Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Spring - Summer Calendar
April – August 2008
Ongoing
unless otherwise noted
Guided Mansion Tours
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday
12 noon – 4 p.m.
First Fridays! at Bartow-Pell
First Friday of every month, music, light fare, and limited tours;
5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
APRIL
Friday, April 4
5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
First Fridays!
Hop on the free City Island's Bronx Seaside Trolley with its first stop - Bartow-Pell. Live music twinkles through the mansion. Refreshments, limited guided tours and music, free with admission to museum.
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Saturdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26
12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Dance Performance: The Mansion Comes to Life
Witness the mansion come alive! Dancers from Ajkun Ballet Theatre use creative choreography to portray the life of the Bartow family. It's a new twist on an old idea of touring a historic house site. Set to music and moving from room to room, dancers will capture the everyday activities of a family and its staff living in the 1840's in a country manor house. Read more details.
$15 adult, $10 seniors & students, free children under 6 years old
Members: $12 adult, $8 seniors & students, free children under 6 years old
For more information please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
MAY
Friday, May 2
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
First Friday Trolley and Rosemarie Brueckner Art Exhibit Opening
Hop on the free City Island's Bronx Seaside Trolley with its first stop - Bartow-Pell. Guided tours and music, free with admission to museum. Join us for artist Rosemarie Brueckner's Exhibit Opening and listen to live music from Jeff Ausfal who will enthrall all with his classical guitar skills!
Read more about 2008 First Fridays!
For more information please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
May is Bicycle Month!
This May, Bartow Pell Mansion along with Transportation Alternatives is rewarding cyclists who ride to Bartow Pell mansion with a $1.00 discount to tour the mansion, so take off your cleats and stay a while. Afterwards strap on you cleats enjoy our grounds, have a picnic before you go on the road again.
Cyclist's discount admission $4 adult, $ 2 students / seniors, children under 6 are free!
For more information please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
Saturday, May 17
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Volunteer Day!
If you love the Bartow-Pell grounds and want to help keep them beautiful, come out and help during our first bi-annual clean-up day! Light breakfast will be available. Bring gloves, and wear sturdy shoes, boots, long sleeves and long pants.
Registration Requested. For more information please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
Tuesdays, May 27 – June 24th
8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Yoga in the Garden with Sydney MacInnis
Start your morning on Bartow-Pell's beautiful grounds with stretching and balancing postures, breath exercise, deep relaxation and brief meditation for harmony of mind and body. Bring a mat/towel and wear comfortable clothing. Fee: $125/ $113 PAC and Bartow-Pell members 5 sessions: May 27, June 3, 10, 17, and 24. Joint Programming with Pelham Art Center.
Pre-Registration is required to ensure there are enough people to have a class. Please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
JUNE
Friday, June 6
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
First Friday Trolley
Hop on the free City Island's Bronx Seaside Trolley with its first stop - Bartow-Pell. Guided tours and music, free with admission to museum. Live music from the Bronx Symphony Orchestra Woodwinds.
Read more about 2008 First Fridays!
For more information please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
Mondays, June 9 – 30
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Botanical Illustration with Janet Shearn
Study in pencil tonal scales, texture, perspective, light source and composition working from the local flowers and plants on the beautiful grounds of this 19th century home. Botanical illustration and drawing experience necessary. Fee: $170/ $153 PAC and Bartow-Pell members. 4 sessions: June 9 , 16, 23, and 30. Joint Programming with Pelham Art Center.
Pre-Registration is required to ensure there are enough people to have a class. Please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
Saturday, June 14
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Take me out to the Ball Game: 1864
The NY Yankees will be in Houston but you can still watch baseball in the Bronx. Celebrate Father's Day and come watch a real 19th Century era baseball game, right here on the grounds of the Bartow Pell Mansion. The NY Mutuals will play another local vintage team in an 1864 rules game. The game ball will be raffled off at the end of the game and the players will stay to play a game of round up with the kids. An exhibit of vintage baseball memorabilia will be on display in the mansion, and tours to the mansion will be free.
$20 per adult, $10 per child 6-17 and children under 6 years are free. Members: $15 per adult, $5 per child 6-17.
Registration requested. Please call 718-885-1461 or send email.
AUGUST
Friday, August 1
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.
First Friday Trolley
Hop on the free City Island's Bronx Seaside Trolley with its first stop – Bartow-Pell. Guided tours and music, free with admission to museum. Live music from cellist Teresa Kurbriak and pianist Maxim Pakhomov who will warm the summer evening.
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August 3 – 9
Gallantly Galleting at the Abreuvoir:
Hands-on Conservation at Bartow-Pell Mansion Gardens
Learn the lost skill of cutting stone gallets with a tiny guillotine to bring the walkways of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum gardens back to their original design and beauty. Heritage Conservation Network is partnering with the Bartow-Pell Mansion to offer this hands-on workshop, to be held August 3-9, 2008. It is part of HCN's continuing efforts to provide technical assistance to preservation projects while bringing students, professionals, and local residents together to learn specialized skills and experience the local culture.
Participants will stay at Le Refuge Inn on beautiful City Island, completely removed from the nearby hustle and noise. The cost is US$1,115 per person and covers lodging Sunday - Friday nights, breakfast and lunch, workshop instruction and materials, and insurance. Transportation to the site is not included in the fee. A reduced fee of $600 is available for local residents who do not need lodging. Friday is open for participants to tour this amazing city on their own. The deadline for registration is July 3, 2008. Complete workshop details and registration information can be found on HCN's website, http://www.heritageconservation.net/ws-bartow-pell-2008.htm, or obtained by contacting the Executive Director at 718-885-1461. Click here for more details.
If you can't participate but would like to help support the project please contact the Executive Director at 718-885-1461 or send email.
