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Free Lecture: Crap Taxidermy POSTPONED

May 14, 2020

This lecture has been postponed until Fall 2020. Date TBD. Crap Taxidermy A humorous look at what happens when taxidermy goes terribly wrong. We’ll let the pictures do the talking. Don’t miss this tongue-in-cheek yet informative lecture about the art of stuffing an animal.

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Free Lecture: Royal Art of Poison – POSTPONED

April 9, 2020

The Royal Art of Poison This lecture has been postponed UNTIL June 11th.  Novelist Eleanor Herman joins our lecture series to give us historical scoop on by-gone royalty. Her book, The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul gives glittering, juicy accounts of what went on in some …

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Free Lecture: Difficult Truths at Monticello

February 13, 2020

One Mountain, Many Stories: Difficult Truths at Monticello The McFaddin-Ward House is proud to present One Mountain, Many Stories: Difficult Truths at Monticello. This lecture features Monticello Museum’s own Niya Bates who was instrumental in getting the story of Sally Hemings written into its chapters. Bates is the director of African American History at Monticello …

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Free Lecture: Bed, Breakfast and Beyond

January 10, 2019

Bed, Breakfast and Beyond, Memoirs of a Horse Wrangler and Other Great Rides… This month’s guest speaker runs an interesting Bed and Breakfast called Fairwinds Farm and Stables in North East, MD…among many other things. She writes books, acts in famous movies and handles horses too. JoAnn Dawson is an animal wrangler for television and …

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Free Lecture – DNA Kits: Who’s Been Climbing Your Tree?

September 13, 2018

DNA: the New Way to Meet Your Relatives A hundred years ago when Ida Caldwell McFaddin researched her family’s genealogy, she may have become frustrated. The methods were not easy at that time; she no doubt painstakingly poured through hundreds, if not thousands of family documents and government records to trace her family ties. How …

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Free Lecture: The Essence of Tom Lea

October 13, 2016

Who is Tom Lea? Painter. Life Magazine War Artist. War correspondent. Author. Romantic. Friend. Texan Tom Lea lived a long, illustrious life to the age of 93.  Despite his accomplishments, Tom Lea was largely unknown outside Texas when he died on January 29, 2001. His work had taken him to every continent, but he always …

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Free Lecture: Tiffany Art Glass Expert to Speak at Museum

September 22, 2016

Tiffany Art Glass The McFaddin-Ward House is proud to bring a Tiffany Art Glass expert to its 2016 Lecture Series. Paul Doros authored a book called The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany describing some of the artist’s most celebrated pieces. He will speak about Tiffany at an upcoming lecture on September 22 at the …

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Free Lecture: Glensheen – Minnesota’s House Museum

February 18, 2016

Chances are, the reason you’re reading this is because you LOVE historic homes, right? Or maybe you simply like our free lectures and receptions. Regardless, we have a special evening planned with a very entertaining speaker. Please join us as we welcome historic house museum director, Dan Hartman, who will take us on a “tour” of the …

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