Robin Tagliaferri, executive director of Forbes House Museum in Milton, Massachusetts, presents Bringing the Historic House Museum to Life: Forbes Family Stories and Anecdotes. Tagliaferri’s talk will highlight short stories of the Forbes and Perkins families of Milton and Boston and their participation in the American China Trade. How does a historic house museum bring such stories to life, and how are they woven together to provide visitors a unique and lively experience? This lecture explores an entrepreneurial, civic-minded, and colorful family through their personal memoirs and explores a number of artifacts and works of art that now comprise the museum's collection.
