A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Race, vroom, and whiz on toy tracks of your own design! Build and test out roads and raceways using recycled and repurposed materials. We’ll have a plethora of toy vehicles for you to use or visit our car creation station to engineer your own. Tinkering With Toys programs are inspired by the Discovery Museum’s new […]

$15.50
Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Race, vroom, and whiz on toy tracks of your own design! Build and test out roads and raceways using recycled and repurposed materials. We’ll have a plethora of toy vehicles for you to use or visit our car creation station to engineer your own. Tinkering With Toys programs are inspired by the Discovery Museum’s new […]

$15.50

A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Tinkering with Toys: Build-a-Track

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Race, vroom, and whiz on toy tracks of your own design! Build and test out roads and raceways using recycled and repurposed materials. We’ll have a plethora of toy vehicles for you to use or visit our car creation station to engineer your own. Tinkering With Toys programs are inspired by the Discovery Museum’s new […]

$15.50

A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America

“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves. There is none such.” – Henry David Thoreau, Journal IX, 1856 Henry David Thoreau's midcentury clarion call offers a concise distillation of a prevailing, paradoxical, European American conception of the environment as other, a foil for the reason and civility of man, at times an […]

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