The Wyeth Tootle Mansion opens for the 2018 season on Friday and several events are already planned.
The mansion, located at 1100 Charles St. in St. Joseph, will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through October.
St. Joseph Museums Public Relations Officer Kathy Reno said the first event of the season will be Music at the Mansion on April 14th.
“There will be five different acts, tons of great food… and it’s just $5 at the door, children eight and under are free,” Reno said. “So if you want to hear local talent throughout the afternoon, 12:30 to 5:30, have lunch, have a drink, that’s the time to do it.”
An ongoing event throughout the season at the mansion will be Coffee and Gingerbread at 10 a.m. every third Saturday of the month.
“Stop by, have some coffee and then we’ll talk about different aspects of your older home and restoring and fixing,” Reno said. “The very first one is going to focus on stained glass windows, how to repair them, how to care for them because, obviously, there’s a lot of that in St Joseph, there’s a lot inside the mansion.”
The first Coffee and Gingerbread program will be held at 10 a.m. on April 21st.
An opportunity to learn and practice photography skills will be coming up in May at the mansion. According to Reno, a photography workshop will be offered by Megan Wyeth on May 16th.
“Megan is a professional photographer who has studied with some of the greatest photographers in the country. She will teach you how to see, how to experiment, how to work with lighting, how to frame your shots. The mansion is a great place to do that because sometimes the mansion inside and outside the museum can be tricky,” Reno said. “You can bring any type of camera that you want to. Megan says that she realizes a lot of people even today have gone to the very sophisticated camera phones that are out there now, so if you want to use that, you certainly can.”
Registration for the photography workshop is required in advance as there is limited space. Find information on these events and more, at stjosephmuseum.org.