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Castle Howard has been continually changing as generations of the Howard family have introduced new fashions and tastes—from 18th-century Chinese decoration to the Arts & Crafts style of William Morris in the late 19th century, and, most recently, the recovery of interiors lost in the calamitous fire of 1940. April 2025 saw the culmination of a five-year project across five rooms—join Curator of Castle Howard Dr. Christopher Ridgway to learn how this project marks another milestone in the never-ending story of a house that is a living work of art itself.

Join Beckie Burton, Curator & Archivist at Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, to explore its newest exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversaries of two British cultural icons, novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) and artist JMW Turner (1775-1851).

Embroidered coats of arms were among the most prolific and enduring forms of schoolgirl needlework in eighteenth-century Boston. Not only do these objects demonstrate the skill and dedication of their makers, but as examples of genealogical material culture, heraldic needlework makes clear that young colonial women were integral to the articulation and preservation of their family history.