Museum
DAR Museum Tuesday Talk - Taverns: A Window into Daily Life
12:00-1:00pm Free, drop-in Find out more about taverns and their role in daily life with Michele Longo, Curator of Education at Gadsby's Tavern. While...
Museum Lecture: Men’s Fashion in America, 1780-1830
12:00-1:00 Free, drop-in Join Mark Hutter, Tailor at Colonial Williamsburg, for a discussion of male fashion in the early days of the United States...
Museum Lecture: Living the Electric Life
12:00-1:00pm free, drop-in. What kitchen today is without an electric appliance? 100 years ago, it was a different story. Consumers were wary of these...
Museum Lecture: Something Old, Something New: American Wedding Dresses and Traditions
12:00-1:00pm free, drop-in. Many of the wedding traditions we think of as “timeless” can be traced only as far back as Victorian times; others seem to...
Family Event: Let's Play!
11:00am-2:00pm - DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-in Try out the toys and games from children in America’s past. Can you roll a hoop? Conquer your opponent...
Family Event: Ghost Stories
11:00am-2:00pm - DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-in People from the past liked scary stories too. See what you think of the ghosts and ghouls from George...
Family Event: Spinning Yarns
11:00am-2:00pm - DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-in Find out what how people made clothes in the early days of America. Brush and spin wool to make yarn...
Family Event: Choose Your Own Story
11:00am-2:00pm - DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-in Use the whole building to create your story! It begins at the museum entrance and from there you are...
Museum Lecture: Death by Petticoat and Other History Myths About Women
12:00-1:00 Free, drop-in. History myths percolate through most American museums, national parks, historic sites, and walking tours. A majority of them...
Museum Lecture: The Material Culture of Living with Physical Disability at Home, 1700-1900
12:00-1:00 free, drop-in. What was it like to live with a physical disability at home in early America? How did that experience change over time...