Source: maysville-online.com
Kentucky Gateway Museum Center
The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center will host a free Saturday Seminar on June 27 at 10:30 a.m., with Elisabeth and Orloff Miller.
The Millers' topic for the seminar is The Houses that Hemp Built; The Antebellum Architecture of Mason County’s 19th Century Hemp Boom.
This talk will present the current findings from an ongoing research project by Elisabeth and Orloff Miller. During the 1830s-1850s Maysville was shipping the second largest tonnage of hemp of any port in the world, and Mason County saw a boom in industrial hemp production and processing. The speakers will focus on the architecture, landscapes and the “built environment,” produced during this period of prosperity, and will present some new information on the farms and factories that participated in the trade.
The event is free of charge including all day use of the Research Library and entry to the three museum galleries: Miniatures Gallery, Changing Gallery and Historical Gallery. There will be light refreshments of coffee cake, tea and coffee.
The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center is located at 215 Sutton Street in downtown Maysville.
For information call 606-564-5865 or e-mail: researchlibrary@kygmc.org.
KGMC hours are: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
No comments:
Post a Comment