Memory in Profiles: Silhouettes for Sharing
| Venue: | USS Constitution Museum |
| Hours: | 10:00am - 4:00pm |
| Ages: | Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Special Events |
These graceful portraits were popular with sailors as mementos of their loved ones left at home. While captains and officers could afford to take hand painted miniatures of their wives and children to sea, sailors brought the more affordable paper silhouette along with them.
Original silhouettes cost $33. A duplicate copy, cut simultaneously, costs $12.00 each (Free for Members of the Museum). Mats and classic oval frames are also available for purchase and Carol will mount and frame your silhouette on site for you to take home as a completed gift - great for Mother Day Gifts!
Sign up in advance to ensure your time slot. Sittings are ten minutes long for each silhouette cut. For example, if you wish to have three children sit for portraits, please allow for three time slots or 30 minutes. If the individual is not available to sit in person, silhouettes can be created from photos. If using photos, take close-up clear profile views. Bring along several photos of each subject showing the right side of the face.
Contact for RSVP to this event: Rebecca Crawford at museumlearning@ussconstitutionmuseum.org or call 617.426.1812 ext 146
Part of the proceeds from the cost are donated to the USS Constitution Museum Education Department.
| COST | ↑ top |
Admission by donation to the Museum. Silhouettes are $33. Duplicate copies are $12. Mats and classic oval frames are also available for purchase.
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| LOCATION | ↑ top |
Navy Yards, Charlestown, MA map
USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 22, Charlestown 02129
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- Profiles
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