Tudor Nights: Cocoa, Colonialism and the Chocolate Pots of Tudor Place
• September 1, 2021

Mesoamericans consumed chocolate for thousands of years before the Spanish brought it to Europe, where it gained wide popularity. Come and learn how Mesoamerican chocolate consumption practices influenced the way […]

Free Landmark Lecture: Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery, a 19th-century garden park cemetery founded by William W. Corcoran in 1849, rests on 22 acres of land in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. Its grounds […]

Tudor Nights: Sanitary Solutions – Hygiene in the Peter Household
• August 26, 2021

Discover how ideas about personal hygiene have evolved through records and artifacts left behind by the Peter family during their 200-year ownership of Tudor Place. Join Tudor Place’s new curator, […]

Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski
• July 30, 2021

In a tour-de-force solo performance, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck; Nomadland) portrays World War II hero and Holocaust witness Jan Karski, a messenger of truth […]