Presented by the Museums of Oglebay Institute

Asian Gardens Of The 1920s:
The Travels Of Elizabeth K. Roys


April 25 - July 13

Exhibit features photographs and observations by Smith College botany student Elizabeth Roys when she toured Asia in the 1920s. The exhibit highlights temple, palace, private, working-class and ruined gardens in China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and India and explores their differing cultural conceptions of the garden.

Produced by the Botanic Garden of Smith College.

Seven Sundays
to Remember
2008 Lecture Series & Tour


1pm; $10/$7 OI Members
Waddington Room, Mansion Museum
Reservations requested.

April 20
A.B. Brooks: For Those that Walk the Trails…
Eriks Janelsins

May 4
Landscape Architecture of the Country Place Era Estates, 1890-1933
Gabe Hays

June 22
Landscapes of Oglebay
Andy Barger

July 13
Brooks Wigginton’s Personal Landscapes
Hydie Friend

August 3
The White House Garden:
Two Centuries of Presidential Landscapes

William Seale

September 28
Elements of Bissonnette Gardens at Oglebay
Chris Schenkel & Marilyn Archer

October 12
Greenwood Cemetery:
The Victorian Way of Death in Wheeling

Dr. David Javersak



Secret Gardens Of Wheeling Tour & Garden Market

Saturday, June 14
$12 per person


Walk through elegant host gardens in surprising locations and learn gardening tips and techniques. Call the Mansion Museum at 304.242.7272 for tickets and more information.


The White House Garden

August 3 - September 28
Members Opening Saturday, August 2; 5-7pm


Exhibition traces the development of the stately White House gardens and grounds from the plans of Pierre Charles L’Enfant to the present through archival materials, planting plans and historic and contemporary photographs.

Developed and supported by the White House Historical Association and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)

 

 

 

 
Contacts
The Museums of
Oglebay Institute

Rt. 88 N, Oglebay Resort
Wheeling, WV 26003

304.242.7272
Links
Oglebay Resort