Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

As a follow-up to her popular 1885 UnderWhere? Program, Bureau of Historic Sites Interpretive Programs Coordinator, Kjirsten Gustavson, has created a brand-new program exploring the layers of women's dress from 1905. Reservations required.

This event is sold out.

Enjoy tea and refreshments in the formal dining room while listening to talks about different aspects of Gilded Age history.

Enjoy a Valentine tea plus a chocolate treat and listen to stories of true love and devotion, researched by Staatsburgh curator Maria Reynolds.

COST: $35/PERSON, $30/FRIENDS OF MILLS.

Enjoy tea and refreshments in the formal dining room while listening to talks about different aspects of Gilded Age history.

Enjoy a Valentine tea plus a chocolate treat and listen to stories of true love and devotion, researched by Staatsburgh curator Maria Reynolds.

COST: $35/PERSON, $30/FRIENDS OF MILLS.

Highlighting Staatsburgh's real-life counterparts of the Downton Abbey characters, this tour of the mansion, led by a costumed interpreter, will explore how the servants prepared for a busy weekend of entertaining....and how the Mills' daughter, like Downton Abbey's Cora, married into the British aristocracy.

Cost: $10/PERSON, $8/SENIORS & STUDENTS, $6/FRIENDS OF MILLS.

Enjoy tea and refreshments in the formal dining room while listening to talks about different aspects of Gilded Age history.

Staatsburgh's curator and professional figure skater, Maria Reynolds, will explore the popularity of skating during the many winters of the Gilded Age. Ruth Mills was an avid skater and this talk will explore some of the moves she performed.

COST: $35/PERSON, $30/FRIENDS OF MILLS. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

Highlighting Staatsburgh's real-life counterparts of the Downton Abbey characters, this tour of the mansion, led by a costumed interpreter, will explore how the servants prepared for a busy weekend of entertaining....and how the Mills' daughter, like Downton Abbey's Cora, married into the British aristocracy.

Cost: $10/PERSON, $8/SENIORS & STUDENTS, $6/FRIENDS OF MILLS. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Some visionary women of the 19th and early 20th centuries were instrumental in fighting against the extinction of birds, from the ravenous millinery trade. In this talk, site manager Pamela Malcolm will explore their cause and activities, as well as the beautiful and ruinous use of exotic feathers in turn-of-the-century millinery. Snow date: Sunday, April 19