Discover how a lancet tucked away in a medicine chest at Winterthur reveals the complex networks of the 18th-century material world, and how lancets became essential objects in combating smallpox, with Becca Lo Presti, assistant curator at the Mattatuck Museum and graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. Registration required. Free.
Join us for Objects Up Close: An Early 19th-Century Fireplace Bellows on November 12.