Encore! Colonial Williamsburg shows how Americans once made music

Harpsichord, Jacob Kirkman, London, England, 1762. Museum purchase, 1997-76

 

 Harpsichord, Jacob Kirkman, London, England, 1762. Museum purchase, 1997-76

Harpsichord, Jacob Kirkman, London, England, 1762. Museum purchase, 1997-76

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Making Music in Early America, an exhibition opening on August 20 in the Mark M. and Rosemary W. Leckie Gallery at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will envelop visitors in the musical world of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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