Material Culture

This is a blog about material culture. What is material culture? Many definitions exist. Simply put, material culture is the relationship between people and things. All of the photos in this blog are taken by Mummy Duster.

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Bodhisattva in our garden.

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Sheep are the most common decorative theme at Glencairn—inside and out.

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Jennie's Diner, Ronks, Pennsylvania

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Self portrait of the architect Horace Trumbauer, at entrance to Chelten House, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

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Selfie at Grounds for Sculpture

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Embracing the Sacred: The Story of Glencairn Museum

Once the private home of the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family, Glencairn serves as a museum of religious art and history, honoring the spiritual tradition...

This 30-minute, award-winning documentary film, "Embracing the Sacred: The Story of Glencairn Museum," features spectacular aerial photography of Glencairn, Cairnwood, and Bryn Athyn Cathedral, rare archival footage, and historic photographs.

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Something for ‪#‎SelfieSunday‬. This clay figurine of a female musician in Glencairn's Asian Gallery dates to 7th-century China (early Tang Dynasty). Food, articles of daily life, and ceramic representations of people were often included in tombs, along with anything else considered necessary for the afterlife.

http://www.glencairnmuseum.org/hours-and-tours/

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A corner of the Great Hall of Glencairn Museum

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Abandoned Pullman baggage car on an abandoned stretch of track in Lambertville, New Jersey

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Door to the north porch in the great hall of Glencairn Museum.

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Osiris or Pharaoh

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"Benny" the eagle

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German Christmas pyramid in the shape of a Christmas tree, shot using a slow shutter speed. This pyramid is 39.4" tall, hand crafted by Christian Ulbricht.

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In the first chapter of the biblical book of Genesis, God created man and woman on the sixth day of creation. This and other scenes from the creation story are depicted in the “Days of Creation” fireplace arch in Glencairn Museum's upper hall. In the Glencairn relief, a man and woman are the central focus of the composition; they are shown at the top center of the arch, kneeling beneath a fruit-bearing tree in the Garden of Eden.

Read more about the "Days of Creation" fireplace arch here:

http://www.glencairnmuseum.org/newsletter-news/may-2012-days-of-creation-fireplace-arch-in-glencairn.html

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Courtyard of an antique shop overlooking the Delaware River in Lambertville, PA