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Mansion House Opens new Exhibit with Public Reception

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(Oneida, NY)  The public is invited to the opening reception of “Sherrill, 1948: Oneida Ltd.’s Centennial Extravaganza,” a new exhibit at the Oneida Community Mansion House on Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m. 

Tracing its beginning to the start of the utopian Oneida Community (1848), the successful silverware company, Oneida Ltd., invited the City of Sherrill to a 100-year birthday party in 1948. According to OCMH Curator Anthony Wonderley, this exhibit recalls what 1948 looked like in the Oneida Ltd. factories and offices, in the Mansion House, and in Noyes Park where 8,000 people gathered to celebrate the event. 

The exhibit features about 40 documentary prints from the Mansion House archives, Wonderley says.  Also displayed are Walter Edmonds’ original manuscript for the book, The First Hundred Years, and William Davidson’s plaster sculpture of Pierrepont Noyes, former president of Oneida Ltd.

The Oneida Community Mansion House was the home of the 19th century utopian Oneida Community (1848-1880).  Today, the 93,000 square foot building houses a living museum with permanent and changing exhibitions, residential apartments, overnight lodging, Zabroso Restaurant, and banquet and meeting space.  Guided tours are available Wed. through Sat., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sun. at 2 p.m. for a nominal fee.  The Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida, NY.  For information call 315-363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity.org.









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