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The Harrowing Haze of Heraldry
A tour of Agecroft Hall will reveal a number of coats of arms hidden around the house. William Dauntesey’s portrait particularly highlights his coat of arms as a proud display of his heritage, with bold yellow and red colors. But do you know how to speak the language?
Lauren Hatfield
Aug 14 min read
Ticktock Goes the Willard Clock
A Simon Willard, Roxbury-style, tall case clock stands in the Williams Library here at Agecroft Hall. Roughly eight feet tall and two...
Libby Howlett
May 312 min read
Spring Indoors and Out
Spring has sprung! Flower and green about outside in our beautiful gardens! But, what about inside? Floral motifs have long been common...
Libby Howlett
Apr 301 min read
Tiny Treasures
In our collection at Agecroft Hall & Gardens, we have a tiny artifact that does not get out of collections storage much due to its small...
Libby Howlett
Mar 291 min read
Faces of the Williams Library
There are faces all over Agecroft Hall and Gardens, if you take the time to look closely at the paintings, furniture and decorative...
Libby Howlett
Feb 281 min read
Where do these stairs go?
The staircase installed at Agecroft Hall is from Warwick Priory, the façade of which was used by Alexander and Virginia Weddell in...
Libby Howlett
Jan 301 min read
Legal Languages
The museum's collection has over a hundred deeds relating to the history of Agecroft Hall, both the land and the people associated with...
Libby Howlett
Nov 26, 20243 min read
Book Nooks Worth Looks
Who doesn’t love a good beach read? Something quick and entertaining, be it a romance, comedy, mystery, or thriller, as long as it is not...
Libby Howlett
Aug 10, 20243 min read
Word Search and Scavenger Hunt
Download our fun word search and scavenger hunt all about Shakespeare!
syount3
May 19, 20211 min read
The City and the Theater in Shakespeare's Time
To see one of William Shakespeare’s plays during the time period that he lived would have been a very different experience compared to...
syount3
May 19, 20212 min read
Elizabethan-Era Shakespeare
Someone who lived during Shakespeare’s time could get into the theater to see a play for as little as one penny. What does this say to...
syount3
May 19, 20212 min read
Modern versus Early Modern English
One of the things that would have been quite different during Shakespeare’s day compared to our own is the very pronunciation of the...
syount3
May 19, 20213 min read
Through the Ages: The Victorian Period
While many things about theaters and plays have changed since the late 1500s and early 1600s, from stages, to who could be an actor, to...
syount3
May 19, 20212 min read
Shakespeare's (Harlem) Renaissance and Beyond
Though William Shakespeare wrote his works during a time period known as the English Renaissance, which lasted from the early 1500s to...
syount3
May 19, 20212 min read
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