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“Tokens of Affection:
Miniature Portraits, Mourning and Commemorative Jewelry, 1750-1900”
April 19, 2008 ~ June 29, 2008
Tour Wilton House and view over fifty 18th
and 19th century miniature portraits on- some of which measure no more than an inch in height (and many complete with locks of the sitter’s hair), mourning jewelry (much of which was made with the hair of the deceased), and jeweled tokens of love and affection. Learn how and why these miniature wonders were created, and marvel at their never-before-seen beauty. Exhibit features items from private collections and the Virginia Historical Society.
Admission Fee
“1784: Death Comes To Wilton”
September 20, 2008~ November 2, 2008
Death has never been a stranger to any house, but in the early years of America, rituals, expectations, and technology were much different than they are today. Did you ever wonder why people wear black or gray at funerals? or why caskets sometimes had handles on the inside? Tour Wilton and find out how and why things were the way they were as we celebrate the life of Peyton Randolph, who died a mysterious death here at Wilton in 1784.
Admission Fee
“Circa 1932:A Colonial-Revival Christmas”
November 24, 2007 ~ January 6, 2008.
Tour a festively decorated Wilton House, Richmond’s only colonial plantation home! View sumptuous early twentieth-century colonial-revival holiday decorations as compared to authentic eighteenth-century decorations. Enjoy photographs of this of this Randolph family home before and after its move from Varina in 1932.
Admission Fee
“Seasons of Change and Rites of Passage: Clothing for Birth, Marriage and Death in Early America”
April 19, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Join us for an exciting demonstration of authentic 18th and 19th century clothing. Related to the many stages of life including birth, marriage and death. Lecture will be given by Mary Doering, a private collector and well-known scholar of fashion.
Free Admission
75th Annual Historic Garden Week
April 19 ~ April 27, 2008
Enjoy an afternoon of Spring Treasures at Wilton House Museum overlooking the James River! Tour the beautifully decorated Georgian mansion and view historically accurate Colonial and Colonial-Revival floral arrangements in each room of the house. Tours available Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30p.m. Last tour of the day begins at 3:45 p.m. Admission fee. Partial proceeds to benefit the Garden Club of Virginia and historic restoration projects.
“Death, Mourning, and Funeral Rites & Rituals in 18th & 19th Century Virginia”
October 2008, date and time TBA
Jim Bartlinski, Curator, Carlyle House
Join us for a wonderfully dark and amusing lecture about funerals and mourning customs in Virginia. Jim Bartlinksi, Curator at Carlyle House, will feature images from his own exhibit as well as that of Wilton’s “1784: Death Comes to Wilton”.
Free Admission
“ALL HALLOW’S EVE”
Haunted Evening Tours
Thursday, October 30, 8:00 p.m.
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, come tour Wilton and listen for what goes bump in the night in Richmond’s only public 18th century plantation home. Tour Wilton and learn about Colonial and Federal funerals and mourning customs while viewing the exhibit:
“1784: Death comes to Wilton”
Recommended for teens and adults, but may not be appropriate for children. Admission Fee. Reservations are required. Contact RonShai Gilchrist @282-5936, ext. 4 for more information or to reserve tour.
David Pippin Presents:
Colonial~Revival Holiday Greens
Saturday December 6, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
$25 per person, limited to class size of 30; fee includes greens. Join noted floral designer David Pippin to learn about and create Colonial-Revival arrangements such as those found in the early years at Colonial Williamsburg. Participants should bring their own clippers, and decorations; smocks and gloves are optional. Reservations are required. Contact RonShai Gilchrist @282-5936, ext. 4 for more information.
“Baroque by Candlelight”
December 11, 2008- Wine and Cheese Reception at 6:30, concert in historic house at 7:30 p.m.: $50.00 per person.
December 12, 2008- Concert in Dependency, 7:30 p.m.: $25.00 per adult/$15 per student.
Colonial America was rich in music of all kinds. In these special concerts at the Wilton House, acclaimed musicians present a program of beautiful chamber music written and enjoyed by 18th century Americans.
Reservations are required. Contact RonShai Gilchrist @282-5936, ext. 4 or wiltonprograms@comcast.net for more information. |
