Arts, Dining & Entertainment

Open House and Talk Coolidge Museum & Education Center

Saturday, April 9 at 12 p.m. — PLYMOUTH — Join the Coolidge Foundation on April 9 for a spring open house at the Coolidge Museum & Education Center at the President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth. Walk through the quiet village where Coolidge grew up, returned to, and was sworn in as our nation’s 30th president. Stop in at the award winning Plymouth Cheese Factory.

The Coolidge Museum & Education Center will be open from noon to 4 p.m. At 2 p.m. Carolyn Frisa will share her expertise in a talk, “Preserving Family Archives.” Head Conservator and owner of Works on Paper, Frisa will tell how to care for paper-based objects in family or museum collections. Guests are invited to bring a treasured print, letter, photograph, or other work on paper, with questions about caring for and storing.

Are you interested in learning how to make accordion books showcasing (copies of) some of your collection? Education Director Diane Kemble is offering a workshop, “Expanding History’s Ideas with Accordion Books” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $40. For more information and to pre-register, contact education@calvin-coolidge.org.

This Coolidge Foundation program is in partnership with the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. The Coolidge Museum & Education Center is located on 3780 Route 100A in Plymouth. For more information see www.CoolidgeFoundation.org.

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