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The Photo Gallery. Curator Lou Bucceri welcomes museum visitors dressed as storekeeper Heman Allen, whose brother, Ethan Allen, led the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. |
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Toy muskets (left) give an air of reality to kids' dress-ups. Exhibit case at right contains examples of military miniatures.
Above, an authentic musket and powder horn. |
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American Revolution dress-up uniforms await young museum visitors.
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Left, iron cannonballs, and the raw ingredients used to make iron. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Museum exhibition cases contain numerous miniature dioramas and small objects viewed through round peepholes.
The table in foreground is used for children's activities. |
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Curator checks the exhibit of the local doctor who oversaw the production of cannons during the Revolution.
The water tank at the curator's knees contains a live display of real leeches used for medicinal purposes in the 18th century. |
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Cannon-making is explained in this series of exhibits and videos, including (at bottom) samples of iron ore, limestone and charcoal; a working bellows; and real cannonballs set in a box of sand so visitors may personally handle them and feel their texture and weight.
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