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Tying the Rooms Together: Heritage Restoration at PEH

Christeah Dupont, Assistant Curator, Point Ellice House Museum & Gardens Between March 2020 and September 2021, the inside of Point Ellice House was closed to the public. During this 19-month closure, staff and volunteers were not idle: digitization, transcription, reorganization of the collection, and restoration projects took place. As part of my usual duties as […]

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Chamber Pots and Slop Buckets

Christeah Dupont, Point Ellice House Museum & Gardens In the earliest days at Point Ellice House there were no flushing toilets or showers. Before the 1880s, a set of jugs, basins, bowls, and pots were an essential part of personal hygiene. These toilet sets, of which there are several at Point Ellice House, included a

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