Family Day at Bayou Bend “Celebrate the Season”
November 17, 2024
Visit Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens for an afternoon of family-friendly fun. This edition of Family Day explores “Celebrate the Season”—festive fun through a variety of winter holidays observed in early America.
Admission
- Free
- Last admission at 4:30 p.m.
Highlights
- 1 p.m.–5 p.m. | Art-making activities & games
- 1 p.m.–5 p.m. | Visits to the first floor of the house to explore the art collection
- Music by Houston Youth String Orchestra
- Storytelling–a reading of Jeron Ashford's "Winter Candle," by David Allen III
- 19th Century tree decorating with interpreters Susan Kelm and Janell Kean
- Crafting–create a folding accordion book about holiday traditions with teaching artists Janice Warren and Norola Morgan
Education programs at Bayou Bend receive generous funding from Houston Junior Woman's Club; Mary Lynn and Steve Marks; Susan Vaughan Foundation; Denise Monteleone; Ms. Bobbie Nau; William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation; and additional generous donors.
These education programs also receive income from funds provided by the Carol and Les Ballard Endowment; the Judy and Charles Tate Endowment; the James William Glanville and Nancy Hart Glanville Endowment; the Barbara Graham Williams Endowment; and the Bayou Bend Bonnie A. Campbell Education Programs Endowment.