Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

6/1/1977 - 6/30/1978

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$140,338.00 (approved)
$140,338.00 (awarded)


The Gilden Age in Westchester

FAIN: GM-11321-77

Hudson River Museum of Westchester (Yonkers, NY 10701-1801)
Mary Jean Madigan (Project Director: June 1977 to present)

To design an interpretive exhibit to make the museum's Victoriana collections accessible to public and scholars; to provide a guide to the mansions and to historic houses of the lower Hudson region; to create of forum for exchange of ideas on suburban culture of the "Gilded Age," 1877-1890.