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Talk and Book Signing: Why Old Places Matter

Date:
Monday, May 13, 2019
Time:
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Tom-Mayes-Matera-Italy.gifOn-site tickets available beginning at 5:30 pm.

Learn why old places matter. What meaning can be found in old places and why should we choose to save and reuse them? Thompson Mayes, author and vice president and senior counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will discuss how old places - the Piazza Navona, or the Farnsworth House, for example - connect to ideas of memory, civic identity, architecture, sustainability, and beauty, while also providing a lens to a deeper understanding of our past, present, and future. Following the talk, Mayes signs copies of the book Why Old Places Matter, which is available for sale in the Museum’s Shop.

$12 Member | $10 Student | $20 Non-member

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. Online registration for Museum programs closes at midnight the day before the scheduled program.

Residents of Matera, Italy, were displaced for supposedly better housing but many say their community was never the same. Courtesy of Tom Mayes/National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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