During this richly illustrated lecture, Alexandra Deutsch will reflect on Winterthur's collection over its 75-year history as a museum. Considering furniture, ceramics, paintings, textiles and more, this talk will highlight some of the museum's most iconic works and showcase some lesser known but extraordinary objects in the collection. The lecture will also include furniture soon to be featured in Winterthur's "Challenging Masterpieces" furniture exhibition, opening September 2026. Her talk will also explore how generations of curators, students, conservators, and scholars have continued to discover the stories within one of the nation's greatest assemblages of American decorative arts.

Alexandra Deutsch, a graduate of Vassar College and the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, is the John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections at the Winterthur Museum. She leads Winterthur’s Collections and Interpretation Division which oversees all collections related programming and activities, as well as the museum’s public programming. Prior to arriving at Winterthur in 2019, she was Vice-President of Collections and Interpretation and Chief Curator at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, formerly the Maryland Historical Society. She has held curatorial positions at the Bennington Museum in Vermont, the Chapman Historical Society in New York, and Historic Annapolis Foundation in Maryland.

Afternoon tea will be served after the lecture.During this richly illustrated lecture, Alexandra Deutsch will reflect on Winterthur's collection over its 75-year history as a museum. Considering furniture, ceramics, paintings, textiles and more, this talk will highlight some of the museum's most iconic works and showcase some lesser known but extraordinary objects in the collection. The lecture will also include furniture soon to be featured in Winterthur's "Challenging Masterpieces" furniture exhibition, opening September 2026. Her talk will also explore how generations of curators, students, conservators, and scholars have continued to discover the stories within one of the nation's greatest assemblages of American decorative arts.

Alexandra Deutsch, a graduate of Vassar College and the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, is the John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections at the Winterthur Museum. She leads Winterthur’s Collections and Interpretation Division which oversees all collections related programming and activities, as well as the museum’s public programming. Prior to arriving at Winterthur in 2019, she was Vice-President of Collections and Interpretation and Chief Curator at the Maryland Center for History and Culture, formerly the Maryland Historical Society. She has held curatorial positions at the Bennington Museum in Vermont, the Chapman Historical Society in New York, and Historic Annapolis Foundation in Maryland.

Afternoon tea will be served after the lecture.