Becoming a Nation Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State

Jonathan L. Fairbanks has a long-standing international reputation as a curator, author, and teacher, and as an accomplished artist himself. From 1971 to 1999 he was in charge of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he organized a series of major exhibitions, including Paul Revere's Boston, 1735-1818 (1975), New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century (1982), and Glass Today by American Studio Artists (1997). He is currently the Katharine Lane Weems Curator Emeritus of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the MFAFairbanks, Jonathan L. is the author of 'Becoming a Nation Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State' with ISBN 9780847825288 and ISBN 0847825280.