Tuesday, February 04, 2014
WEST END MUSEUM EVENTS - February 6, 2014
Hello Museum Members and Friends!
There's a lot happening this week at the museum. We welcome everyone to join us for the "Membership Meet-up and Silent Auction"! Come in, meet fellow Westenders, and bid on great items from local businesses. Additionally we're featuring some wonderful new exhibits, film series, and tours. Our Annual Appeal continues as we move towards our goal. Help us preserve the legacy of the West End and support the museum today!
As always you can see our full range of upcoming events and exhibitions here. For even more museum info, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Featured this week.
Membership Meet-up & Silent Auction
February 6
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Cost: $5 Members / $10 Non-members
Donors include:
Beacon Hill Athletic Club
Zone 5 Fitness
Whole Foods Market
The Tip Tap Room
West End Johnnies
...And more!
Films and Discussion "No Time for Ugliness", "A Place to Live"
February 5th
6:30 - 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Two films from the 1960's that extol the benefits of urban renewal projects for their communities. These films put these projects into context of their time period.
Read more on our website >>
New Exhibitions!
Relics of a Bygone Era: Exploring the Hotel Manger/Madison
Feb. 4 - March 22
Members Gallery
Cost: FREE
The 500-room Hotel Manger opened at North Station in August of 1930. Its design was an example of the Moderne style of architecture, developed by Boston native Louis Sullivan. This exhibit features original postcards, pamphlets and photographs as well as actual pieces of the hotel. One of the highlights is a series of photographs showing the demolition of the hotel.
Read more on our website >>
A Neighborhood in Transition
Jan. 21 - May 10
Cost: FREE
This exhibit continues to follow the demolition of an additional thirty acres of residential housing, along with Bowdoin Square and Scollay Square, to make way for the Hurley/Lindemann Building and Government Center. Charles Frani's photographs show not only a neighborhood in transition, but a city in transition. The exhibit captures images of residents and business owners in the midst of eviction; going about their daily chores, or fleeing their homes, as if nothing out the ordinary is taking place.
Read more on our website >>
Current Exhibitions
The Last Tenement
Ongoing
Cost: FREE
"The Last Tenement" exhibition, originally set up in 1992 at the Old State House by the Bostonian Society through a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities and relocated to the West End Museum in 2006, is now permanently housed in its own dedicated 1100 square foot space.
Read more on our website >>
Support the Museum
2014 Annual Appeal!!
Support the West End Museum!
2013 was another year of significant growth and expansion for the West End Museum. This year alone, the Museum mounted three major exhibits in our large exhibition area, as well as four exhibits in our Members' Gallery.
We have a fundraising goal of $50,000 for our inaugural appeal. Any amount, large or small, that you can donate will help to ensure that the Museum can continue to provide a rich experience to the West End community as well as the city of Boston. Your donation is critical, not only with assisting the Museum in providing fresh programming, but especially in keeping the Museum and its mission alive.
There's a lot happening this week at the museum. We welcome everyone to join us for the "Membership Meet-up and Silent Auction"! Come in, meet fellow Westenders, and bid on great items from local businesses. Additionally we're featuring some wonderful new exhibits, film series, and tours. Our Annual Appeal continues as we move towards our goal. Help us preserve the legacy of the West End and support the museum today!
As always you can see our full range of upcoming events and exhibitions here. For even more museum info, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Featured this week.
Membership Meet-up & Silent Auction
February 6
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Cost: $5 Members / $10 Non-members
Donors include:
Beacon Hill Athletic Club
Zone 5 Fitness
Whole Foods Market
The Tip Tap Room
West End Johnnies
...And more!
Films and Discussion "No Time for Ugliness", "A Place to Live"
February 5th
6:30 - 8:00pm
Cost: FREE
Two films from the 1960's that extol the benefits of urban renewal projects for their communities. These films put these projects into context of their time period.
Read more on our website >>
New Exhibitions!
Relics of a Bygone Era: Exploring the Hotel Manger/Madison
Feb. 4 - March 22
Members Gallery
Cost: FREE
The 500-room Hotel Manger opened at North Station in August of 1930. Its design was an example of the Moderne style of architecture, developed by Boston native Louis Sullivan. This exhibit features original postcards, pamphlets and photographs as well as actual pieces of the hotel. One of the highlights is a series of photographs showing the demolition of the hotel.
Read more on our website >>
A Neighborhood in Transition
Jan. 21 - May 10
Cost: FREE
This exhibit continues to follow the demolition of an additional thirty acres of residential housing, along with Bowdoin Square and Scollay Square, to make way for the Hurley/Lindemann Building and Government Center. Charles Frani's photographs show not only a neighborhood in transition, but a city in transition. The exhibit captures images of residents and business owners in the midst of eviction; going about their daily chores, or fleeing their homes, as if nothing out the ordinary is taking place.
Read more on our website >>
Current Exhibitions
The Last Tenement
Ongoing
Cost: FREE
"The Last Tenement" exhibition, originally set up in 1992 at the Old State House by the Bostonian Society through a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities and relocated to the West End Museum in 2006, is now permanently housed in its own dedicated 1100 square foot space.
Read more on our website >>
Support the Museum
2014 Annual Appeal!!
Support the West End Museum!
2013 was another year of significant growth and expansion for the West End Museum. This year alone, the Museum mounted three major exhibits in our large exhibition area, as well as four exhibits in our Members' Gallery.
We have a fundraising goal of $50,000 for our inaugural appeal. Any amount, large or small, that you can donate will help to ensure that the Museum can continue to provide a rich experience to the West End community as well as the city of Boston. Your donation is critical, not only with assisting the Museum in providing fresh programming, but especially in keeping the Museum and its mission alive.
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