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The Winterthur Research Fellowship Program: Where Research Takes Flight! Fellowships We are thrilled to be partnering with the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring another post-doctoral fellow to Winterthur! Our current fellowship opportunities include: New! National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral (4 Months) Winterthur Post-Doctoral (4 Months) Dissertation (4–9 Months) Short Term/Maker-Creator (1–3 Months) The Winterthur Difference Unparalleled access to a wealth of objects, manuscripts, and rare books encourages researchers to explore and immerse themselves in holistic and intimate inquiry from a wide-range of disciplines. Residential fellowships provide scholars at all levels with uninterrupted time to research, write, and think about their projects in a rigorous but relaxed setting. The research program at Winterthur gave me the time, space, and support I needed to complete my dissertation, all in a nearly-magical setting and with the friendliest colleagues–a rare gift… Rachel Thayer Boothby, 2018-2019 Dissertation Fellow Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library invites applications for 2020–2021 Research Fellowships Inviting Academic Community Fellows are a part of a vibrant and inviting academic community that is committed to high-level intellectual engagement through colloquia, conferences, lectures, graduate programs, and an in-house academic journal, Winterthur Portfolio. Application Deadline: January 15, 2020 800.448.3883 I 302.888.4649 I winterthur.org/fellowship I [email protected] Short Term Maker-Creator Fellowships These fellowships are designed for artists, writers, filmmakers, horticulturalists, craftspeople, and others who wish to examine, study, and immerse themselves in Winterthur’s vast collections in order to inspire creative and artistic works. The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor Cover: Standard Oil Company (Ind.), From the ground up, Chicago: Standard Oil Co., ca. 1930. Winterthur Library RBR ZZ100271. Gatefold: En Aeroplane, Jeu de Société. The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection, Col. 838, box 317, Winterthur Library. Inside: Sundial Garden photo by Bob Leitch; Montgolfier’s Balloon from John Wise, A system of aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art, Philadelphia: J. A. Speel, 1850. Winterthur Library RBR TL515 W81; butterfly photo by Linda Bailey; background: Charles Lindbergh: First Flight Across the Atlantic, printed textile designed by Henry Herbert Kuenemann and manufactured in New England by Passaic Printworks for Witcombe-McGeachin & Co., 1927. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Elric George Endersby 1979.0058.085. Mailing panel: Poster Stamp, The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection, Col. 838, Winterthur Library.

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The Winterthur Research Fellowship Program:Where Research Takes Flight!

Fellowships We are thrilled to be partnering with the NationalEndowment for the Humanities to bring anotherpost-doctoral fellow to Winterthur!

Our current fellowship opportunities include:

• New! National Endowment for the HumanitiesPost-Doctoral (4 Months)

• Winterthur Post-Doctoral (4 Months)

• Dissertation (4–9 Months)

• Short Term/Maker-Creator (1–3 Months)

The Winterthur DifferenceUnparalleled access to a wealth of objects,manuscripts, and rare books encouragesresearchers to explore and immerse themselvesin holistic and intimate inquiry from a wide-rangeof disciplines.

Residential fellowships provide scholars at alllevels with uninterrupted time to research, write,and think about their projects in a rigorous butrelaxed setting.

The research program at Winterthur gave me thetime, space, and support I needed to complete mydissertation, all in a nearly-magical setting and with

the friendliest colleagues–a rare gift…

Rachel Thayer Boothby, 2018-2019 Dissertation Fellow”

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library invites applications for

2020–2021 Research Fellowships

Inviting Academic CommunityFellows are a part of a vibrant and inviting academiccommunity that is committed to high-levelintellectual engagement through colloquia,conferences, lectures, graduate programs, and anin-house academic journal, Winterthur Portfolio.

Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

800.448.3883 I 302.888.4649 I winterthur.org/fellowship I [email protected]

Short Term Maker-Creator FellowshipsThese fellowships are designed for artists, writers,filmmakers, horticulturalists, craftspeople, and otherswho wish to examine, study, and immersethemselves in Winterthur’s vast collections in order toinspire creative and artistic works.

The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor

Cover: Standard Oil Company (Ind.), From the ground up, Chicago: Standard Oil Co., ca. 1930. Winterthur LibraryRBR ZZ100271. Gatefold: En Aeroplane, Jeu de Société. The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection, Col. 838, box317, Winterthur Library. Inside: Sundial Garden photo by Bob Leitch; Montgolfier’s Balloon from John Wise, A systemof aeronautics, comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art, Philadelphia: J. A. Speel,1850. Winterthur Library RBR TL515 W81; butterfly photo by Linda Bailey; background: Charles Lindbergh: First FlightAcross the Atlantic, printed textile designed by Henry Herbert Kuenemann and manufactured in New England byPassaic Printworks for Witcombe-McGeachin & Co., 1927. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Elric George Endersby 1979.0058.085.Mailing panel: Poster Stamp, The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection, Col. 838, Winterthur Library.

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