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Open April 15 - October 17, 2009
Wednesday -
Sunday 10:00
AM - 5:00 PM
Free Admission
(some events have a small
admission fee as noted)
Grounds
open off season Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
To receive information about
our guided tours, educational programs, or heritage events, please call
410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us
Park & Museum off season
Grounds open Monday
– Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or facilities open except as
listed below:
Saturday, January 3
Point Farm
Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Volunteers
needed
Assist JPPM
staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the restoration of the
Thursday, January 15
OPEN HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM
and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note: Tours of the Lab are available other
days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided
tour of a state-of-the-art research and
treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s archaeological
artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday,
January 24
Astronomy Club of Southern
Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly
meeting with short talk and night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Park & Museum off
season
Grounds open Monday
– Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or facilities open except as
listed below:
Saturday, February 7
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Thursday, February 19
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, February 21
Astronomy Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Park & Museum off
season
Grounds open Monday
– Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or facilities open except as listed
below:
Saturday,
March 7
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00
AM – 12:00 Noon
Volunteers
needed
Assist
JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the restoration of the Point
Farm Gardens to their splendor following the original plan of noted landscape
architect
Saturday, March 21
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Friday, March 27
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
APRIL is Maryland Archeology Month!
Jefferson
Patterson Park & Museum invites you to join us in celebrating by attending
one of our April events in honor of this annual event.
For a schedule of Maryland
Archeology Month events statewide, visit www.marylandarcheology.org.
Saturday, April 4
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Wednesday, April 15
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum public season
begins
Wednesday – Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Visitor Center and trails are open to the public.
Saturday, April 18
25th Annual Opening Day CELEBRATION
Discovering Archaeology
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free Admission
Join us as we celebrate our 25th season of
activities and education at JPPM. Discover
the where, what, and how of archaeology,
as we highlight our new exhibit “The FAQ’s of Archaeology”. Tour the Maryland Archaeological Conservation
Laboratory. Learn about archaeology through educational walks, activities,
and demonstrations. For additional information call 410-586-8501, or email
jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, April 18
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Sunday, April 19
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village to see what village life was
like for the Patuxent people. We will be working on a variety of projects as
the season demands: taking care of the longhouses, making and repairing the
kinds of tools the Patuxent people might have used, and practicing other daily
life activities and skills.
Saturday, April 25
The 31st Southern Maryland Celtic Festival
& Highland gathering
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Admission fee
Maryland’s oldest Celtic Celebration!
Enjoy music, dance, athletic competitions, and crafts
while learning about Celtic cultural heritage. For additional information
call 443-404-7319, or visit The Celtic Society of Southern Maryland’s website
at www.cssm.org.
Sunday, April 26
Sunday, April 26,
,More
Than Meets the Eye
11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Explore JPPM through the eyes of an archaeologist as our
highly trained docents take you on a tour of the past. For additional information
call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Thursday, April 30
OPEN HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, May 2
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Friday, May 8
Annual Meeting of the Friends of JPPM
2009 SPEAKER SERIES “From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details” Kick-off
lecture
Dr. Martin Gallivan,
College of William & Mary
7:00 PM
Open to the public
Brief business meeting will conclude with guest speaker.
Dr. Gallivan’s presentation “: Werowocomoco Archaeology
of the Powhatan Center Place”, kicks off a 6-part Archaeology Speaker Series, “From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details”. Recent excavations at Werowocomoco, the
capital of the Powhatan chiefdom, have uncovered the large chief’s house described
by Captain John Smith in 1607. Learn how Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, lived
and ruled his people. Light refreshments. For meeting information
call 410-586-8515 or email lstarr@mdp.state.md.us. For
information on the Speaker Series call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
Saturday, May
9
Tools of Native People
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
People all over the world have been making tools from wood, stone and bone for thousands of years. Join us in the Indian Village where we will make some tools and see how well they work.
Saturday, May 9
Garden work
day - Planting
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
No Fee
Learn what plant crops were
grown by Patuxent Indians 500 years ago by helping plant our native garden.
May 12 – July 4
All
Ages (Parental supervision required under age 14)
No Fee
Interested in Archaeology? Work with archaeologists excavating
an early 18th century plantation site on Park & Museum property.
Volunteers work in the field on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and wash,
label, and catalogue artifacts on Tuesday and Thursday. Children 14 and younger
must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Call 410-586-8554, or email echaney@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, May 16
Join us
for this engaging 3-part series on basket making techniques. Mitzi Poole,
local artisan, demonstrates the process and assists you in completing your
own baskets. Learn basic techniques of rib basket construction using round
and flat reed. Each participant will make a small rib basket from commercial
material.
Location: Breckinridge Educational Center
(10% discount for Friends of JPPM)
All supplies
for creating your basket are included. Limit: 15 participants.
Other basket making workshop dates: June 13 – Nature Basket; August 15 – Pine
Needle Basket
Saturday, May 16
Village Day
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Saturday, May 16
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Sunday, May 17
Calvert
Spinners & Weavers Demonstration
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
No Fee
Monthly membership meeting and
public demonstration.
Join this local group as they keep the wonderful skill
of spinning and weaving alive! For information call 410-257-0769 or email
cathy.kinzie@verizon.net.
Wednesday, May 20
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday, May 24
Point
Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home and
retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday, May 31
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, May 31
More Than Meets the
Eye
Saturday, June 6
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Saturday, June 6
Village Day
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, June 7
24th Annual Children’s Day
on the Farm
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Free Admission
A celebration of
May 12 – July 4
Public Archaeology Program
Tuesday
- Saturday, 10:00
AM – 3:00 PM
All
Ages (Parental supervision required under age 14)
No
Fee
Interested in Archaeology? Work with archaeologists excavating
an early 18th century plantation site on Park & Museum property.
Volunteers work in the field on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and wash,
label, and catalogue artifacts on Tuesday and Thursday. Children 14 and younger
must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Call 410-586-8554, or email echaney@mdp.state.md.us.
Thursday, June 11
From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details
7:00 PM
Open to the Public
The Search for
Charles County’s First Court House
Julia A. King, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Once
declared “impossible to locate”, the 1674 Charles County Court House was
finally discovered last year in a plowed field near a tributary of the Zekiah
Swamp.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
Saturday, June 13
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Breckinridge Educational Center
Cost: $30 per workshop; $75 for all three
All supplies
for creating your basket are included. Limit: 15 participants.
Other basket making workshop dates: May 16 - Ribbed Basket; August 15 – Pine
Needle Basket
Saturday, June 13
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Sunday, June 14
Calvert
Spinners & Weavers Demonstration
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
No Fee
keep the wonderful skill of spinning and weaving alive! For information call
410-257-0769 or
email cathy.kinzie@verizon.net.
Saturday,
June 20
14th
Annual African American Family Community Day
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Free Admission
The Calvert Branch of the NAACP invites you to attend
the 14th Annual Family Community Day, a multi-cultural event for the
entire family.
Enjoy live entertainment, exhibits, displays, food
& merchandise vendors, children’s arts & crafts, games, prize drawings,
and more.
For additional information, please call 410-535-2730.
Sunday, June 21
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate
in hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, June 21
Point
Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home and
retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Thursday, June 25
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday,
June 28
No Fee
Explore JPPM through the eyes of an archaeologist as our highly trained docents take you on a tour of the past. For additional information call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
May 12 – July 4
Public
Archaeology Program
Tuesday
- Saturday, 10:00
AM – 3:00 PM
All
Ages (Parental supervision required under age 14)
No
Fee
Interested in Archaeology? Work with archaeologists excavating
an early 18th century plantation site on Park & Museum property.
Volunteers work in the field on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, and wash,
label, and catalogue artifacts on Tuesday and Thursday. Children 14 and younger
must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Call 410-586-8554, or email echaney@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday,
July 5
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Ages: 10 – 13 years old
Cost: $150.00 per child (10% discount for Friends of JPPM)
Find out what real archaeologists do. See the past
on the land around you. Excavate and identify artifacts at our on-site 18th
century Smith-St. Leonard plantation site. Work with artifacts in the MD Archaeological
Conservation Laboratory.
Note: Participants need to wear clothes and
shoes that can get wet and muddy; bring sunscreen, a hat, water bottle, bug
repellent, and a bag lunch and drink. Click HERE
for Summer Camp Applications. Call 410-586-8501 for additional information.
From Boats to Bones: Archaeology is in the Details
7:00 PM
Open to the Public
A Forensic
Anthropologist’s View of Chesapeake History
Douglas Owsley, Natural History Museum, Smithsonian
A look at 17th century Chesapeake life not
found in the history books. Find out what an analysis of human burial remains
can reveal about life in colonial Jamestown and St. Mary’s City.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
Saturday, July 11
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations.
For information call 301-602-5251 or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Point Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home
and retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Friday, July 24
OPEN HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, July 25
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate
in hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, July 26
11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31
9:00 AM - 4:00
PM
Ages: 10 – 13 years old
Cost: $150.00 per child (10% discount for Friends of JPPM)
Saturday,
August 1
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Saturday, August 8
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, August 9
Calvert
Spinners & Weavers Demonstration
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
No Fee
Monthly membership meeting and public demonstration.
Join this local group as they keep the wonderful skill
of spinning and weaving alive! For information call 410-257-0769 or email
cathy.kinzie@verizon.net.
Thursday, August 13
From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details
7:00 PM
Open to the Public
After the
Digging is Done: Archaeological Discoveries in the
Laboratory
Silas D. Hurry, Historic St. Mary’s City
A discussion on what archaeologists do with
artifacts after the excavations, the research that goes into learning about
material culture, and what these exciting finds tell us about the past.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
Saturday, August 15
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Breckinridge Educational Center
Cost: $30 per workshop; $75 for all three
(10% discount for Friends of JPPM)
All supplies
for creating your basket are included. Limit: 15 participants.
Other
basket making workshop dates: May 16
- Ribbed Basket; June 13 - Nature Basket
Saturday, August 15
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and
night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Friday, August 21
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday, August 23
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, August 23
Point
Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home and
retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday, August 30
More Than Meets the Eye
No Fee
Saturday, September 5
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Saturday, September 5
Making Fire
10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
No Fee
Ages 10 and older
The ability to create and control fire is one to the things that makes us
human. We will try different methods for making fire, including bow and drill
and flint and steel.
For information call 410-586-8501, or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate in
hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Thursday, September 10
From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details
7:00 PM
Open to the Public
Chesapeake: A
History of Culture and Landscape Intertwined
Justine McKnight, Archeobotanical Consultant
Explore
the history of human activity in shaping the Chesapeake region and the
contributions of archeobotanical study to our understanding of past
environments.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
“Affair at Point FARM”- Benefit Dinner &
Auction
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, September 19
The War of
1812
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Admission Fee: $3/person or $10/car
Enjoy this living history event with battle reenactments,
camp life, historic craft demonstrations, and hands-on activities. 
Saturday, September 19
TAVERN NIGHT
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Admission Fee: $10/person
Unwind in our version of a 1800s tavern.
Live entertainment. Food &
drink available for purchase.
For information call 410-586-8515.
Sunday, September 20
Point
Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home and
retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, September 26
Garden work
day - Harvest
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
No Fee
Help harvest crops grown in
our native garden. Collect wild plant foods. Prepare foods for winter storage.
Saturday, September 26
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate
in hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Saturday, September 26
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly meeting with short talk and night sky observations. For information call 301-602-5251 or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Sunday, September 27
More Than Meets the Eye
No Fee
586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, October 3
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00
Noon
Volunteers needed
Assist JPPM staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the
restoration of the
Saturday, October 3
Native Shelters
Noon – 2:00 PM
No Fee
Join us in the Indian
Village as we put together different types of shelters: teepee, longhouse and
even an igloo!
Sunday, October 4
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
No Fee
Join the Calvert County Spinners & Weavers and JPPM staff for a fun and
educational afternoon of demonstrations, hands-on activities, and displays
all about sheep and wool.
Thursday, October 8
From Boats to Bones:
Archaeology is in the Details
7:00 PM
Open to the Public
Marine
Archaeological Conservation: A Never-Ending Quest for Perfection
Paul Mardikian, Clemson University Conservation Center
Conservation
of large iron-based composite artifacts from shipwreck sites like the Hunley
and the Titanic is a complex process. The methods used to research and preserve
these important marine cultural resources will be explained.
Click HERE
to view a printable flier about the speaker series
Friday, October 9
OPEN
HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note:
Tours of the Lab are available other days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided tour of a state-of-the-art
research and treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s
archaeological artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Sunday, October 11
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets behind village life.
Gain practical learning experience as you participate in hands-on activities:
longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive tools, and daily life
activities and skills.
Saturday, October 17
American Indian Lifeways Festival
Come to our Indian village and
experience hands-on American Indian crafts and skills, archery, music, dance,
storytelling and more.
Saturday, October 17
For information call 301-602-5251 or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Sunday, October 18
Village Day
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
No Fee
All Ages
Visit our Indian Village for an insight into the facets
behind village life. Gain practical learning experience as you participate
in hands-on activities: longhouse maintenance, making and repairing Primitive
tools, and daily life activities and skills.
Sunday, October 18
Point
Farm House & Garden Tour
2:00 PM
Ages: 10 and older
Fee: $10/person, $8 Seniors
(Age 55+)
Join us for a guided tour of Point farm, estate home and
retreat of the late Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. Built in 1932, this
Colonial Revival brick house was designed by noted female architect Gertrude
Sawyer. The gardens are being faithfully restored based on the original plans
by landscape architect
Reservations required.
Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
2009 Park & Museum public season ends
Grounds open off season Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or
facilities open
Park & Museum off
season
Grounds open Monday
– Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or facilities open except as
listed below:
Wednesday, November 4
OPEN HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM
and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note: Tours of the Lab are available other
days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided
tour of a state-of-the-art research and
treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s archaeological
artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562
or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
Saturday, November 7
Point
Farm Garden Restoration
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Volunteers
needed
Assist JPPM
staff and Master Gardener volunteers in the restoration of the
Saturday, November 14
Astronomy
Club of Southern Maryland
Dusk
No Fee
Monthly
meeting with short presentation and night sky observations.
For information
call 301-602-5251 or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com.
Park & Museum off
season
Grounds open Monday
– Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Trails only, no public buildings or facilities open except as
listed below:
Saturday, December 5
Wreath
Workshop
10:00 AM and 1:00 PM
Ages: 10
and older
Fee: $25 ($20
for Friends of JPPM members)
Come
make a holiday wreath made from beautiful greens from JPPM's Point Farm gardens,
including magnolia, boxwood, holly, pines, pine cones and magnolia seed
pods. Grapevine base, bows and ornaments
are included in the price of the workshop.
Class size is limited and reservations
are required. Call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us.
Friday, December 11
OPEN HOUSE
Maryland
Archaeological Conservation Laboratory
10:00 AM
and 2:00 PM
No Fee (Note: Tours of the Lab are available other
days by reservation; small fee.)
Take a guided
tour of a state-of-the-art research and
treatment laboratory that houses over 7 million of the State’s archaeological
artifacts! For information call 410-586-8562 or email kconcannon@mdp.state.md.us.
The staff of Jefferson
Patterson Park & Museum thanks you for your interest.
We wish all a joyous holiday season and prosperous
new year!
We invite you to revisit our
website to keep abreast
of
scheduled activities and events for the year 2010.
Open
April 15 through October 17, 2009
10:00
am to 5:00 pm, Wednesday through Sunday.
Free Admission.
Grounds
open off season Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
To receive information
about our guided tours, educational programs, or heritage events, please call
410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md.us