Schedule of Events

The Pilgrimage Garden Club's Thirty-third Annual Antiques Forum, September 9 - 11, 2010 in Natchez, Mississippi

Get a printable Registration Form, along with information and a Schedule of Events

Thursday, September 9

1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Registration
Lobby of the Natchez Grand Hotel, Main Street at Canal

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception
Stanton Hall, 401 High Street

Friday, September 10

9:00 a.m. Welcome 2010 Forum Participants
Ballroom of the Natchez Grand Hotel
Jeanette Feltus, PGC Advisory Board Chairman, Bridget Green, Esther Carpenter and Eugenie Cates, 2010 Forum Chairmen

9:15 a.m. “The American Arts: Fact and Fiction”
Ballroom
Wendell Garrett, Editor at Large, The Magazine Antiques

10:15 a.m. Coffee and Normans of Natchez Photography Exhibit
Natchez First Presbyterian Church

11:15 a.m. “Glass in the Southern Home, 1785-1860”
Jane Spillman, Curator of American Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass

12:30 p.m. Southern Specialties
Lunch at the Carriage House Restaurant, on the grounds of Stanton Hall

2:00 p.m. “Eminintly Useful and Oh So Pleasing: The Non-precious Metals in Early America”
Donald L. Fennimore, Senior Curator of Metals, Winterthur Museum

3:00 p.m. Mini Break and Bookstore Tour
Lobby

3:15 p.m. “Neoclassical Elegance: Baltimore Furniture 1800-1830”
Gregory Weidman, Curator of Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland

5:30-8:30 p.m. Antiques Row Shopping Event
Antiques Forum participants are invited to shop and enjoy cocktails and refreshments at Natchez antique and specialty shops. (Dinner on the town, at your own leisure. Make early reservations. Visit the information table at the Forum Registration Area for assistance.)

Saturday, September 11

9:00 a.m. Feather, Fur & Flowers: Prints of Southern Flora and Fauna
Christopher Lane, owner of Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.

10:00 a.m. The Natchez Furniture Trade
Ron Miller, Director, Gulf Coast Field Office, MS Dept. of Archives and History

11:00-11:15 a.m. Short Introduction to the History of Three Homes of the Chairmen's Farewell Tour and Concluding Remarks

11:30 a.m - 2:00 p.m. Chairmen's Farewell Tour
Three historic private homes:
The Burn (light lunch buffet is served)
The Elms
Governor Holmes House

Purchase your tickets online!

Visit NPTShop.com's Antiques Forum Page.

NPTShop.com allows you the choice of a variety of tickets. Choose the All Inclusive Ticket, Friday lectures only, Saturday lectures only, or an economy ticket that gives you two lectures of your choice plus the Norman's Natchez Photography Exhibit.

Pilgrimage Historical Association

PHA sponsors the Antiques Forum, and is qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Your tax exempt contribution is welcome. The proceeds of the 2010 Antiques Forum will contribute to the ongoing preservation of Longwood, voted the most important architectural asset in the state of Mississippi by the MS Association of Architects.

Accommodations

For Bed and Breakfast accommodations, Visit Natchez Pilgrimage Tours' Website

All lectures will be held in the ballroom of the Natchez Grand Hotel on the Mississippi River. For room reservations, call 601-446-9994 to take advantage of Antiques Forum rates.

Travel & Tourism Guide

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