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News Release
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
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Baltimore, Maryland 21231
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August 3, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Heather Egan
hegan@jhu.edu
410-516-0341 ext. 17
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Calendar of Events at
Homewood House
September - December 2006
For more information, call 410-516-5589, e-mail
homewoodhouse@jhu.edu, or visit
www.jhu.edu/historichouses.
Through Saturday, Sept. 30
'Privyledged' Tours of Homewood House
Free with museum admission; tours meet in the Museum
Shop
Imagine yourself as a guest of the Carroll family as you
walk up the marble stairs of Homewood House's columned
south portico and enter in style through the magnificent
front doors, open exclusively for visitors this summer. The
museum's 'Privyledged' House Tour offers an authentic
interpretation of this idyllic summer residence, as
visitors enter into the impressive Reception Hall just as
guests to Homewood did in the 19th century. This special
tour also provides the rare opportunity to visit the home's
original privy — and the chance to examine the 200
years of history recorded on its walls. Don't miss this
unique experience!
Saturdays, Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m
New Docent Training
Free
Become a docent at Homewood and become part of a
stimulating community of art and architecture lovers,
history scholars, educators, and museum supporters. You'll
help preserve the past by bringing Charles Carroll, Jr. and
19th-century Baltimore to life. New volunteers receive
training on Homewood's architecture, furnishings, the
Carroll family, and Baltimore history, and learn how best
to present Homewood and its history to the public.
Homewood's docents join the intellectual life of the Johns
Hopkins University, and are provided opportunities for
additional training and invitations to social events,
openings, lectures, and monthly tours of other historic
sites. Volunteers who successfully complete the guide
training will be expected to commit to a minimum of one
three-hour shift per month.
Sunday, Oct. 1 - Thursday, Nov. 30
Free Admission at Homewood House Museum
Free
Check out this impressive National Historic Landmark as
many times as you like during October and November when
Homewood House Museum waives its admission fees as part of
"Free Fall Baltimore 2006," an innovative citywide program
designed to make the arts available to everyone. Get up
close and personal with this dazzling example of Federal
architecture, from the superb woodcarving and plaster
ornamentation to the array of fanlights and period
furnishings. The museum's permanent collections are
accessible to the public through guided tours 11 a.m. - 4
p.m. Tuesday - Friday, and noon - 4 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. Tours of Homewood are offered on the half hour with
the last tour beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 4 - Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m.
Repast as Ritual: The Objects of Entertaining at
Homewood House Museum
Six lecture series: $146/person; $124/members;
$75/students
Admission to individual lectures will be offered after
September 1: $30/person; $25/members; $13/students
Distinguished speakers explore the social meanings and
fashionable forms of entertaining objects used in Federal
Baltimore at Homewood's six-part lecture series, Repast
as Ritual, with particular focus on the significant
collections of glass, ceramics, and silver in the museum's
collections. Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn more
about the history behind the art of dining, and the objects
of entertaining on display at Homewood House.
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m.
Barbara Carson explores the art of dining and
socializing customs in the New Republic in her talk,
"Strange Customs Prevail: Entertaining at Home in the
Early National Period." Carson is the author of
Ambitious Appetites: Dining, Behavior, and Patterns
of Consumption in Federal Washington, and former
professor of material culture at the College of William
and Mary.
Friday, Oct. 11, 2 p.m.
Catherine Rogers Arthur, curator of Homewood House,
discusses the museum's ceramics collections - English,
French, and Chinese - some of which are known to have a
Carroll family provenance, and others that were owned by
related and contemporary families.
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2 p.m.
Edward Papenfuse, Ph.D, Maryland State archivist,
offers a fascinating account of how objects for food and
dining were ordered from agents in London. The author of
In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the
Era of the American Revolution, Dr. Papenfuse
teaches courses at the University of Maryland Law School
and the Johns Hopkins University.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m.
Mark Letzer, regional silver scholar and curator of
the Maryland Historical Society's exhibition on
silversmith William Faris, considers the relationship of
Homewood's silver collection to pieces known to have
been used by the Carrolls.
Wednesday Nov. 1, 2 p.m.
Amanda Lange, curator of Historic Interiors at
Historic Deerfield, discusses the tableware and
specialty glass in Homewood's collections. Ms. Lange was
formerly the assistant curator of ceramics and glass at
the Winterthur Museum, and is the curator of the special
exhibition, The Canton Connnection: Art and Commerce
of the China Trade 1784-1860.
Wednesday, Nov. 8. 2 p.m.
Robin Emmerson, PhD, author of British Teapots
and Tea Drinking 1700-1850, provides insights into
the art of tea and tea drinking rituals. Dr. Emmerson is
head of decorative arts at the Walker Art Gallery,
National Museums Liverpool (UK).
Fridays, Oct. 6 -Nov. 17
Historic Homewood ArtWalks
Free. Tours meet at noon (Homewood House) and 1 p.m.
(BMA)
This fun, informative, and free walking tour connects two
significant collections of American decorative arts located
less than a quarter mile away from each other. Traversing
the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus — the
former farm on which Homewood House was constructed —
participants on the ArtWalk will learn the history
of the physical and natural landscape in which Homewood
House and the Baltimore Museum of Art are located.
Important stops on the 45-minute tour include Homewood's
200-year-old carriage house (used today as a theater) and
150-year-old gate house; the Mattin Center for the Arts;
and the BMA's Levi Sculpture Garden and Latrobe Spring
House.
Monday, Dec. 4, 5 - 7 p.m.
Homewood by Candlelight
$6
At this annual holiday event, experience Homewood House in
much the same way as the Carroll family did 200 years ago
— by candlelight. Enjoy seasonal decorations, holiday
music, and refreshments in the wine cellar.
Thursday, Dec. 7, and Friday, Dec. 8, 11 - 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec. 10, noon - 4 p.m.
JHU Press Holiday Book Sale
Free
Holiday shoppers can browse a wide selection of new and
recent publications from the JHU Press at their annual
Holiday Book Sale, held at Homewood House Museum.
Thursday, Dec. 7, 11 - 4 p.m.
Holiday Shopping at Homewood
Free
Find welcome relief from the season's hustle and bustle,
and a gift or two for a friend or relative on your holiday
list, at Homewood's Museum Shop. Plus, if you love giving
and receiving books as gifts, you'll enjoy browsing the new
and recent JHU Press volumes for sale at their annual
Holiday Book Sale. Admission to the museum, which will be
decorated for the holidays, is free. Museum members receive
a 20% discount on Museum Shop purchases with membership
card.
Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10, noon - 4 p.m.
Holiday Traditions at Evergreen House and Homewood
House
$1
In conjunction with Downtown Dollar Days, the public is
invited to enjoy live holiday music, decorations, and light
refreshments as they tour Homewood House. Museum members
receive a 20% discount on Museum Shop purchases with
membership card.
Upcoming
Thursday, Jan. 4 - Saturday, March 31, 2007
Feathers, Fins and Fur: The Pet in Early
Maryland
Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, 5 - 7
p.m.
The result of an undergraduate course at the Johns Hopkins
University, Homewood House Museum's winter focus
exhibition, Feathers, Fins, and Fur: The Pet in Early
Maryland opens with a free reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
on Thursday, Jan. 4, and continues through March 31.
Drawing on correspondence, inventories, journals, and a
rich array of visual materials, the exhibition explores
views of the pets and livestock that were part of early
Maryland's scenery, and especially of Homewood, the 1801
country house of the Carroll family.
Friday, March 2, 2007, 5:45 p.m.
Peabody at Homewood Concert Series
$15 or three concerts/$40
The annual "Peabody at Homewood" performance series
showcases the work of some of the Peabody Institute's most
promising musicians performed amidst the splendid
architecture and furnishings of Homewood House.
Friday, April 6, 2007, 5:45 p.m.
Peabody at Homewood Concert Series
$15 or three concerts/$40
The annual "Peabody at Homewood" performance series
showcases the work of some of the Peabody Institute's most
promising musicians performed amidst the splendid
architecture and furnishings of Homewood House.
Friday, May 4, 2007, 5:45 p.m.
Peabody at Homewood Concert Series
$15 or three concerts/$40
The annual "Peabody at Homewood" performance series
showcases the work of some of the Peabody Institute's most
promising musicians performed amidst the splendid
architecture and furnishings of Homewood House.
Visitor Information
Homewood House
The Johns Hopkins University
4545 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-516-5589
homewoodhouse@jhu.edu
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 4
p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, noon- 4 p.m.
Tours: Tours of Homewood are offered every half hour
with the last tour beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Admission: $6/adults; $5/seniors, and $3/students
and children over 6
Web address:
www.jhu.edu/historichouses
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