Beyond the Bench

July 18, 2024

Our career training programs regularly take part in field trips, which extend learning beyond the benchroom and offer invaluable experiences in a variety of settings.

From historic sites like the Paul Revere House to contemporary facilities like the Steinway & Sons factory, these excursions provide hands-on insights and inspiration. Each visit deepens students始 understanding of their craft, bridging classroom lessons with the dynamic environments where their skills will flourish.

Bookbinding

  • New England Document Conservation Center Andover, MA
  • Pergamena Tannery Hudson Valley, NY
  • Harcourt Bindery Charlestown, MA
  • Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA
Carpentry students at JLC Live Convention
Carpentry students at JLC Live Convention

Carpentry

  • Guerney始s Lumber Brockton, MA
  • 253 Union Street Hanover, MA
  • JLC Live Convention Providence, RI

Cabinet & Furniture Making

  • Skinner Auction House Marlborough, MA
  • Starrett Athol, MA
  • Old Schwamb Mill Arlington, MA
  • Old State House Boston, MA
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
  • Mark Richey Woodworking Newburyport, MA
  • Matt Wajda鈥檚 collaborative shop NH
Jewelry Making & Repair students at Harvard始s Mineralogical and Gemological Museum
Jewelry Making & Repair students at Harvard始s Mineralogical and Gemological Museum

Jewelry Making & Repair

  • Harvard始s Mineralogical and Gemological Museum Cambridge, MA
  • Museum of Fine Arts and the MFA Conservation Lab Boston, MA
  • Jewelers Building Boston, MA
  • Paul Revere House Boston, MA

Locksmithing & Security Technology

  • State Street (formerly Beth Israel) Boston, MA
  • Boston College High School Boston, MA
  • Assa Abloy New Haven, CT
Advanced Piano Technology students at Absolute Piano in Lowell, MA
Advanced Piano Technology students at Absolute Piano in Lowell, MA

Piano Technology

  • Steinway and Sons New York, NY
  • Mason & Hamlin Haverhill, MA
  • Absolute Piano Lowell, MA
  • Allan Winkler Harpsichords Medford, MA
  • Fisk Organ Gloucester, MA
  • Symphony Hall Boston, MA

Preservation Carpentry

Preservation Carpentry students at the Yin Yu Tang House in Salem
Preservation Carpentry students at the Yin Yu Tang House in Salem, MA
  • 1680 Paul Revere House Boston, MA
  • 1796 Harrison Gray Otis House Boston, MA
  • 1859 Gibson House Boston, MA
  • NPS 1759 Vassall Craigie Longfellow House Cambridge, MA
  • 1685 Hooper Lee Nichols House, HQ of Cambridge Historical Society Cambridge, MA
  • 1780s Yin Yu Tang House at the Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA
  • 1684 John Ward House Salem, MA
  • 1728 Crowninshield Bentley House Salem, MA
  • 1805 Gardner Pingree House Salem, MA
  • 1665 Gedney House Salem, MA
  • 1775 Folsom Tavern Exeter, NH
  • 1721 Ladd-Gilman House Exeter, NH
  • 1796 Lyman Estate Waltham, MA
  • Sandwich House Nantucket, MA
  • Highland Hardwoods Brentwood, NH
  • Lashway Lumber Williamsburg, MA

Violin Making & Repair

  • Reuning & Sons Brookline, MA
  • Skinner Auction House Marlborough, MA

Community Education: Three-Month Furniture Making Intensive

  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA

This story is from our Summer 2024 issue of Benchmarks magazine.聽View more stories聽from the magazine, and聽past issues.