NORWALK, CONN. - The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (LMMM) has received a gift of three pieces of Herter Brothers furniture from R. Joseph...
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Why do we use this monarchic-sounding phrase to describe the goings-on in our democracy? Here's the intriguing history.
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A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin, published in October 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Norwalk, CT's waterfront location and small-town vibe make it an ideal destination for a weekend getaway from urban hustle and bustle.
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The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is regarded as one of the earliest and finest surviving Second Empire Style country houses ever built in the United States.
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The Temple Mount in Jerusalem exercises a bewitching lure over Jews, Muslims and Christians. Not even the famously sober Dutch Calvinists could escape its...
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In 1876, Charles Drelincourt Mathews, a wealthy merchant from New York, purchased the famed “Lockwood Estate” to serve as a summer home for his family.
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[Originally called] Elm Park, situated on Long Island sound, about midway between the villages of Norwalk and South Norwalk, three-fourths of a mile from...
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When the personal library of Herman Boerhaave was put on auction in Leiden in 1739, one year after the death of the famous medical scientist,...
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The book is a collection of essays divided into two main sections: the historical background and the most important theologians with their thoughts and...
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