 Windsor Post Pastoral: The Changing Landscape of the Birthplace of Vermont: Recent paintings by Charlie Hunter. This exhibit of recent paintings by Charlie Hunter, a talented landscape artist from Bellows Falls Vermont,was on display at the museum from May 26 to October 31, 2007, with support from an artist grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
|
|
Read more...
|
 Doodles, Drafts and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian: a traveling exhibition created and organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, was at the American Precision Museum for the 2007 season, May 26 through October 31. Prior to coming to Windsor, Vermont, this exhibit traveled on an 11-city tour through 2005-6 and was seen by thousands of museum visitors throughout the country. The original traveling exhibit was made possible by the support of Marsh Inc., the global risk and insurance services firm.
|
|
Read more...
|
 The Cutting Edge: Machines that Shape our World. From airplane parts to shopping carts, from computer chips to paper clips, our modern consumer culture is driven by the mass production of interchangeable parts.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
The exhibit featured hand tools, woodworking machine tools, patent drawings, and engravings.
|
|
Read more...
|
The Machine Shops on Mill BrookThis exhibit provided an orientation to the 1846 Robbins and Lawrence Armory, the museum site, and an introduction to the various entities that operated in the armory from the Robbins and Lawrence era until the building became a museum in 1966.
|
|
Read more...
|
Henry Leland and the Quest for Precision
Henry Leland brought precision to the automobile industry, and so made mass production possible.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
When a primitive pedal-powered vehicle, called a boneshaker, met up with the emerging tools of mass production, the modern bicycle was born.
|
|
Read more...
|
Machinist, Artisan, Artist
In his machine shop below his painting studio in Cornish, New Hampshire, across the Connecticut River, Maxfield Parrish created props, tools, miniature sets, and lighting effects that informed his paintings.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
