They Pointed Them East First

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

The history of driving cattle from Texas to faraway markets is well known and documented. Driving them EAST, however has been largely ignored. The practice began as early as 1779, and the trail from South Texas to New Orleans came right through the southern coastal region of the state! Could they have mingled with W.P.H. …

The Museum Of Bad Art: Art Too Bad to Be Ignored

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Yes, there truly is a place where bad art is not only displayed, but celebrated! Join us as the director of the Museum of Bad Art in Massachusetts tells us all about her tongue-in-cheek museum where really bad art has found a home. For more information, go to their website at www.museumofbadart.com   Doors open at …

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MWH Brings”Best Book” Writer Back Home

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

The McFaddin-Ward House is proud to bring New York writer Jamie Brickhouse back home to Beaumont to speak for its 2017 Lecture Series. Mr. Brickhouse is the son of Earl and Jean Brickhouse, a prominent couple in Beaumont's past philanthropic circles and social society. His memoir, entitled Dangerous When Wet, details his life growing up …

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What’s Inside: A Century of Women and Handbags

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

FREE LECTURE Your handbag says as much about you at the expression on your face. Anita Davis loves purses.  Her ESSE Purse Museum is one of only three purse museums in the world. Ms. Davis believes a purse is not just a utilitarian bag, but an extension of  a woman’s personal space, her essence, and …

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Register TODAY for Summer Camp 2017!

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 1906. Join us as we learn about the “modern” conveniences of cooking on a wood stove, riding a horse and buggy, keeping …

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Yard Yoga – Mondays at the Museum

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

Start your month with a relaxing, free, hour-long yoga session with a Houston yogi! Nick Wolny brings a playful, energetic style to his yoga instruction in a class suited to all levels and bodies. Nick teaches at YogaOne Studios and RIDE Indoor Cycling in Houston and also instructs privately upon request. After your yoga session, …

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Spring Picnic on the Lawn

McFaddin-Ward House 1906 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont, TX, United States

It's our annual Spring Picnic at the McFaddin-Ward House! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, drinks and food. We'll provide the beautiful backdrop of our southern family home and gardens....plus a live band, food truck, face painting, arts, crafts, and fun. Children are so welcome, but unless it's a service animal, please leave the pets (and …

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Collecting Texas

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

 Man Behind the Bryan Museum One man's hobby is another man's museum. Well, at least for energy industry mogul J.P. Bryan of Houston. For more than 40 years, Bryan and his wife Mary Jon collected a vast array of 70,000 objects from the Old West. Fine china, saddles, art, books, documents, artifacts from the Battle of …

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Free Lecture: Separate But Equal Art

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Separate But Equal Art... Join us July 13th for a lecture on the history of artist co-ops in Houston in the 1930's. The city had a white group of artists who met and worked cohesively in their own space. African American artists formed one of their own. Randy Tibbitts presents this fascinating history of the …

Free Lecture: Hair, a History

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Hair History Lecture and Exhibit Long, short, braided, curled, or straightened; hairstyles make history. They can act as forms of social communication and offer insight into our private and public personas. The well-groomed McFaddin women went to great lengths to enhance their appearances, especially when it came to their hair. Museum intern Jennifer Kellum presents …

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Free Lecture: CANCELLED

The museum has cancelled its September lecture, "Ghost Towns, Gas Stations, and a 20-Foot Cowboy," due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. We will reschedule it for next year. The 2017 McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series resumes its regular programming on October 12th with Marcy Engleman and "The Mutter Museum of Medical Mysteries". Stay tuned...

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Free Lecture: Disturbingly Informative

The 2017 McFaddin-Ward House Lecture Series takes a frighteningly interesting turn this Halloween season as it presents "Disturbingly Informative: A Museum of Medical Mysteries". Our guest is the educator of America's finest medical museum, the Mutter.  Together with Marcy Engleman we will explore the strange world of macabre collections, from Albert Einstein's brain to a …

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