Bidwell House Museum Programs for 2000

Some of the Programs in 2000
Celebrating the 250^th Anniversary of the House
& the 10^th Anniversary of the Museum
(Click here for a glimpse of 1999)

Annual concert featuring Calliope. Despite the torrential rain, it was much enjoyed by the hardy participants.
'Threads & Thresholds': a three-part women's history series The domestic lives of women in history presented through tours, talks, re-enactments and lyric presentations of what is rarely documented in women’s history: travel, freedom, aspirations, wit, physical prowess, and industry.
	These images show some of the local women who played parts in the very enjoyable and informative series developed with the Bigger Light theatrical company.
The Bidwell Family National Reunion	Tours of the house and gardens and a presentation by historian Kathy Page Wasiuk on Mercy Partridge Whitney . who was one of the first missionaries to Hawaii. James Mitchner’s book refers to excerpts from her diary. Mercy was Reverend Bidwell’s granddaughter.
Talk & Tour of the Ancient Cairns on The Bidwell House Property	A program about the regional Native Americans, focusing on the construction and meaning to stone cairns throughout our area. The program included a hike to the cairns on The Bidwell House's Meeting House Trail.