FROM MUSKETS TO MOTORCARS: YANKEE INGENUITY AND THE ROAD TO MASS PRODUCTION: This exhibit explores how the tools and techniques of precision manufacturing made mass production possible. Enjoy seeing several watches and clocks from the collection of Ed Battison, the museum's founder, added to the exhibit for 2010.
Student interns provide demonstrations on working machines from late June - mid August and on one day each weekend through October. Hours of operation are 10:30am - 4:30pm. The River Valley Technical Center, Springfield VT is our project partner.
Interpretive drawings from the study by the Historic American Engineering Record explain how the museum's building evolved from 1846 to the present. Detailed renderings of the 1846 period show how the waterpower system worked.
This exhibit provides a special opportunity to bring artifacts out of storage to display for a short time, to tie in with special programs or because of conservation issues. There may be a unifying theme, or the staff simply thought they were interesting and visitors would enjoy them too.
Exhibits
Interpretive drawings from the study by the Historic American Engineering Record explain how the museum's building evolved from 1846 to the present. Detailed renderings of the 1846 period show how the waterpower system worked.
