{"id":6904,"date":"2025-08-04T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:37:54","slug":"staff-dining-room-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/?p=6904","title":{"rendered":"Staff Dining Room Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6904\" class=\"elementor elementor-6904\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b7376f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b7376f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70f7df5a\" data-id=\"70f7df5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9ab67c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d9ab67c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>This year, Hillwood began a two-phase project to refresh two spaces in the mansion: the pantry and the staff dining room. This initiative offers an opportunity to display additional objects from storage and provide deeper insights into the relationship between Marjorie Merriweather Post and her staff.<\/p>\n\n<p>The staff dining room will be <strong><u>closed<\/u><\/strong> to the public from <strong>August 4 through October 4, 2025<\/strong>, as Hillwood completes the second phase of the refresh.<\/p>\n\n<h4><strong>Virtual Volunteer Lecture: Staff Dining Room Refresh<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n\n<p>Join us on Monday, September 29 at 10 a.m. for a virtual volunteer lecture on the refreshed staff dining room. Led by Head of Archives and Special Collections Jason Speck with contributions from Deputy Director and Chief Curator Dr. Wilfried Zeisler and Director of Interpretation Audra Kelly, the program will introduce the room\u2019s new design and interpretation. 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