History to Go Program Hits Road Again, to Benefit of Attleboro Public School Third-graders

Guyot Brothers is happy to participate once again this year in the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum's exciting and innovative History to Go Program by providing brass cat charms for the presentation's hands-on craft project, which allows each student to practice the jewelry making skill of attaching two jewelry findings together with a jump ring, and making a key ring to take home as a souvenir.

Attleboro, Massachusetts (PRWEB) February 24, 2008 -- Mr. George Shelton, a retired Industrial Arts teacher and Curator of the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, developed the History to Go mobile museum exhibit in response to a reduction in pubic school field trip activities. His hour-long history lesson includes a time line, artifacts for the students to handle, a power point presentation, and the key chain making project. Local anthropoligy, geography, and social and industrial history are all included in this special in-school event.

"In past years Guyot Brothers has supplied heart, frog, cowboy, musical, and various other charms for the students as the decorative jewelry component of the project. This year's charm will be the classic Egyptian sitting cat motif", noted Andrea Guyot Twombly, Vice-President of the 104 year-old brass jewelry findings manufacturing firm. "Nearly six hundred third grade students benefit every year from Mr. Shelton's creative thinking and his desire to share Attleboro's long and important industrial history. We are delighted to participate and we hope the students and teachers both enjoy Mr. Shelton's program", added Mrs. Twombly.

Operating in Attleboro continuously since 1904, Guyot Brothers is one of Attleboro's oldest manufacturers. Attleboro is known as the Birthplace of the Jewelry Industry in America, and Guyot Brothers, now in its fourth generation, continues to produce their high-quality line of stamped filigree, charms, floral, geometric, hammered, and other decorative brass stampings in the city. For viewing the line in person, the company maintains a showroom at their factory in Attleboro. The company's website can be viewed at http://www.guyotbrothers.com

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