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WINTER WONDERLAND HOLIDAY TEA 

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Co-sponsored by The Barnes Museum, Southington, CT
&
​Gallery 53, Meriden, CT
December 14, 2024   l   12:00 – 2:00 PM

The Indianna Room, Gallery 53, 53 Colony St., Meriden, CT 

Christina Volpe, MA, Curator, The Barnes Museum, presenter

$30/person

ages 14+
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Escape the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and join us for a heartwarming Winter Wonderland Tea Party! This promises to be an enchanting experience with Christina Volpe, Curator of The Barnes Museum, as she presents the cozy traditions and delightful customs of a Winter Wonderland Tea Party. Experience:

Seasonal Treats
a delightful assortment of winter-themed sweets and savories

Tea Time Talk
history and traditions of winter tea parties

Don't miss this popular holiday event with note local historian Christing Volpe in a cozy, festive setting! 

Space is limited,  purchase your ticket NOW!
PRESENTED BY CHRISTINA VOLPE, MA, Curator, The Barnes Museum
Christina Volpe is an esteemed historian and curator specializing in the captivating era of the Gilded Age. With a focus on Connecticut's role in the second industrial revolution and the material culture of the time, Volpe's expertise stems from her degrees in archaeology and classics from the American University of Rome and an MA in public history from Central Connecticut State University. Her previous roles include serving as an assistant curator and archivist for prominent family archives, and she has contributed her knowledge to esteemed institutions such as the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Barnes Museum, where she assumed the role of curator in 2021.
ABOUT THE BARNES MUSEUM
​Southington’s Barnes Museum is a historic house museum and center for the study of 19th-century material culture and decorative arts, complete with fifteen rooms set in the early 1900s full of original family artifacts and over 1,000 early American pressed glass goblets on display in the conservatory.