McFaddin-Ward House 2017 Lecture Series

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

The McFaddin-Ward House hosts lectures throughout the year on the second Thursday of almost every month. Exciting topics, interesting guests, always free.  For up-to-the minutes details and complete information on our topics, scroll through our events listings or call our office at 409-832-1906.

Free

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 …

Free

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 …

Free

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 …

Free

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 …

$20

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 …

Free

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 …

Free

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 …

Free

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 …

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 …

Free

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 …

Free