3pm – 5pm

Join us for the UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle at the DAR Museum! Bring your half-done projects, abandoned crafts, and unfinished masterpieces, and spend a cozy afternoon with fellow craft enthusiasts. Whether it's knitting, crocheting, painting, or any other craft, this event is a perfect opportunity to get inspired, share ideas, and finally complete those lingering projects. The UFO Craft Circle is an in-person event, so come prepared with your supplies and a positive attitude. 

3pm – 5pm

Join us for the UnFinished Objects (UFO) Craft Circle at the DAR Museum! Bring your half-done projects, abandoned crafts, and unfinished masterpieces, and spend a cozy afternoon with fellow craft enthusiasts. Whether it's knitting, crocheting, painting, or any other craft, this event is a perfect opportunity to get inspired, share ideas, and finally complete those lingering projects. The UFO Craft Circle is an in-person event, so come prepared with your supplies and a positive attitude. 

Noon
Free
Well before its heyday in the middle of the 19th century, incorporating hair into jewelry was a way to remember loved ones both in life and after death. Through the examples in the collection of the DAR Museum we’ll examine the history and symbolism of this once quite common type of adornment.

Speaker: Heidi Campbell-Shoaf, Director and Chief Curator, DAR Museum

The event is free, but pre-registration is requested. This event is taking place in-person but will be streaming online.

Noon
Free

9:15am

$25

Noon

Because of the historic stigma that surrounds physical disabilities, a misinformed narrative that disabled people did not affect their communities, belongings, and environments has persisted. Consequently, disabled people’s agency tends to be limited, if not erased, from historic records. Material culture related to disability, however, helps restore their histories and presence.

Noon

Noon

Esther Nisenthal Krinitz was 15 in 1942 when Nazis ordered the Jews of her Polish village to report to a nearby train station. She chose to flee with her 13-year-old sister, never to see the rest of her family again. Decades later, determined to show her daughters the family she had lost, Esther created a series of 36 exquisite works of fabric collage and embroidery—a legacy of love, grief and the sheer force of memory. One of these panels is featured in the latest DAR Museum exhibition, “Sewn in America: Making – Meaning – Memory”

Mark Your Calendars!

Come join us for an exciting symposium, where we explore the fascinating world of making, meaning, and memory. This event is all about celebrating creativity, storytelling, and the power of memories. Get ready to immerse yourself in a symposium filled with thought-provoking discussions and inspiring presentations.

Tickets will go on sale in July 2024

6 to 9pm

$25

Explore the Museum after hours and take a look at historic costumes as represented in film - with the Curator of Textiles and Costume!

Registration includes a drink ticket (good for beer or wine) and light snacks!

Age 21+, a cash bar will be available to purchase additional drinks.

Drink tickets will be $5 each. 

Register to attend: https://Terrorbehindtheseams.eventbrite.com