Upcoming Programs & Events
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| Our Old House Festival
Saturday June 2, 2012
1:00 PM to 4:30 PM; Concert at 4:45 PM
Join us as we celebrate the beginning of our 100th season! The Festival will highlight all of the many activities that have been important to the museum throughout its history, and will feature workshops, demonstrations, and presentations throughout the house, garden, and warehouse covering a wide range of subjects on conservation and restoration of historic buildings from timber framing to choices for paint colors and textiles, historic furnishings and decorative arts from furniture to floorcloths; herbas and flowers for the 18th century garden; bees and beekeeping in the 18th and 19th centuries; lighting the harbor in the 18th century; flower arranging for the historic home; historic archaeology, and caring for the museum's historic trees. Family and children's activities for which the site has become known -- priate-themed crafts, treasure hunts, dressing in period costumes, and making marbled paper and writing with a quill pen -- will be ongoing throughout the festival. Garden committee members also will be selling heirloom plants taken directly from the garden. The celebration culminates with a concert in the 18th-century Warehouse building at 4:45. The Festival is free and open to the public. Parking is vailable just steps away in the High-Hanover Street Parking Garage. To become a sponsor or presenter please contact us at moffattladd@gmail.com. Be sure to check our website calendar, Facebook and Twitter pages during the coming months for program updates.
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| 12th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival
Dates to be announced
Check NHFF's website: www.nhfilmfestival.com for updates and information on submitting a film for consideration.
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Historic Wallcoverings Tour
Friday, September 9, 2011
1:00-3:30pm
Tour begins at the Wentworth-Gardner House,
50 Mechanic St. Portsmouth
$10 per person
Join the Portsmouth Historic House Associates on Friday, September 9 for a unique opportunity to see some of the finest examples of original early wallpaper and period reproduction wallpapers in Portsmouth.. The tour begins at 1:00pm at the Wentworth-Gardner House and includes wallpapers and wall treatments there and in the Mark Wentworth Home (John Wentworth House); and the Jacob Wendell House, now the private home of Ronald Bourgeault and Jim Horan.
Wallace Nutting enthusiasts will particularly enjoy the two wall treatments inspired by Wallace Nutting at the Wentworth-Gardner House. In 1916, Nutting installed in the back parlor an 1816 scenic wallpaper by DuFour of Paris. Nutting also commissioned wall murals for the house, but these had been lost until Julie Lucca restored them in 2007, using photographic evidence.
For those who delight in original survivals, the tour offers an opportunity to view the magnificent original flocked wallpaper with its rare imported papier-mâché decorative border at the Mark Wentworth Home on Pleasant Street. The paper and border were installed in the house by its original owner, Governor John Wentworth around 1763.
The final stop is the Jacob Wendell House where Ron Bourgeault and Jim Horan will treat participants to a tour of the many reproduction wallpapers throughout the house, all of which are taken from papers found in New England, and two of which were taken from papers found in the Wendell House itself. Bourgeault and Horan will provide person commentary and anecdotes about the process of restoring the Wendell House. Tour goers will also have a chance to see Woodbury Langdon's recently restored tall case clock, which now stands in the front hall of the Wendell House, looking nearly identical to the clock that was there when the house was photographed in the 1930s for John Mead Howells's Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua. The tour will conclude at approximately 3:30pm.
The unique tour is open to the public, but space is very limited. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance. Proceeds benefit the Portsmouth Historic House Associates, of which the Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden is a member. Please call Sandra Rux at the John Paul Jones House at (603) 436-8420 to make your reservation.
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| Rum & Revolution
Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:30pm-7:30pm
Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden
$50 per ticket for members*, $60 per ticket for not-yet-members
Not recommended for children
Join "Abijah Toddy" and "Tobias Tripp" for a lighthearted evening at the Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden! Sample rum, grog, and punch while tapping your toes to musical tidbits and enjoying 18th century humor. This exciting evening will finish with a 'duel to the death!' Hearty refreshments will be served. Performances are by the acclaimed Historic Edu-tainment. For more details about this entertaining group, visit their website: www.Revolutionary-Spirits.com.
Hearty refreshments generously provided by:
Oar House Restaurant
The 100 Club
Blue Mermaid
The Common Man, Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Brewery Restaurant
The Rusty Hammer
The District
Bicardi Rum
Finlandia Wines
Reservations necessary. Please call 430-7968 to reserve your space. Proceeds of this program benefit the Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden.
*Contact Barbara Ward at 430-7968 to learn more about our new membership levels and benefits.
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| Learning How to Fence |
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| Pirate Camp!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10am-3pm
Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden
$30 members*; $40 not-yet-members
Ages 8-11
Join us for a fun-filled day of pirate-themed crafts and activities, and sword-fighting! Campers will make bandanas, eye patches, flags, bracelets and necklaces, hunt for treasure, make marbleized paper, learn to write with a quill pen and more! The program includes a chance to try some of the routines of a sailor's or pirate's day, and instruction in the basics of fencing (sword fighting) with skilled instructors, all in our 18th century historic site!
To register or for more information, call Barbara Ward or Brielly McGlauflin at (603) 430-7968 or send an email at moffatt-ladd@juno.com. Space is limited so register early!
*With a purchase of a Family membership in the Friends of the Moffatt-Ladd House. (Also includes families of NSCDA-NH members.) Ask for details when you register.
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