Hands-On History: Rosenbach Museum & Library
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of HoH, Heather chats with Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames. Dr. Ames is the Associate Curator at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Rosenbach creates programs and exhibitions inspired by a collection of nearly 400,000 rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts objects, including some of the best-known literary and historical objects in the world.
https://rosenbach.org
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Credits:
Host: Heather R. Darsie - Twitter
Guest: Dr. Alexander L. Ames - Twitter
Edited by: Rebecca Larson - Twitter
Voice Over: David Black
Music: Ketsa, Alexander Nakarada, and Winnie the Moog via FilmMusic.io, used by EXTENDED license.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tudor's Dynasty podcast. |
| 0:17.5 | And now, Hands on History with Heather. |
| 0:21.2 | Hello and welcome to Hands on History with the Tudor's Dynasty podcast. |
| 0:25.6 | My name is Heather Darcy. |
| 0:27.0 | Some of you might know me for my research into Anna of Cleves. |
| 0:29.8 | I am the author of Anna, Duchess of Cleves, the King's beloved sister, and also the |
| 0:34.3 | forthcoming Children of the House of Cleves, Anna and her siblings, which will be out in June of 2023. |
| 0:40.2 | And I am absolutely delighted to be joined by Alexander Ames, the associate curator of the Rosenbach Museum and Library. |
| 0:46.9 | You might have heard the name Rosenbach before because it is, of course, the Rosenbach portrait of Anna of Cleves that is on the cover of my book. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome and thank you so much for being here with me today. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm really delighted to have the opportunity to be here with you. |
| 1:00.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:02.1 | How did you come to work at the Rosenbach? |
| 1:04.6 | Well, I sort of like to think that I was foreordained to end up in a curatorial role at the Rosenbach. Of course, that's all with |
| 1:13.2 | 20-20 hindsight. But when I was young, living in rural Minnesota, I grew up in sort of the |
| 1:19.6 | north woods of Minnesota. I developed a passion for rare books and manuscripts and historic house |
| 1:26.4 | museums. And as I pursued my education first in |
| 1:30.4 | Minnesota and then on the East Coast, I really wanted to find a professional environment |
| 1:36.1 | that would combine my interests in the world of book collecting and her books and archives |
| 1:42.6 | with the world of historic house museums and the fine |
| 1:45.6 | and decorative arts. And even though these are very closely aligned areas of professional and |
| 1:51.5 | scholarly interests, there aren't that many institutions that really bring those worlds together |
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