The McFaddin-Ward House
Historic House Museum in Beaumont, Texas
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 …
The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers The Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston, Texas is dedicated to telling the incredible – and often difficult – story of African-Americans in the US Armed Forces. Amidst the backdrop of racism and oppression in the United States, these soldiers fought bravely alongside whites for Texas Independence, the Civil …
Netflix Blown Away Star comes to Museum Get ready to be blown away. A contestant from a recent Netflix competitive reality series will be the next guest lecturer at the McFaddin-Ward House. Alexander Rosenberg is not your usual competitor, nor is Netflix’s latest show Blown Away. The show features the country’s best glass blowers, …
Fall Picnic 2019 Making Up for Lost Time The McFaddin-Ward House is ironing out details for it’s first community picnic in more than a year. “This year’s Fall Picnic promises to be bigger and better than ever,” says McFaddin-Ward House Director, Allen Lea. “We had to cancel events on the lawn last year because renovations …
“A Day in the Life” Summer Camp Summer Camp is set for July 23 – 25, 2019. Click here for more information! https://mcfaddin-ward.org/category/news/
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
