The McFaddin-Ward House
Historic House Museum in Beaumont, Texas
Calling All Campers! Our popular kids’s camp starts July 23rd, 2019. “A Day in the Life” gives campers a birds eye view of what it was like to be a McFaddin and live in their big house! The details: –Campers must be ages 8 – 12. –Camp is Tuesday, July 23rd, Wednesday, July 24th, and …
2019 Summer Internship Opportunity The McFaddin-Ward House, an AAM accredited historic house museum in Beaumont, Texas, is offering a paid summer internship in its collections and education department. Built 1905-1906, the Beaux-Arts Colonial mansion was the home of Mamie McFaddin Ward, who left it as a historic house museum in 1982. The museum, which opened …
Now on display in the Visitor Center is the exhibit “Shining Examples: Silver from the McFaddin-Ward House Collection.” In the tall case are featured coffee pots, pitchers, and tumblers. Specialized pieces for gracefully serving fish, toast, cheese, bone marrow and even the South American drink, yerba mate. Silver is both beautiful and practical once combined …
Did you know society has not always associated the color pink with femininity? In 1918, the clothing company Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department rules that pink favors boys, because it descends from the strong and aggressive symbolism of red. As time progresses, however, color assignment lacks unanimity, with different regions advertising pink for both girls and boys. …
Junior Interpreters to Host Tours on June 30th On Saturday, June 30, newly trained Junior Interpreters, along with veteran “J.I.s”, will give free tours of the McFaddin-Ward House and carriage house. Junior Interpreters are older teenagers who are fully trained docents. Junior Interpreter Day allows the new guides to become more proficient at interacting with …
The McFaddin-Ward China Collection The McFaddin women adored china. Mamie McFaddin Ward and her mother Ida owned some thirty-six sets! Not all were dinnerware, however. They included breakfast, tea, and dessert sets too, and they happily used them all. New exhibits featuring ceramics from the McFaddin-Ward House Collection are now on display at the Visitor …
Manners Matter Etiquette Class If you don’t think minding your manners is important these days, think again! The McFaddins were well known for their hospitality, graciousness, and the way they conducted themselves in public. The good news is, you don’t have to be a McFaddin to know good etiquette. In this class, we’ll teach you …
Thoroughly Modern McFaddins Our summer camp for kids is back this year July 25th-27th. This year’s theme centers around the “latest” technology available to the McFaddins after they moved into their home in 1905. Join us as we learn about the “modern” conveniences of cooking on a wood stove, riding a horse and buggy, keeping …
The McFaddin-Ward House doesn’t mess around when it comes to funky ideas for its Lecture Series. The 2017 Season includes programs with subjects ranging from bad art to antique guns. “We like to keep our programs fresh and exciting for the public,” says museum director, Allen Lea. “Once we conceive the idea of what might …
