9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708
301-377-7817; TTY 301-446-3302; Fax 301-377-7818
montpeliermansion@pgparks.com

PROGRAMS & EVENTS

Experience the rich history of Montpelier Mansion through a variety of events and tours.

EXHIBITS
Visit our Reproduction Kitchen
The Reproduction Kitchen offers visitors a chance to see the work that went into the Snowden's famous hospitality. Learn about the skilled workers - enslaved, indentured and free - who enabled plantations like Montpelier to prosper, from those who built the kitchen to those who cooked the wide array of tempting dishes enjoyed at early Maryland's finest tables.

2010 EVENT CALENDAR

  


Girl Scout Programs
For Brownies:
Listening to the Past Try -It, and Manners Try-It
For Juniors:
Folk Art Badge, Architecture Badge, Toymakers Badge
Fee: $7/scout

Girl Scout Etiquette Teas
A fun 2-hour program that will teach the finer points of tea service, table manners and conversation. Fee includes tea and scones, party favors, and a tour of Montpelier. Reservations required. Please call 301-377-7817 for more information or reservations.
Teas: $15/scout.

Saturday, January 30, 2 pm (Snow Date, Saturday, February 6, 2 pm)
A Black History Month Concert with the Society for the Preservation of African American Arts
The Society for the Preservation of African American Arts was formed to teach the public about African Americans’ rich history through re-enactments, song and theater based on plantation life in the 1800s. Reservations required.
Ages 12 and up.
$10/FoM Members; $15/Non-member. For reservations, please call 301-377-7817 This program is funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.

Sunday, February 14, 3 pm (Snow Date, Sunday, February 28, 3 pm
George Washington Musicale with Pro Musica Rara
Pro Musica Rara will perform music for string quartet, featuring the music of Haydn, Mozart, and others. Pro Musica Rara consists of members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The group is now in its 24th season, and has performed all kinds of music, from the Renaissance to the early 19th Century. Reservations required.
Ages 12 and up.
$10/FoM Members; $15/Non-member. For reservations, please call 301-377-7817 This program is funded in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.

Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14, 10 am to Noon
Hands-On History Days – Be a Woodturner’s Apprentice
Work in a woodturner’s shop and help make chairs the old-fashioned way. You’ll learn how the legs and spindles were turned on a lathe, then you’ll get to sand and polish them, and even weave even the seats! When you’re done, you’ll get your very own apprentice’s contract, that you’ll fill out yourself with a quill pen and ink!
$7 per child. Reservations recommended. Call 301-377-7817
Ages 5 and up

Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 pm
Vince Vaise, Park Ranger with the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
He will speak on the events that inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the Star Spangled Banner.
Ages 12 and up.
Refreshments Served.
Free. No reservations required.

Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 pm
History Lecture – Hampton House of Baltimore
The Hampton Mansion is one of the most exquisite examples of Georgian architecture in the United States today. However, the fact that the Ridgley family benefited from free labor was not shared with the general public until 2006. Gov. Charles Carnan Ridgley enslaved up to 350 people at height of the family's wealth. Who were the enslaved and enslavers of Hampton? What was the climate and conditions in which these people lived?
Angela Roberts-Burton, Park Ranger with the Hampton National Historic Site, will address these and other questions that still need to be addressed after further research is done.
Ages 12 & up. Refreshments served.
FREE. No reservations required.

Saturday, May 2, 10 am - 4 pm
Montpelier Festival of Herbs, Tea and the Arts
Join us for the 12th year of this family oriented festival. Montpelier Mansion and Montpelier Arts Center join forces to bring you a day that will delight your senses. Hear live music. Indulge in tea and scones in Montpelier’s elegant South Wing. Take a tour of the mansion, or visit the Art Center’s galleries and studios. With over 30 vendors on the grounds, it’s a great opportunity to find the perfect Mothers’ Day gift. Kids can play old-fashioned games, dress up in colonial costume, see a live animal exhibit, and more.
FREE.

Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 pm
History Lecture – “Gems of Endearment”
Refreshments ServedMaster gemologist and appraiser Lynne Loube will speak on the jewelry of George and Martha Washington. Ms. Loube has been an appraiser for over thirty years, and is one of the leading experts on the Washington jewelry. She was invited by the Society of the Cincinnati to do a qualitative report on the diamonds in George Washington’s Eagle order. This talk is sure to give you a clearer and more detailed picture of America’s first first couple.
FREE.