Calendar of Events

Tuesday Toddlers
Summer Storytime and Sing-Along

Drop in or come every week! Tudor Place has enchanted young children for almost two centuries (at right: Armistead Peter 3rd with his nanny, by the Temple Portico). Experience it yourself on summer Tuesday mornings, as we meet to read, sing, and play in the shaded gardens. The theme changes every week, from "adventurous animals" to "growing gardens" and more. Children join in an interactive read-aloud, sing songs, and learn movements to go with them, while sharing this enchanting setting with the grown-ups who care for them. Parent/caregivers remain with children throughout.

Children: $5 per session or $35 for all eight | Adults: FREE

Ages 21+

Tudor Nights
Farm to Table: Tudor Place Style

Thursday, June 20
6 – 8 p.m.

"There was the garden where the vegetables were raised - the orchard from which we had an abundance of fine fruit . . . and herbs were dried for seasoning."

--- remembrances of Britannia Peter Kennon,
founders' daughter and second owner of Tudor Place

For nearly a century at Tudor Place, seasonal bounty filled pots, pitchers, and plates. Food grown here fed Peter family members as well as household workers. Urbanization and specialization led to change, and the land turned to ornamental uses, but food and farming remain anchored in the object collection and archives. Join us in recalling the ways of self-sustaining agriculture on one of the nation's last intact urban estates. Enjoy evening hours in the mansion, including a close-up look at three collections items, as well as "bountiful" summer snacks and libations in the Dower House.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Entry includes touring the mansion and gardens, light refreshments, two bar beverages per guest and signature cocktail.

Members: Complimentary | Non-Members: $20

What a load of garbage!
Composting for Small Spaces Workshop

Hate throwing kitchen scraps in the garbage but lack room to compost outdoors? Join Kristin Brower from the Neighborhood Farm Initiative and learn about the wonderful world of vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is simple and easy and produces an extremely valuable and nutrient-rich compost and soil amendment. You will learn the basics along with how to build and maintain your very own family of worms.

Members $5 | Non-Members $10

A guided garden tour...

Historic & Growing:
The Tudor Place Landscape

Indulge in the history and horticulture of centuries-old trees, heirloom plants and flowers and fragrant English boxwood on a lively guided walk across 5.5 acres and two centuries of landscape design. Learn how Tudor Place reflects both its Federal-period origins and changes in land use over time. See how orchards, vegetable gardens, stables and grazing land made way for lawns, rose gardens, fountains and the various garden “rooms” of an urban estate. Identify many varieties cultivated here over time, and see how four owners over six generations of one family cared for and embellished the landscape, while Georgetown and the Federal city grew around it.

Tour fee is $10. Advance registration is encouraged but not required. View registration link for additional dates.

for adults...

Independence Day Tea

Where better to celebrate the nation’s birthday than at the home of early patriots? Get "a taste" of first first family by enjoying a delicious tea with scones, sandwiches, and sweets.  After the tea, visitors will join docents for a Washington Collection highlight tour of the historic mansion.

Member: $25 | Non-Member $30

A guided garden tour...

Historic & Growing:
The Tudor Place Landscape

Indulge in the history and horticulture of centuries-old trees, heirloom plants and flowers and fragrant English boxwood on a lively guided walk across 5.5 acres and two centuries of landscape design. Learn how Tudor Place reflects both its Federal-period origins and changes in land use over time. See how orchards, vegetable gardens, stables and grazing land made way for lawns, rose gardens, fountains and the various garden “rooms” of an urban estate. Identify many varieties cultivated here over time, and see how four owners over six generations of one family cared for and embellished the landscape, while Georgetown and the Federal city grew around it.

Tour fee is $10. Advance registration is encouraged but not required. View registration link for additional dates.

Independence Day Ice Cream Social

Celebrate the birth of our nation by learning about a founding father and enjoying one of his favorite treats. Start with a special mansion tour highlighting Tudor Place’s Washington Collection. Follow by creating your own ice cream sundae in the garden and getting busy with children’s games and crafts led by our experienced Tudor Place educators.

Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Adult: $5

FREE TO MILITARY FAMILIES!

Tudor Place and the Civil War Home Front
House and Walking Tours

Learn what life was like in Georgetown and the Federal City during this critical test of American democracy. On a special house tour, learn about those who lived on the estate and the enslaved workers who served them when war brought uncertain times to Tudor Place. Learn how owner Britannia Kennon and her daughter made their quarters in a stable loft to make room for Union boarders and thereby save the family home. After breaking for lunch, follow your guide into historic Georgetown to see in person relics of the war's turmoil including a Union hospital, military leaders' residences, spies' grave sites, and a onetime community of African-American freedmen and former slaves. 

Participate in one or both tours:

House or Walking Tour: Members: $8 | Non-Members: $10
     House and Walking Tour: Members: $12 | Non-Members: $15

Fairies in the Garden
Tea and Treats

for children and families
Saturday, July 20
1 – 2:30 p.m

Bring your favorite Tinkerbell to dress up in magical fairy costumes, complete with tutus, wands, and wings. Children select their outfits from the fairy wardrobe provided, and then assemble (with accompanying grown-ups) for tea and desserts served by a costumed interpreter who will show and tell all about the favored drink of early America. Next, tour Tudor Place’s enchanting gardens in search of fairy traces and hiding places before making a special period craft to take home.

Member Child: $20 | Non-Member Child: $25 | Adult: $10

Summer History Weeks

The past comes alive in Summer History Weeks, where children can explore their world through touch, tastes, games, digs, stories and enactments. Indoor and outdoor activities cultivated by our experienced educators bring to life 200 years of American history and the wonders of the natural environment. Campers cook and sample snacks and drinks of times past, try on period clothing, explore and plant in the garden, play historic games, paint landscapes, embark on archaeological expeditions, and more. Each week ends with an early American “parlor party” hosted for parents and friends. Daily snack provided; before- and after-care available.

Read more and register.

for adults

Doll Collection Highlights:
Tea and Curator's Talk

Take tea and join Erin Kuykendall, Curator of Collections, for an informative talk on Tudor Place’s extensive doll collection.  The dolls of the collection all belonged to generations of adults and children in the Peter family. Their number includes the rare diorama of wax figures made for Martha Washington by the first family's steward and cook in the New York City “White House,” as well as a china-head doll, a small wooden doll, and a black cloth doll with sculpted facial features.  Beforehand, enjoy a full Victorian Tea complete with scones, sandwiches, and petite desserts.

Member: $25 | Non-Member: $30

A guided garden tour...

Historic & Growing:
The Tudor Place Landscape

Indulge in the history and horticulture of centuries-old trees, heirloom plants and flowers and fragrant English boxwood on a lively guided walk across 5.5 acres and two centuries of landscape design. Learn how Tudor Place reflects both its Federal-period origins and changes in land use over time. See how orchards, vegetable gardens, stables and grazing land made way for lawns, rose gardens, fountains and the various garden “rooms” of an urban estate. Identify many varieties cultivated here over time, and see how four owners over six generations of one family cared for and embellished the landscape, while Georgetown and the Federal city grew around it.

Tour fee is $10. Advance registration is encouraged but not required. View registration link for additional dates.

Tudor Place and the Civil War Home Front
House and Walking Tours

Learn what life was like in Georgetown and the Federal City during this critical test of American democracy. On a special house tour, learn about those who lived on the estate and the enslaved workers who served them when war brought uncertain times to Tudor Place. Learn how owner Britannia Kennon and her daughter made their quarters in a stable loft to make room for Union boarders and thereby save the family home. After breaking for lunch, follow your guide into historic Georgetown to see in person relics of the war's turmoil including a Union hospital, military leaders' residences, spies' grave sites, and a onetime community of African-American freedmen and former slaves. 

Participate in one or both tours:

House or Walking Tour: Members: $8 | Non-Members: $10
     House and Walking Tour: Members: $12 | Non-Members: $15

Fashion Week
Closet Crawl: 100+ Years of Tudor Place Fashion

What could be more fun than tea and vintage frocks? Join the experts for a tour of American fashion trends reflected in the museum's extensive textile collection. Learn what was "hot" and not and why, from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. After feasting your eyes and feeding your mind, feast on period teas, scrumptious sandwiches, and delicious desserts. 

Member: $25 | Non-Member: $30

This event will likely sell out. Call early to reserve: (202) 965-0400 ext. 108.

Georgetown Treasures Joint Tour
Green and Serene: Oak Hill Cemetery and Tudor Place

Join expert guides to explore two of Georgetown's greenest sites, Tudor Place and Oak Hill Cemetery. Soak in the atmosphere and stories. At historic Oak Hill, see the final resting places of Revolutionary and Civil War heroes, among other noted graves, and the Renwick Chapel, designed by the architect for the Smithsonian Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Then stroll to Tudor Place, where your visit will include areas normally closed to the public, including the 1960s bomb shelter.

Member: $13 | Non-Member: $16 | Parking Pass: $7

PLEASE NOTE: Tudor Place will be closed to the public on Sunday, October 13, 2013.