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   2200 Broadway Street
   Redwood City, CA 94063 
   (650) 299-0104 

Victorian Days

Celebrate San Mateo County during our annual festival on August 21. Stroll down History Lane, make crafts from yesteryear and listen to stories of Victorian millionaires.

Family Fun
Rotunda from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Create a Victorian hat, build a steamship, design a "stained glass" window, play with a thaumatrope and discover other crafts from the Victorian era.

Love and Marriage: Victorian Style
Courtroom A at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Love and Marriage: Victorian Style explores courtship rituals, wedding traditions and marriages of millionaires. Set during an engagement party at a Peninsula estate, guests gossip about other famous couples of the Peninsula. While the ladies complain about how difficult it is to find a good man, the gentleman bemoan another poor fellow being trapped into marriage.
The play is based on research conducted in the Historical Association archives. While the characters are fictional, the couples they discuss lived on the Peninsula in the late 1800s.

History Lane
Upper Rotunda & Hallways from 11 a.m. –4 p.m.
Stroll History Lane and discover the latest news on the past.  Talk to history buffs representing historic organizations throughout the county and learn about all their upcoming activities.

Details
Date:
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Time:
11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Location:
History Museum
Cost:
Free
Costume:
Costumes from Victorian era encouraged.

Flyer
  Victorian Days flyer here

Target Family Day
From 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Target Family Day occurs in Courthouse Square. The day's theme is Culture, Crafts and Curry. Click here for more information.

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