Maxwell Mansion Calendar of Events
January 2012-October 2012

January

Victorian Valentine Workshop
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Watercolor with Jency Latta
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $45
Member cost: $40

February

Members Only Lecture & Annual Meeting
February 25, 2012
Lecture to be determined
2 to 4 p.m.

March

Victorian Nature Study
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Watercolor with Jency Latta
1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $45
Member cost: $40

Friends Making Friends
March 10, 2012
6 to 8 p.m.

April

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes-A Study in Scarlett
April 20, 21, 22 2012
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion will bring you the very first mystery in a series featuring master detective Sherlock Holmes and his assitant Dr Watson: A Study in Scarlett. Find out how Holmes and Watson arrived at 221b Baker Street and watch them solve a puzzling murder that is committed inside a mysterious old mansion. Click here to purchase your tickets online.
Reservations required.
Get your tickets early - this event sells out!

May

Tulpehocken Station Historic District House Tours
Saturday, May 12, 2012
With Mt. Airy Learning Tree
Cost: $25
Noon to 4 p.m.

June

Old Fashioned Picnic
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Noon to 3 p.m.
Admission free – pay as you go for activities and food

August

Blood Relations
August 4 2012
On the 120th anniversary of the Borden murders, join us for the dramatic reading of a thrilling play based on the crimes. Ten years after the double murder, an actress friend of Lizzie Borden wants to know what happened on that fateful day. Did she do it? Josh Hitchens directed Blood Relations for Germantown's The Drama Group in 2009, and reunites the original cast for one night only.
Click here to purchase your tickets online.
Reservations suggested.

October

Murder Mystery 2012: The Borden Tragedy
Sat 10/20/2011 6:00 PM
Sun 10/21/2011 2:30 PM
Sat 10/27/2011 6:00 PM
Sun 10/28/2011 2:30 PM
Who killed Lizzie's parents?
On August 4, 1892, someone used a hatchet to murder Andrew and Abigail Borden. The prime suspect was their daughter Lizzie, but she was acquitted. We assemble all the suspects and recreate what happened on the day of the murders. Can you solve this 120 year old mystery?
Written and Directed by Josh Hitchens. Click here for more information and to purchase your tickets online.
Reservations suggested.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is a 17-room home that appears on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

 

 

Thank You.

The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion thanks the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission for general operating funds received in 2009. These funds help support wonderful events and workshops at the Mansion.

 


The Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is the only Victorian house museum in Philadelphia