Did you ever want to know how to care for your heirloom furniture? Decorate your Victorian home? We have been hard at work trying to find ways to help you out with these things and this summer and are adding workshops to our summer schedule. Starting in June, we will be holding workshops open to the public on these topics and more and want your feedback on what else you want to learn at the museum! We would be holding any of these on Saturdays and will be taking reservations once plans are finalized. Here are a few of our proposed topics:

 

 

Step back in time with us to learn what rue, tansy, and other herbs you may not have even heard of are, what their uses were/are, and how to grow them in your own home.

 

Come learn an overview on purchasing, collecting, and decorating with antiques. We’ll go over some ways to spot fakes, and where to look to find the most accurate values of your collection.

Enjoy antique furniture collecting? We do (for obvious reasons)! Join us to look at different styles of furniture, how to best decorate a room with them, and how they should be maintained.

 

You may have been to our house for Christmas over the years, but did you ever wonder how to do some of those things at home? We could show you.

 

Katherine Reynolds’ handwritten family cookbook is part of our collection and we’d be happy to open it up for you! Come learn just how many of the vague, complicated recipes of old time are made in modern kitchens!

Please help us this week by reading these options and emailing us with you vote at museum@baldwinreynolds.org on which workshops would interest you the most. If you have other ideas for workshops, don’t hesitate to let us know as well as which of those I mentioned are your favorites. We can’t wait to serve you in even more ways in 2010!