Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park

Unless otherwise noted, please call 410.465.8500 to make reservations for any of our events.

July 30 - August 3, 2007: “NEW” Victorian Dreams - A Living History Half-Day Camp at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Audience: Grades 4 +
Cost: $110.00 for 3 hours plus $25.00 materials fee – Reservations only

Spend your Spring Break at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park! Travel in time to the 1850s. Dress in camp adapted pinafores as you make authentic crafts, play the games and sports of the 1850s, and learn Victorian dancing. Enjoy morning tea in the parlors of Mt. Ida each day. Design and participate in your classes “own” graduation ceremony from the Patapsco Female Institute, a once nationally renowned girls’ school in Ellicott Mills, now known as Ellicott City. Friends and families are invited to attend graduation on the last day of camp.

August 6 - 10, 2007: “NEW” Victorian Dreams - A Living History Half-Day Camp at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Audience: Grades 4 +
Cost: $110.00 for 3 hours plus $25.00 materials fee – Reservations only

Aug 13 - 17, 2007: “NEW” Shakespeare Kids: The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s Hands-On Theater Camp at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Audience: Grades 4 - 6
Cost: $199.00 for 1 week plus $25.00 materials fee – Reservations only

Have great fun playing with Shakespeare with members of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. Acting Shakespeare is made fun and easy and we do it just as they did it in Shakespeare’s day in the great outdoors. Learn about costumes of the period, about staged fighting and about the greatest (and most entertaining) writer in history. The camp will end with a Friday afternoon performance of Shakespeare by the campers open to friends and family. Bring a $25.00 material fee the first day of camp.

Saturday, September 29, 2007: Women in the Park
Time: Park opens 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; Program 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Audience: All
Cost: $15 general public, $10 students and 65+ in advance – $20 at the door – Free for members

Attend any of the following lectures:

10:30 AM – “Some Leaders are Born Women: A Contemporary Woman’s Political Journey.” Presented by Courtney Watson, Howard County Council.
12:00 PM – “Conversation, Composition, and Corsets: Nineteenth-Century American Education for Young Ladies.” Presented by Dr. Jane L. Donawerth, University of Maryland
1:30 PM – “How Women of Science Make a Difference in Society: From Phelps to Baylor and Beyond.” Presented by Dr. Martha Baylor, Carleton College

Participate in docent tours and archaeological interpretation between lectures. Deluxe box lunches from Nora Café offered for $12 or bring your own. Rain or shine.

Reserve a date: Victorian Tea at Mt. Ida

Mt. Ida can be a perfect mother/daughter or best friend (adult) friend tea. What better way to spend an afternoon with family, friends or your club or organization. We can design a program to meet the needs of your group. This is a great way to learn about Women in History, explore Mt. Ida and the Patapsco Female Institute (weather permitting), participate in and learn about Victorian Parlor Games. Three sweets, three savories and tea will be served to you and your guests by docents in period attire. Come and find out what the Patapsco Female Institute is all about. For additional information and to schedule your tea, call 410-465-8500.