802) 447-1571
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