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Family Event: Keeping Clean

11:00 am - 2:00 pm Free, Drop-In How did people keep themselves and their houses clean before indoor plumbing? Try out recipes for soaps, tooth...

Family Event: Dairy Delights

11:00 am - 2:00 pm, DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-In Use recipes from the 1700s and 1800s to turn milk into delicious treats like ice cream and butter.

Family Event: Colonial Career Day

11:00 am - 2:00 pm, DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-In What job would you want in the 1700s? Try out different careers from the colonial days. Would you...

Museum Lecture: Collection Storage Tips

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-In Wondering how to store Grandma’s silver or that family heirloom quilt? Museums face these questions...

Family Event: Science!

11:00 am - 2:00 pm, DAR Headquarters Free, Drop-In Scientists and discoverers of the past used special tools to learn about the world around them...

Museum Lecture: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Cosmetics of Early America

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, DAR Headquarters You've heard the horror of lead and arsenic as beauty aids from the past. But what else did people use? Was it...

Family Event: Old-Fashioned Valentines

11:00 am - 2:00 pm, DAR Headquarters Make a Victorian valentine to give to your sweetheart!

Family Event: Shine a Light on the Past!

11:00 am - 2:00 pm, DAR Headquarters In these dark days of winter we need more light! How did people light their houses before electricity? Come make...

Girl Scouts: My Family Story (Brownie)

10:30am-12pm, DAR Headquarters Use the DAR Museum collections to explore how family histories are collected and preserved. Share stories about your...

Girl Scouts: My Family Story (Brownie)

10:30am-12pm, DAR Headquarters Use the DAR Museum collections to explore how family histories are collected and preserved. Share stories about your...