The Language of Dalnavert: An Insider’s Perspective of the House and the Victorians

Join us for The Language of Dalnavert: An Insider’s Perspective of the House and the Victorians, a monthly lecture series with our Collections Registrar, Inés Bonacossa. Each month, Inés will share her insight into different aspects of Dalnavert’s collection and Victorian culture.

Tickets are $10 per person per lecture. Ticket price does not include entrance to the historic house. If you would like a tour of the house before or after the lecture, please book ahead online.

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Upcoming Lectures

Inés Bonacossa delivers a lecture on fortune telling

A Powerpoint slide that reads “Between 1780 and 1850, there is an increasing aestheticization of tuberculosis that becomes entwined with feminine beauty.”

Inés delivering the April ceramics lecture

Ceramics displayed for the ceramics lecture

Attendees of the How to Tea lecture examining tea related objects up close

2024 Lecture Schedule

January 21 — From hand to Paper: Writing Tools Before Computers

February 11 — Victorians and the Calls of Nature

March 24 — For All the Tea in China

April 14 — On the Dragon’s Train

Summer Break

October 20 — Are You Afraid of Dolls?

November 17 — A Penny For Your Thoughts (They are both in your purse)

Accessibility

The lectures take place entirely in the Visitors’ Centre. The Visitors’ Centre is wheelchair accessible and has level access.

For additional access information, please see our Event Access Guide (link opens in a new window) and our Accessibility page (link opens in a new window).