BRUNCH PACKAGE now on sale! KALORAMA HOUSE and EMBASSY TOUR Saturday, September 25, 2010

Experience the longest running, always anticipated and enjoyable tour in Washington – our Kalorama House and Embassy Tour now in its 26th year.

New for 2010 - fewer tickets will be available and with advance purchase only, an even more personalized experience awaits you! The Pre-tour Brunch and Embassy Tour Package is NOW AVAILABLE - always a sell out and limited to 125! Join us this year for brunch that will be served at the celebrated MANSION on O Street, located in a series of five interconnected historic town houses that includes over 100 rooms and 32 secret doors. Nowhere else but in Washington DC and on our famous Embassy Row can you experience a mix of so many cultures and architectural gems.

The Art of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson: American Impressionist on exhibit to mark the 150th anniversary of First Lady Ellen Wilson’s birth.

Woodrow Wilson House will open a new exhibition, The Art of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson: American Impressionist on September 2, 2010. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of First Lady Ellen Wilson’s birth, this will be the first major retrospective of her works in nearly 20 years. Visitors will have the opportunity to see a selection of 18 impressionist landscapes painted by the first Mrs. Wilson, including five works which have not been on public display since the artist’s lifetime, four works recently acquired by Woodrow Wilson House, and five recently restored works.

E.A. Wilson: American Impressionist
Family Art Workshop
October 16, 2010

Join Artist/gilder William Adair of Gold Leaf Studios for a day of family art fun at Woodrow Wilson House. Participate in a frame gilding and painting workshop with materials supplied by the Prince of Wales Foundation Artisan Training Program.

In the morning, each student's frame is gold leafed with the help of their parent, followed by a box lunch and an outdoor watercolor painting workshop in Woodrow Wilson House’s historic garden. After the art work is placed into the finished frames, lemonade will be served at the art opening for visitors and friends, following the workshop. Space is limited, reserve today!

Family members of Mary Scott visit Wilson House

Recently Wilson House was pleased to welcome family members of Mary Scott who served the Wilsons for many years at their S Street home with her husband Isaac. (From left to right) Emerson Taylor, Angela Taylor Justin Wyatt, Delores Crawford, and Beatrice Wyatt joined Curator John Powell for a tour of Wilson House and a chat about old times. Some of the family members remembered visiting the house before in the 1950s and sharing a birthday cake with great aunt Mary in the kitchen. Thanks to the family we have learned many interesting facts about Isaac and Mary. In August 1931 after years of service the Scotts purchased their own home at 4434 Hunt Place, NE in the Deanwood neighborhood of Washington, DC.