McFaddin-Ward House Museum Lecture Series Presents “Reflections on Nineteenth- Century American Silver: Artistry, History, and Noteworthy Pieces in the Metropolitan Collection” By Medill Harvey

Join the McFaddin-Ward House Museum for “Reflections on Nineteenth Century American Silver: Artistry, History, and Noteworthy Pieces in the Metropolitan Collection,” a free public lecture presented by Medill Harvey, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts and Manager of the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Thursday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont).

In conjunction with the lecture, Harvey will offer a free Silver Identification Clinic for the community to be held at the Visitor Center on Thursday, April 16, from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (reservations recommended).

McFaddin-Ward House Museum lectures are admission-free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.

For those unable to attend, the full lecture will be available for viewing on the museum YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@mcfaddinwardhouse), Facebook (facebook.com/McFaddinWardHouse), and website (mcfaddin-ward.org/about/videos) after the event.