Hi Rainey -
The public library in Westminster, Maryland used to do American Girl theme events. They would include tea, reading sections of the books, and usually a period-appropriate craft project or 2. The girls would bring their dolls and most would dress up in costume (not necessarily the pricey kid clothing that went with the dolls). I was working at a living history museum nearby and they'd have me come over in costume as a bit of set dressing. Just a warning - this can be a little scary to younger kids though! Good luck.
Becky Fifield
Rebecca L. Fifield
Collections Care Specialist
Department of Textile and Fashion Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
www.mfa.org
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From: Rainey Tisdale [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:19 PM
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Subject: Doll events
I'm posting this query on behalf of our development director. We
have a doll in our collection, the Polly Sumner doll, that came
from England aboard one of the Boston Tea Party ships. She was
sold in a Boston shop and was passed down through 5 generations
of the same Boston family before being donated to the museum.
She's become a little bit of an icon for some folks (I had a
family visit from Arizona last summer and tell me she was the
number-one thing they wanted to see while they were here) and
there is a children's book (now out of print) that uses her to
tell the story of Revolutionary-era Boston.
Our development director is interested in having a fundraising
event featuring Polly Sumner for girls and their families. It
would be a tea party, perhaps we would read the book aloud,
people could buy replicas of the doll, see the real thing
up-close (she's in collections storage at the moment), and maybe
some other programming.
I know there are museums out there that have been capitalizing on
the "American Girl" book craze by having similar events. If
you've done this kind of thing before, can you send me a message
off-list to let me know of potential problems, suggestions, etc.
so we can make this as successful as possible? Also, if you know
of a company that makes reproduction dolls that would be great
too; we have some leads but can always use more.
Thanks in advance.
Rainey Tisdale
Collections Manager
The Bostonian Society
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109-1773
617-720-1713 x24
617-720-3289 Fax
For more information about The Bostonian Society, or to become a
member, visit our website: www.bostonhistory.org
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