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FOB February Special
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Friends of Belmontmembers may bring up to four guests for free admission to the museum for the entire month of February. There is no limit to the number of member visits, with four guests, during the month. If you wish to bring more than four guests during any one visit, additional guests will be admitted at half price ($5).
Take this opportunity to share and show off Belmont to your friends and family-and encourage them to become members too!
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IN MEMORIAM
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In Memory of
Our Friend and Co-Worker
Gloria D. Chestnut
1933-2014
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NEW DESIGNATION
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Gari Melchers Home and Studio has been named an Affiliate Site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This designation is linked to Belmont's inclusion in the Trust's Historic Artists' Homes and Studio program, which seeks to highlight and promote the very best of these important and unique American museums.
Also announced is Belmont's participation as a Distinctive Destination of the National Trust. National Trust members now receive a 10% discount on the regular Belmont admission fee.
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Woodland Hike
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f trails in both woodlands and fields and touches on the historic ruins of Belmont's past. Please wear sturdy footwear and meet outside the Visitor Center.
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Sunday, Feb 9, 2 pm
With Needle and Thread...A Beginner's Class in Sewing
This hands-on workshop will teach the basics of personal sewing-threading a needle, sewing a hem, replacing a button, repairing a seam and other small repairs.
Workshop fee: $35; members $25. Basic sewing kit included. Registration required at 540/654-1843 or [email protected]. Visit the Museum Shop blog.
Sunday, Feb 16, 2 pm
WORLD FAIR: Film screening followed by Director Q&A
WORLD FAIR is a short documentary that explores personal memory and amateur cinematography through a singular, spectacular event: the 1939 New York World's Fair. WORLD FAIR celebrates the stories contained in photographs and home movies, illustrations, and the ephemera we collect and save. FREE View the trailer
Sun, March 2, 2 pm
Growing Your Own Summer Bouquets
Free presentation by Lisa Ziegler of The Gardener's Workshop Farm Includes a Pop-Up Shop.
Learn how having a small designated flower bed (3' x 10') as a cutting garden is the first step to a season full of gorgeous cut flowers! Following Lisa's recommendations for easy soil preparations, variety selections, organic methods, and harvesting practices will have your garden producing a bounty of flowers to fill your home and enough to share with friends. This talk is based on the speaker's book, The Easy Cut-Flower Garden.
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PRESCHOOL PALETTE
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As Preschool Palette enters into its fourth year, we would like to thank the 700 children who have attended class. To celebrate, the Preschool Palette creator and instructor (Miss Michelle to all her students) would like YOUR help in making a new introductory video. If your son/daughter/grandson/granddaughter would be interested in being filmed saying a line or two for the new Preschool Palette video, please contact Education and Communication Manager Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.
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Education and Communications Manager Newsletter Editor Museum main number: 540/654-1015 Visit our website!
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Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont was the home and studio of prominent portraitist and American Impressionist painter Gari Melchers (1860-1932) from 1916 until his death. The 18th century Georgian mansion, outbuildings, and formal gardens were modified and expanded to serve as an elegant country retreat for the artist and his wife, who had left their longtime European home at the outbreak of WWI. Melchers was one of the most respected artists of his generation. Upon Corinne Melchers' death in 1955, the property and all its contents were deeded to the Commonwealth of Virginia, making Belmont one of the most complete and authentic artists' homes in America.
Administered by the University of Mary Washington, the museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is a National Historic Landmark, and is included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Artists' Homes and Studios consortium.
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