| Date |
Day |
Time |
Event |
| September 5 |
Sunday |
|
No Tours |
| September 6 |
Monday |
|
No Tours |
| September 11, 18, 25 & October 2nd |
10:00 am - 12:00 noon |
|
Watercolor Art Classes: Ruth Tiejen Councell, an artist and illustrator specializing in botanical art, will be leading a series of watercolor classes in the Trent-era garden at the 1719 William Trent House Museum. The class will be held on four Saturdays in May of 2010. Each session will offer an indoor lesson and then students will be able to explore the garden and choose their own corner to apply techniques learned. Lesson topics will include drawing, washes and glazes, color theory, composition, and more. The class is open to all levels of experience. The class is limited to the first ten registrants. There is a forty dollar registration fee and a list of supplies will be provided upon receipt of registration.
Watercolor Art Class Registration Form |
| September 11 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Fall Harvest Program: Learn about fall harvesting in the Trent-era kitchen garden and help to harvest potatoes and pumpkins!
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| September 18 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Colonial Toys and Games: Children of all ages will be able to try their hand at a variety of colonial toys and games, including nine pin bowling, Jacob's ladders, hoops and sticks and much more!
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| September 25 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Tilte Painting: Paint your own delftware ware tile to take home, just like in the Trent House!
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| October 2 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Back to School: Quill Pen Writing:
What’s a hornbook? Find out during an afternoon of learning how to write with a quill pen. Visitors will explore all the ins and outs of colonial writing, including how to cut select and cut a quill, master a somewhat different alphabet, and make a quill pen to bring home.
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| October 9 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Historic Housekeeping: Join the Trent House staff for a special afternoon of learning how the Trent household prepared for winter. The staff will actively be cleaning the house and talking about summer chores. Some chores, such as tightening the bed, visitors will be able to lend a hand with. After helping with the winter chores enjoy a slice of home baked pie.
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| October 11 |
Monday |
|
No Tours |
| October 16 |
Saturday |
12:30 -4:00 |
Colonial Candlemaking:
In the days before electricity a fall chore in every colonial household was the making of candles to get a family through the long dark winter nights. Join the Trent House staff for an afternoon of Colonial Candle Making and make a small candle of your own to bring home. Rain date October 23rd.
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| October 23 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Buttermaking: Help the staff of the Trent House churn cream into butter and sample it with fresh baked bread and herbs fresh from the garden mixed in
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| October 30 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
Haunted Tales:
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| November 4 & 5 |
Thursday & Friday |
|
NJEA Convention: Attention all NJEA members be sure to visit our booth in Atlantic City. |
| November 6 |
Saturday |
12:30 4:00 |
Sachet Making: Make a scneted herbal sachet to take home.
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| November 13 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Tilte Painting: Paint your own delftware ware tile to take home, just like in the Trent House!
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| November 11 |
Thursday |
|
No Tours |
| November 25 & 26 |
Thursday and Friday |
|
No Tours |
| December 4 |
Saturday |
2:00 |
Evolution of the Gingerbread Man:
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| December 5 |
Sunday |
1:00 - 4:00 |
Holiday Open House and Greens Sale
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| December 11 |
Saturday |
12:30 4:00 |
Sachet Making: Make a scneted herbal sachet to take home.
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| December 18 |
Saturday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Themed Tours: Holiday Traditons in the early 18th Century
This program is FREE. Please bring a non perishable food item to share with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
|
| December 24 & 25 |
Friday and Saturday |
|
No Tours |
| December 26 - 31 |
Sunday - Friday |
12:30 - 4:00 |
Patriot's Week: Tour the house while listening to the sounds of the harpsichord and try your hand at a game of 18th century cards. Bring a bag lunch. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served. |
Read Our Latest Newsletter
