Lectures

For more information on lectures or for a reservation, please call 800.448.3883 or make a reservation online. 

Follies Lecture: "Learning to See and Explore at Stowe"

April 20, 1:00–2:00 pm

Matt Rader, executive director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, will discuss his experiences learning to see the landscape as a young man at Stowe, the Capability Brown-designed landscape garden in Buckinghamshire, England. $10 per Member. $20 per nonmember. Free for Winterthur Garden and Landscape Society and Garden Associate Members.  Purchase tickets online or call 800.448.3883.

Costuming THE CROWN Evening Lecture: "Elizabeth the Queen: The Woman, the Family, the Life"

April 30, 6:00 pm

Biographer Sally Bedell Smith parts the curtain and describes what Queen Elizabeth II is really like as a human being—a wife, a mother, a friend—along with the secrets to her effectiveness as a highly respected leader. Ms. Smith will share what she discovered about the Queen's life and reign that people either don't know about or fully appreciate. $10 per Member. $15 per nonmember. Purchase tickets online or call 800.448.3883. *Costuming THE CROWN exhibition open until 6:00 pm.