The Brewster Historical Society presents: The Gilded Age of Isabella Stewart Gardner

A talk by Art Historian Mary Woodward

Art Historian Mary Woodward will explore the facets of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s life, friends, travels and collections. Boston’s arts patroness typifies the lives of many of the wealthy and cultured Americans who lived during the Gilded Age of American history. She broke all kinds of rules while setting up her museum, arranging things the way she wanted with relationships between objects that may at first escape us. What is left for us is to marvel at the space she created and filled with beautiful things.

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About the Presenter

Mary Woodward serves as a guide at several Historic New England properties. She previously served as Public Programs Coordinator and Educator at the Concord Museum. Woodward has a B.A. in Art History from Furman University and a M.A. in Art History from Emory University. She has 40+ years of experience in museums of all shapes and sizes, from the comprehensive collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art to the one-room log cabin birthplace of President James K. Polk.