Saturday, September 26, 2009 (free admission with Smithsonian Museum Day admission cards) Program @ 3:00pm
Enjoy free admission for you and a guest by presenting the Smithsonian Museum Day admission card. The card will be available in the September issue of Smithsonian Magazine or you can download it at http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/about.html
Reinventing the Waterwheel: Presentation of conjectural drawings and historical research about the original waterpower system at the Armory. The waterwheel powered the machinery for gun manufacture and was an installation typical of an 1840s waterwheel for northern New England. Christopher Marston, Architect, Historic American Engineering Record, Washington, DC and John Johnston, Industrial Historian, Marshfield, VT Sponsored by APM and the Windsor Historical Society
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The Museum preserves the heritage of the mechanical arts, celebrates the ingenuity of our mechanical forebears, and explores the effects of their work on our everyday lives. The American Precision Museum, housed in the original Robbins & Lawrence Armory, now holds the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the nation.
FROM MUSKETS TO MOTORCARS: YANKEE INGENUITY AND THE ROAD TO MASS PRODUCTION: Continuing for its second year, the museum's main exhibit explores how the tools and techniques of precision manufacturing made mass production possible.
