Homewood Museum seminar: Catharine Dann Roeber

Description

Using objects from Homewood and other museums, Dr. Catharine Dann Roeber, an associate professor of Decorative Arts and Material Culture at Winterthur Museum and of American Material Culture at the University of Delaware, will discuss how museums can use their existing collections to interpret the lives of their former enslaved inhabitants in a talk entitled "New Approaches to Old Things: How Historic Sites Are Changing The Narrative."

Schedule:

• 5:30 p.m. – Wine and cheese reception
• 6 p.m. – Talk
• 7 p.m. – Q&A

Catharine Dann Roeber's areas of research include culinary history, history of print and ephemera, and Pennsylvania material and architectural heritage. Roeber also has diverse experience with archaeology departments, research libraries, museum, and cultural nonprofits. In addition, she has curated, co-curated, or coordinated exhibitions at Winterthur and the Brandywine River Museums.