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Brighton-Allston Heritage Museum

Presented by the Brighton-Allston Historical Society, Brighton, Massachusetts USA, Peg Collins, President

Boston Globe Sidekick

The Boston Globe's Sidekick section featured and recommended the Heritage Museum's "Bull Market" exhibition in the Wednesday January 16 edition. Copies are available at the museum.

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/01/16/hoof_it_to_brighton/

http://boston.com/sidekick

Posted by John Quatrale

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20 Chestnut Hill Avenue Brighton, MA 02135, USA

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Brighton-Allston Historical Society and Heritage Museum

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Silver Plate from Brighton Hotel - c. 1860

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Brighton Transformed

Brighton Transformed

On-going Exhibition in Main Gallery

An exhibition that traces Brighton's Bicentennial and highlights the historical themes that have contributed to the varied and rich history of Brighton and Allston, a neighborhood of Boston that represents a microcosm of our national experience. Included in the exhibition are historical photographs, artifacts, books, maps, signage, letters, portraits, interactive web-based stations, models, dioramas and historial ephemeras.

Women of Vision Exhibition

Through April 30, 2009. This is a multi-media exhibition that illustrates the role of women in American life, as portrayed by the examples of 16 remarkable women and women’s organizations in Allston-Brighton over the past 250 years. Exhibition includes: original paintings, original photographs, textiles, decorative arts, historical settings, artifacts, signs, posters, books, documents, dioramas, ephemera, computer stations, slideshows, videos and interactive stations.

Bull Market

Bull Market

This Temporary Exhibition ended 3/28/08

An exhibition that traced the rise, prominence and decline of the cattle industry in New England, with special emphasis on Brighton as the center of that industry. The exhibition also raised the issue of cruelity to animals resulting from herding and slaughtering of cattle, bulls, hogs and sheep, starting from the earliest experience in 1776 to the present.

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Allston Blog
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Allston-Brighton TAB Blog
Boston Bulletin Newspaper
Boston.com (Boston Globe)
Brighton Centered Blog
Brighton-Allston 200 (Bicentennial Committee)
Brighton-Allston Historical Society & Heritage Museum
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