Tea & Talk | Fun & Games in the Gilded Age | July 1 at 4 pm
Cost:
$22.00 – $45.00 per personDuration:
2hAbout this experience
Louise Levy, a lifelong student of American history, will talk about games and activities that brought people together in the Gilded Age. Instead of our traditional afternoon tea a dessert tea will follow along with an ice cream social.
What did people do for entertainment in the age before TV and cell phones? How did advancements in technology influence the way the leisure class spent their leisure time? Let’s take a look, literally, through the lens of time at stereographs, sports, and parlor games enjoyed by families like the Morgans as well as their working class neighbors. Please join us for an afternoon of community and camaraderie, Gilded Age style, inspired by objects in the Ventfort Hall Museum collection.
Louise Levy is a graduate of Syracuse University with a BA in Art History. She grew up in New Jersey and has made the northwest corner of Connecticut her home for over 30 years. Louise worked as a tour guide at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, MA for 15 years, giving tours and specialty talks ranging from cemetery symbolism to the civil rights movement. She joined the staff at Ventfort Hall over two years ago where she gives lectures on American art and history.
