{"id":84308,"date":"2023-03-21T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=84308"},"modified":"2023-03-21T19:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:59:05","slug":"public-lecture-offers-chance-to-discuss-freemason-treasures-with-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/03\/public-lecture-offers-chance-to-discuss-freemason-treasures-with-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Public lecture offers chance to discuss Freemason treasures with experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">An upcoming free public lecture at Brock University will explore the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">work of museum staff and archivists in preserving historically significant Freemason, religious and club memorabilia.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor Heather Calloway, Executive Director of University Collections at Indiana University, will present \u201cSkeletons in the Lodge Hall: Hidden Collections and Fraternal Curiosities\u201d at the 14th Annual Charles A. Sankey Lecture Series on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. in Brock\u2019s Sean O\u2019Sullivan Theatre.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to sharing learnings from her years of experience in helping to curate and preserve local and national Masonic collections, Calloway may also discuss innovative ways to engage new audiences with collections, such as using augmented reality technology.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After the lecture at 5 p.m., a free reception in Market Hall will offer l<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ight refreshments and allow visitors the opportunity to speak about their personal treasures with Calloway and Brock\u2019s own archivist David Sharron, Head of Archives and Special Collections with the Brock University Library.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Community members are invited to bring their Freemason objects to the event to show Colloway and Sharron, who can discuss their historical significance and how to best care for them. Examples of items include old books, letters, clothing and jewelry. Valuations will not be offered. Sharron will also have a sample of Masonic items on display. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To attend the event, please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sankey-lecture-2023-skeletons-in-the-lodge-hall-tickets-532290584467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reserve free tickets in advance via Eventbrite<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This will help plan the lecture and reception.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The lecture will be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/live.sankeylectures.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">livestreamed via YouTube<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for those who cannot attend in person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More details are available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/humanities\/history\/upcoming-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">History Department\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sankeylectures.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sankey Lecture website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An upcoming free public lecture at Brock University will explore the work of museum staff and archivists in preserving historically significant Freemason, religious and club memorabilia.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,9794,37],"tags":[5682,2701,5080,506,384,5085,5082,75,7697],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84328,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84308\/revisions\/84328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}