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The Frazier Museum is home to the sword of Josiah Bartlett, a New Hampshire statesman and second signer of the Declaration of independence.
Taking a Break
Posted January 31, 2012
Gwen Kirchner, Education Associate
I love working at the museum and the reason why is you just never know who you’re going to meet or what you’re going to discover from day to day. Case in point, I was up in the galleries with the school kids when I happened to glance into the theater space on the 2nd floor and saw four figures lying on the floor. It took me only a moment to realize it was our missing 3rd floor “Nansemond” tableau figures.
When construction started on the museum’s 3rd floor space the tableau had been taken apart. I assumed, wrongly, there was some super secret place in the museum the figures were going to be stored. Well, I guess that place is the old theater, which isn’t a bad spot. It’s quiet, out of the way … and totally open to the public’s viewing pleasure. Or, at least, it was for about 2 days.
Anyway, as long as it was open I felt it was my duty to give these guys a great photo opportunity. It had been so long since they’d gotten to relax I’d figured they would enjoy themselves. Lounge about, take a much deserved nap, chat, but I guess that isn’t in their nature. Even out of the public eye they maintain their stoic reserve. Or something like that.
The next time someone asks you about if the tableau move when no one is looking you can answer an emphatic no. They are totally professional and “on” all the time.
