Bayless-Selby House Museum

2009-10 Lectures and Tours

" If these walls could talk . . ."

Free Lecture/Tour Series
Interpretation & Comprehensive Discussion of Topics
Weekend & Week Day Schedule
(Please call, e-mail or check the website for any changes to this calendar)

 
2009 Lectures and Tours

DECEMBER
Saturday, December 5  *  2 - 2:45
Victorian-Style Holiday Shopping: Department Stores on The Square

Saturday, December 12  *  2 - 2:45
Victorian Christmas Decorations:  Special Designs for Special People

 2010 Lectures and Tours 

JANUARY
Thursday, January 21 *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Culture: Advertising Catalogues
Influence on the Decorative Arts

FEBRUARY
Wednesday, February 10  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Celebrations:  Be my Valentine!
Color Codes & Love Letters * True Love or a Tease?

MARCH
Thursday, March 11 *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Pastimes: Fire Gazing
Brightening the Darkness

APRIL
Wednesday April 14  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Wallpapers: Hearing the Symphony of Color

Thursday, April 22  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Furniture: Eastlake's "interior" revolution
The War Between the Walls 

MAY
Thursday, May 13  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Architecture: Looking and Listening
Did you hear the walls talk?

JUNE
Saturday, June 5  *  1:30 - 3:00
Readings of Dickens' Great Expectations  * Denton Dickens Fellowship

Saturday, June 19  *  10  - noon
Denton County Master Gardeners
Herb, Vegetable, Fruit  and Flower Show

JULY
Saturday, July 17  *  2 - 2:45
Victorian Landscape: The Toil and the Care

Thursday, July 22  *  11 - 11:45

Victorian Culture:  The Great Spectacle
The Eyes Have It!

AUGUST
Wednesday, August 4  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian architectural Ornaments
Windows & Doors 

Saturday, August 28  *  2  -  2:45
Victorian Etiquette:  Significance of Manners
In the Presence of Others

SEPTEMBER
Saturday, September 11   *  11 - 11:45
Victorian House Museum:  The Art of the Docent
Myths and Legends Uncovered! 

Saturday, September 25  *  10 - noon
Denton County Master Gardeners On Site
Garden Talk  *  Fall & Spring Planting 

OCTOBER
Thursday, October 14  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Hardware: What Closes, Locks & Latches?

Wednesday, October 27  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Fashion: Wondering about Common Things 

NOVEMBER
Thursday, November 4  *  11 - 11:45
Victorian Celebrations:  Giving Thanks & Thanksgiving
Eccentricities of the National Ritual

DECEMBER
Saturday, December 4  *  2 - 2:45
Victorian-Style Holiday Shopping: Retail Stores on The Square
Who bought what and where?

Saturday, December 11  *  2 - 2:45
Victorian Christmas Decorations:  Special Designs for Special People
Introduction to The Bride's Christmas Ornaments

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