CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Landmark Lecture: America Beckons, But Americans Repel: Irish Immigration & Irish Immigrant Labor in 19thC America
Tudor PlaceThis event has been postponed. Details on rescheduling forthcoming.
Tudor Tots: How Does Your Family Do It?
Tudor PlaceLearn about animal families and discover what animal babies are called - and even talk about what animal family you’d like to join for a day.
30th Annual Spring Garden Party
Tudor PlaceJoin us for this annual festive party under a sail cloth tent on the South Lawn.
Tudor Tots: You Live Where?
Tudor PlaceExplore the various habitats where animals live: on land, in the sea, in the sky and under ground.
Juniors: Garden Designers
Tudor PlaceDiscover the science and art of garden design and earn the Flowers and Gardener badges.
Summer Camp: Collections & Creations (ages 6-8)
Tudor PlaceCampers aged 6-8 will explore Tudor Place's historic house & garden through an artistic lens to inspire your own creations.
Summer Camp: Tudor Place Time Travelers (ages 9-11)
Tudor PlaceCampers aged 9-11 will explore how life varied for the residents of Tudor Place in the 1800s & will a personal time capsule.
Landmark Lecture: Enslaved and Free Black Artisans and the Built Environment of the District of Columbia
Tudor PlaceJoin Tudor Place Curator Rob DeHart, who considers the contributions of Black craftsman and how enslavers profited from their labors.
Tudor Nights: Hygiene History in the Peter Household
Tudor PlaceDiscover how ideas of cleanliness have changed over the last 200 years and see what items the Peter family left behind.
Brownies: Be the Architect
Tudor PlaceDiscover the important role of architects and inventors while exploring Tudor Place and earn your Inventor Badge.
Landmark Lecture: The Sounds of History: Georgetown during the American Civil War
Tudor PlaceProfessor Emeritus from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Greg Smith, will explain the challenges of capturing the sounds of the capital city during the Civil War for Spielberg's film, Lincoln.
Landmark Lecture: A Whiff of Illness: Fighting Stench & Protecting Health in the 19th Century City
Tudor PlaceDr. Melanie Kiechle, associate professor of history at Virginia Tech will talk about fresh air & foul odors that shaped urban development, indoors and out.
