Hillwood Estate Tour & Afternoon Tea
Date: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Tour: 1:30 p.m. Tea: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Hillwood Estate & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave NW, Washington DC.
Cost: $35.00/person
Includes docent lead tour of museum, entrance to the formal gardens to view, and Afternoon tea. Afternoon tea includes an assortment of three savory finger sandwiches and a variety of sweets including cinnamon macaroons, apple tarts and more. Each guest receives their own pot of tea from a selection of Harney & Sons wrapped sachet teas.
Founded by American collector and heiress to the Post cereal empire Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is one of the premier art collector's museums in the United States. The museum features the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia and a world-renowned collection of eighteenth-century French decorative art and furnishings. The collection includes Fabergé eggs, Russian porcelain, Russian Orthodox icons, Beauvais tapestries, and Sèvres porcelain. Encircled by woodlands, the twenty-five acre estate provides visitors a tranquil oasis of luscious formal gardens. March is the perfect month to see the Orchids in the Gardens blooming!
Please RSVP to alumni@ship.edu or 717-477-1218 by March 1, 2012. Checks may be made payable to SUAA/SU Foundation or call for credit card payment.
Mail Payment to:
Shippensburg University
Rife Alumni House
1871 Old Main Dr.
Shippensburg, PA 17257