The Avery Downer House & Robbins Hunter Museum | Grecian Architecture in Granville Ohio

Programs & Events

The Avery Downer House
& Robbins Hunter Museum

221 East Broadway
Granville, Ohio 43023

740/587-0430
(tele & fax)

Victorian Teas at the Robbins Hunter Museum

      Join us for tea in the elegant Robbins Hunter Museum. Each month, we offer Victorian-inspired teas with a sampling of savories and sweets reminiscent of the 19th century. The menu for each tea is different, but always consists of three courses accompanied by delicious blends of tea. Each tea will feature a brief entertainment/educational program appropriate to the season or to an item in the collection of the Robbins Hunter Museum. Reservations required. Send your check for $15 per person/$13 per member to Robbins Hunter Museum, PO Box 183, Granville, OH 43023. Seating is limited!

DATES:

    Friday, June13: DUTCH HAND-TIED BOUQUETS, Evelyn Frolking

    Friday, July 11: TUSSIE MUSSIES, Joanne Woodyard

    No tea in August

    Friday, September 12

    Friday, October 17

     Friday, November 7

     Friday, December 12

            Each tea begins at Noon and concludes by 2PM.

SPECIAL EXHIBITS:

May 16-November 8: Art for War's Sake (Posters from World Wars I & II)

LECTURE SERIES will examine the poster exhibit both historically and artistically and present a range of historical issues. To be held Wednesdays, 7:30PM at Robbins Hunter Museum, unless otherwise noted.

May 28: THE RAISING & FIGHTING OF AMERICA'S SOLDIERS: WORLD WAR I & WORLD WAR II, Richard D. Chegar, MG, USAR, (Ret), Chairman of the Board, Patton Museum Foundation, at Granville Library.

June 11: MOBILIZING FOR TOTAL WAR: WHAT STORY DO THE POSTERS TELL? Don Schilling, PhD., Denison Professor of History

July 9: THE GOLD STAR STORY AND THE POSTERS OF WORLD WAR II, Mary Prophet, Associate Directorof the Denison Library, at Denison Museum

July 23: MY GRANDFATHER'S WAR: AN ADVENTURE IN FAMILY HISTORY, Jeff Danby, author of Day of the Panzer

August 13: THE WAR: KEN BURNS COMES TO GRANVILLE, Don Schilling

September 10: THE ART OF THE POSTER, Richard Aschenbrand, MS, Columbus College of Art and Design, Dean of Visual Communications

October 8: A DENISONIAN AT WAR: WILLIAM JORDAN CURRIN '13 & THE GREAT WAR, Catherine Dollard, PhD, Denison Associate Professor of History

October 15: HOWARD ARTHUR TIBBS: TUSKEGEE AIRMAN, as told by his son, Phillip Tibbs

FAMILY FUN IN THE POSTER EXHIBITION with Jennifer Miller, Saturdays, May 17 (Armed Forces Day), June 14 (Flag Day), July 5, August 9, 1-3PM. School-age children, accompanied by an adult, are invited to visit the galleries of "Art for War's Sake: Posters and the Granville Experience" at the Robbins Hunter Museum. Play history detective and join in a special activity planned for each event. FREE. No registration required.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

August 7, 6-8PM: Annual Ice Cream Social on the lawn

September 27, 9-4PM: Antiques Fair on the Lawn

November 1-15: Display of Licking County Bicentennial Quilt

November 29- December 20: Yuletide Treasures & Gingerbread Festival

HOURS, WED. THRU SAT, 11AM-3PM OR BY APPOINTMENT

The Avery Downer House holds special programs a number of times during the year, including special displays of nineteenth century decorative arts, exhibits of the house's extended collection, etc.

The House and gardens are also available for weddings, receptions, meetings, and other special events. Please contact the museum for more information.