New Paul Revere Exhibit Coming to Worcester Art Museum
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Paul Revere statue in Boston. PHOTO: Daderot/Wikipedia
The exhibit, titled “Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere” will open at the Worcester Art Museum on February 15, 2020.
“As is so often the case with figures from history, the reality of Paul Revere’s life is much more complicated, and much more interesting, than our sometimes one-dimensional view through the lens of his role as a war hero,” said Matthias Waschek, the C. Jean and Myles McDonough Director of the Worcester Art Museum.
Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere will be accompanied by lectures, workshops, and events at both the Concord Museum and the Worcester Art Museum.
The Exhibit
Beyond Midnight is structured around four themes, embracing both the figure of Revere (1735-1818) that is well known—that of the Revolutionary War hero—and the wider range of his artistic and commercial experiences that have often received less attention.
In doing so, it charts the development of the mythology around Revere, which ultimately diminished his recognition as an inventive artisan who was adept at “technology transfer,” applying the concepts and tools from one area of work to another.
The exhibition will also place Revere within the larger context of class, consumption, and production in the 18th-century American Colonies, and explore the incredible network of commercial relationships—on both sides of the Revolution—that helped foster his business.
The exhibition includes more than 100 exceptional objects across the two venues.
Two of the four themes of the exhibition will be presented principally at the Concord Museum: Revolutionary Revere and Revere the Legend.
The other two themes, Revere the Maker and Revere’s Network, will be explored primarily at the Worcester Art Museum.
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