Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Holds Edifying and Entertaining Lectures

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is pleased to announce its March lecture series, Hired Help, High Society, and the High Seas: Glimpses of Life in the 19th Century, with three talks focusing on servants, socialites, and sailors (of the pirate variety). Authors Carol Wallace and Richard Zacks join Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum docent and former journalist Doug Hearle to present these varied glimpses on life in the 19th century. These Thursday evening lectures in the glorious Greek Revival interior of the mansion promise to be both enlightening and entertaining. Thursday, March 4, 11, and 18, 7 p.m.

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Admission $10 adults, $7 seniors and children 6-17. Members $7 adults, $5 seniors and children
Registration requested. 718 885 1461 or info@bpmm.org

895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY 10464
718.885.1461 info@bpmm.org
www.bpmm.org

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is located at 895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York. To reach us by public transportation, take the #6 Lexington Avenue Local subway to Pelham Bay Park station, followed by the Westchester Bee-Line #45 bus direct to the Mansion gate. For driving directions, please visit www.bpmm.org. The Mansion and Carriage House are open to the public for guided tours on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The gardens and grounds are open daily from 8:30 a.m. to dusk. Mansion admission is $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, free for children under six. Visiting garden and grounds is free.

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is owned by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, operated by the Bartow-Pell Conservancy, and a member of the Historic House Trust of New York City. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Other public program support comes from the New York city Department of Parks and Recreation, Pelham Picture House, New York City Councilman James Vacca, New York State Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, New York State Senator Jeffrey Klein, Congressman Joseph Crowley, and Con Edison.