Ongoing Events

Past Events:

All concerts are free for Museum Members and Membership begins as merely $40/year ($30 for students/seniors). All concerts will be held outside in our garden, weather permitting. (We will bring them indoors in bad weather.)

• Garden Concert with Bill Wurtzel
  Tuesday, June 7 at 6:00 pm
  Bill Wurtzel is a renowned jazz guitarist who has performed worldwide. Mr Wurtzel will delight audiences with classic music from the Great American Songbook.
  Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children under 12, and include a museum tour and complimentary beverage.

• Afternoon Jazz Duo
  Tuesday, June 21 at 4:30 pm
  As part of “Make Music New York,” the museum is hosting an afternoon hour of free jazz in the garden, featuring Svetlana Shmulyian (voice) and Misha Fatkiev (guitar).
  Free

• Garden Concert with Kierstin Gray
  Tuesday, June 21 at 6:00 pm
  Audiences across the country and in the UK have turned out to see this refreshing pop and blues artist for her dynamic songwriting, dazzling acoustic guitar chops, and rich vocals. A “Make Music New York” free concert.
  Free

• An Evening of Tavern Tunes
  Tuesday, July 5 at 6:00 pm
  Get ready to sing along with the band STOUT who will perform traditional American music, featuring popular songs of the colonial period and early 19th century.
  Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children under 12, and include a museum tour and complimentary beverage.

• Harp Concert
  Tuesday, July 12 at 6:00 pm
  Known for her expressive musicality and rich, warm sound, Juilliard alum Grace Cloutier will charm you with classic harp tunes. Her playing has been hailed as “dreamy, poetic and colorful.”
  Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children under 12, and include a museum tour and complimentary beverage.

• Garden Concert with Cady Finlayson
  Tuesday, July 19 at 6:00 pm
  Cady Finlayson, spirited Irish fiddler, will blend traditional Irish fiddle tunes with American folk music. She will be joined by French guitarist Vita Tanga for this garden concert.
  Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children under 12, and include a museum tour and complimentary beverage.

• Fishing Storytime
  Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 10:30 am
  This month’s storytime will be all about fishing. Listen to stories about going fishing and then search the museum for clues about fishing in the 19th century. Afterward we’ll play a simple fishing game. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.

• Lunch Time Lectures
  Second Friday of every month at 12:30 pm
  Lectures by museum staff are a half an hour with question and answer period. Coffee and tea are provided, bring a lunch. FREE with admission.

• Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
  A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words
  Explore the history of the museum through rarely-seen photos from the late 19th century to the modern day.

• Autumn Leaves Storytime
  Friday, September 16th, 2011 at 10:30 am
  Celebrate the arrival of autumn with our monthly storytime. Listen to stories about the changing seasons and hunt for flowers and leaves inside and outside of the museum. Afterward, make a leaf rubbing to take home. An optional brief tour of the period rooms will follow. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.

• Autumn Splendor Benefit
  Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
  5:30 to 8:30 pm
  Indulge in an evening of live music, choice hors d'oeuvres, and spirited silent auction. Autumn Splendor supports the museum’s educational programs and honors Charlotte P. Armstrong, past President General of the CDA.
  $100 Adults, $35 for those under 40

• Smithsonian Museum Day
  Saturday, September 24th, 2011 from 11 am to 4 pm
  FREE admission to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket.

• Embroidery Lecture
  Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
  Alastair Macleod comes from a long line of tailors. As the chairman of Hand & Lock, he is at the forefront of hand embroidery and is responsible for providing the finest hand embroidery worldwide. On October 6 he will be lecturing on the history of hand embroidery and Hand & Lock, as well as the place that hand embroidery holds in the present within fashion, textiles and soft furnishing industries. Come hear about the techniques that have been in use for centuries, and the applicationsthat it has today. Hand & Lock is celebrating it's expansion to America with a conference in November, and will be launching the Hand & Lock Penn & Fletcher Embroidery Academy to teach the techniques that we have been using since the company's inception in 1767. FREE

• Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
  Education in 19th-century New York
  Education in the 19th century was sporadic, and differed in subject depending on the gender and class of the student.

• Open House New York
  Sunday, October 16th, 2011
  11 am to 4 pm
  The museum will participate in America’s largest architecture and design event. Visit www.ohny.org for more details. FREE

• Jack-o-Lantern Storytime
  Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 10:30 am
  Get ready for Halloween with their monthly storytime. Listen to stories about pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, and visit the museum’s kitchen to see the pie-making display. Afterward, make a jack-o-lantern ball & cup toy to take home. An optional brief tour of the period rooms will follow. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.

• Halloween Murder Mystery
  Friday, October 28th and Saturday, October 29th,
  2011 at 6:30 & 7:30 pm
  In this fictional mystery game an unidentified skeleton has been discovered in the Mount Vernon Mansion; hidden for 100 years under the floorboards. Who was killed? Was it an accident ? It’s up to you to crack this cold case. Solve puzzles and collect clues as you play detective. The perfect game for adults or families with kids 8 and up.
  $25 Adults, $10 Kids under 12, $15 Members.

• Holiday Candlelight Tours
  December 9th at 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm
  December 10th at 5:00 pm, 6:00 pm & 7:00 pm
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  info@mvhm.org

  Step back into the holiday season of 1830 and take a tour of this 200+ year-old treasure by the warm glow of candlelight. Sample traditional confections as you linger in the Tavern Room. Meet Flora, the kitchen help, and hear about her 19th-century holiday preparations, such as gingerbread and drinking chocolate.
  $20 for Adults, $10 for Members, $5 for Children under 12. Reservations recommended.

• History of Christmas
  Friday, December 9th, 12:30 - 1:00 pm

  Bring your lunch to enjoy in the Tavern Room while listening to a brief lecture that traces the evolution of Christmas from wassailing to St. Nicholas to a commercial holiday. Free with museum admission. Coffee and tea are provided.

• Curator's Tour
  Wednesday, March 14th, at 6:00 pm
  Every object has a story to tell. Learn how even unassuming objects in the museum collection document the means, tastes and values of their owners during the 1820s and 1830s.
  Tickets: $10 Adults, Free for Members

• Lunch Time Lectures
  Stop by on the second Friday of every month for a brief lecture by museum staff, followed by a question and answer period. Coffee and tea are provided; bring a lunch. Free with museum admission; free for museum members.

• Gardens
  Friday, March 9th, at 12:30 pm
  What plants were familiar to proprietors and guests at the Hotel? Learn about the growing landscaping trade and gardens in 1830s New York.

• Monthly Storytime
  Join us on the third Friday of every month for historically-themed stories and activities, dress-up in the Children's Corner and role-play with the museum's Touch Collection. An optional brief tour of the period rooms will follow. For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission; free for museum members.

• All About Families Storytime
  Friday, March 16th, at 10:30 am
  This month's storytime will be all about families. Listen to stories about different families, and search the museum for clues about what family members may have visited here in the 19th century. Afterward make a puppet of someone in your family.