Public Grand Opening Festival:
Sunday, May 22, 12-5pm
Celebrate the grand opening of Maymont’s new belowstairs exhibition with a day of activities and entertainment for the entire family. Free admission. For information, call 804-358-7166, ext. 329.

12-4:30pm: Tour the kitchen, butler’s bedroom and other newly restored rooms
Reserve your free, timed tour at the ticket tent

12-2pm: James River Brass Quintet

1 & 3pm: “The Dressmaker” featuring Nancy Lowden, Maymont’s Special Programs Coordinator

1:30 & 3pm: Virginia Historical Society “What Photographs and Artifacts Tell Us About the Past”

2-3:30pm: Dixieland Strutters

2 & 4pm: “Kitchen Tales” featuring Frances Jones, great granddaughter of Frances Walker, Maymont’s last known head cook

3:30-4:30pm: Legacy of Weyanoke, a cappella vocal ensemble

• Descendants of former Maymont employees sharing memories of their families
• Elizabeth O’Leary signs her book, From Morning to Night: Domestic Service in Maymont and the Gilded Age South
• Hands-on children’s activities and crafts
• Art exhibit and sale of works by Hylah Wright, former employee of prominent Richmond family
• Verizon Telecom Museum
• C. F. Sauer Company Spice Museum
• Early electrical appliances as seen on “Antiques Roadshow”
• “What Is It?” table with gadgets and interesting period objects
• 1924 Rolls Royce
• Thalhimer Delivery Wagon
• Old-fashioned picnic fare for sale by A Sharper Palate
• Carriage Rides
• Maymont Shop