Family Day at Bayou Bend “Women in America”
Duncan Phyfe, Worktable, 1813, mahogany; mahogany veneer, ebony, brass, and felt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Bayou Bend Collection, Museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund.
Family Day at Bayou Bend “Women in America”
Visit Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens for an afternoon of free, family-friendly fun celebrating the contributions of women to early American life.
Highlights
- A costumed interpreter portrays Texas art pioneer Elisabet Ney
- Reading and performance from a bilingual picture book about a Dominican American girl
- Dance program honors the role of the matriarch in Indigenous American life
- Visits to the first floor of the house, enhanced by hands-on history and art stations
- Art activity inspired by inventor Sarah E. Goode’s patent for a collapsing bed and cabinet
- Focus on the suffrage movement with photo station featuring images of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Admission
Free
March Family Day is generously supported by Bobbie Nau.