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The Railroad in American Art

Samuel Woolf, The Under World, ca. 1909–10. Oil on canvas, 22 ½ x 30 ½ in. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Purchase, Funds provided by a private Richmond foundation. ©Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Photo: Travis Fullerton.

By Thomas Denenberg, PhD John Wilmerding Director and CEO, Shelburne Museum The exhibition All Aboard: The Railroad in American Art, 1840-1955 is on view at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT from June 22-October 20, 2024. Few inventions have engendered…

Nick Boschetto
June 1, 2024

Talk of the Trade

Transportation Modes and Makers in American History

Transportation is a subject that seems to be always in the news these days and usually for the wrong reasons: train derailments, bridge collapses, overturned tractor trailers, cruise ships running aground, recalls, near-miss collisions among aircraft, bad passenger behavior…And no…

Nick Boschetto
May 19, 2024