Gallery Talks
Ruthmere presents Gallery Talks the first week of each month. The day of the week often changes to provide maximum opportunity for the public to attend, and start time is always 11am. Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Gallery Talks are free and open to the public courtesy to the generous support of 1st Source Bank.
2022 February 16 Servants in the Gilded Age --Brenda Tudor, Ruthmere Docent -11am Ruthmere March 4 Crochet, Queen Victoria, and the Irish Potato Famine --Beth Hall, Ruthmere Docent -11am Ruthmere April 1 Conservationist Movement of the Early 1900s --Lois Tomaszewski, Program Coordinator -11am Ruthmere May 3 After Alice: The Development of Modern Children's Literature --Andrea Barbour, Outreach Curator -11am Ruthmere June 1 Haberdashery --Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent -11am Havilah Beardsley House July 7 The Nappenee 6: The Men Behind the Comics --Martha Owen, Heritage Collection Manager at the Nappenee Public Library -11am Ruthmere August 5 Please Remain Seated: The History of Bathrooms --Jennifer Johns, Curator -11am Ruthmere September 6 Women and Poetry of the Early 1900s --Carolyn Bonanno, Communications Coordinator -11am Ruthmere October 5 Steinway, Rubinstein and Ruthmere's Chance to Shine ---Dale Seely, Ruthmere Docent -11am Ruthmere November 3 American Shape Note Singing --Sam Sommers -11am Ruthmere December 2 The American Department Store at the Turn of the Century ---Karen Nicholson -11am Ruthmere Previous Gallery Talks |
June 1st, 2022 - "Haberdashery" with Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent |
May 3rd, 2022 - "After Alice: The Development of Modern Children's Literature" with Andrea Barbour, Outreach Curator |
April 1st, 2022 - "The Conservationist Movement of the Early 1900s" with Lois Tomaszewski, Program Coordinator |
March 4th, 2022 - "Crochet, Queen Victoria, and the Irish Potato Famine" with Beth Hall, Volunteer |
February 16th, 2022 - with Brenda Tudor, Volunteer |
November 3rd, 2021 - "Queen Victoria's Daughters: Personal Lives & Style" with Carolyn Bonanno, Communications Coordinator |
October 5th, 2021 - "Rope Ferry Painting" with Jennifer Johns, Curator, and Bill Firstenberger, Executive Director |
September 3rd, 2021 - "Pets & Zoos of the Victorian Era" with Andrea Barbour, Outreach Curator |
August 5th, 2021 -"Architecture of Beardsley Homes" with Mark Doddington, Ruthmere Membership Coordinator |
July 7th, 2021 - "History and Usage of Turn of the 20th Century Flatware" with Karen Nicholson, Ruthmere Docent |
See all of our past Gallery Talks on our Youtube page, www.youtube.com/ruthmeremuseum |