Lilja Cormack
28 February 2025
Feature

WATCH: Danforth Museum Celebrates 50th Birthday

The Danforth Museum is turning 50 this year, and they’ve curated an exhibit to honor the occasion.

The Danforth Museum is turning 50 this year, and they’ve curated an exhibit to honor the occasion.

It features pieces from their vast permanent collection and highlights the evolution of the museum's collection practices.

We spoke with members of the curation team to understand how they narrowed down a 3,700 piece collection into one showcase. Additionally, we spoke with the museum's first ever art teacher–Nan Hass Feldman, and her husband Alan–to learn more about the trials and tribulations of becoming the institution it is today.

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This week on The Frame: Nobscot neighbors share their thoughts on another development idea at the intersection of Edgell Road and Edmands Road, the owners of Shoppers World inform the City Council about a mixed-use development plan, and local business owners speak about the potential impacts of tariffs on Brazilian imports. All of that week on The Frame: Framingham News in Focus.

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Development company J&Co has outlined their initial plan to develop housing units by the intersection of Edgell Road and Edmands Road, though community members continue to voice their concerns about any developments in the neighborhood.