On November 22, the Museum kicks off Thanksgiving week with Families Explore: The Victorian Era. Experience the Victorian period through storytelling, crafts and other kid-friendly activities. Decorate a Victorian-inspired personal keepsake box and make a beaded ring. Try on Victorian clothing and play a matching game in the Museum’s galleries. Hear Victorian stories from Regi

I am fascinated by Victorian era protected cruisers of the different classes and armoured cruisers (sometimes classified as second class battleships). I have been reading up on them. I am also interested in the sloops, gunboats and frigates that were used in colonial policing duties, trade protection and commerce raiding when it came to war. Heh. I have been reading up ...

Are you interested in Victorian homes in Palm Beach or Broward County? Call Marilyn at 561-302-3388 for ... very interesting afternoon. Enjoy a “Harvest Tea” and treats with Victorian hostesses in costume and your personal butler, most elegantly done by ... Wednesday, November 23 at 2 pm. See a traditional Victorian Thanksgiving… and get new ideas for your own holiday. Tips will be offered on ...

... Berkley Square is a period piece that focuses on the servant staff of the Victorian elite household. I am sure that every attempt was made to keep upstairs and downstairs people in ... were “masters” with weak personalities and “servants with dominant personalities. The structure of a Victorian home cannot erase who is the alpha dog in a pack and a household is ...

Jeez, I never know what to believe when I'm reading about "hipsters" in the New York Times. ... he saw a young man dressed in a bowler, cape, breeches and knee socks on the Lower East Side. “We’ve already seen the comeback of the butcher and the baker,” he said. “Next thing is going to be a hipster candlestick maker.”... Country and city men alike have rediscovered old- ...

... buyers associate the majority of old jewelry pieces to the Victorian era owing to its unique characteristics. In fact ... marriage to Prince Albert became an impetus. The techniques of the Victorian jewelry were characterized by using techniques such as piercing, filigree, ... gift to a new bride from her husband on their wedding night. Victorian people were captivated with flowers and attached symbolic ...