2017 Lecture Videos

Available below are the videos from the Volunteer Continuing Education Program. Lectures are about an hour each. To begin viewing videos, click on the play button in the middle of the video image. 

January 23, 2017: Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Biography by Estella Chung (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

January 30, 2017: Marjorie Merriweather Post and Staff at Hillwood by Estella Chung (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

February 2, 2017: Annual Volunteer Business Meeting

February 7, 2017: Tony Duquette: Wild Child of Hollywood Design by Hutton Wilkinson

February 16, 2017: Kykuit: The Rockefeller Estate by Cynthia Altman

February 21, 2017: Russian Metalwork, Jewelry, and Fabergé: The Icon Room and Pavilionby Wilfried Zeisler (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

February 23, 2017: In and Out of Paris: Gardens of Secret Delights by Zahid Sardar

February 27, 2017: Russian Porcelain and Glass: The Russian Porcelain Room, Pavilion, Second Floor Hall and Floor Passages by Wilfried Zeisler (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

February 28, 2017: Sunnylands: America’s Midcentury Masterpiece by Janice Lyle

March 15, 2017: A Mineralogist’s Delight: Hardstone in Hillwood’s Collection by Wilfried Zeisler

March 30, 2017: An Evening with Friends and Fashion presented in partnership with Carmel Institute for Russian History and Culture by Angie Dodson, Anton Fedyashin, and Rosalind Blakesley

April 3, 2017: Jewelry and Costume Collections: Marjorie Post’s Bedroom Suite by Howard Kurtz (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

April 20, 2017: Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia 1917 – A World on Edge by Helen Rappaport

April 24, 2017: Painting and Portraiture: Throughout the Mansion by Wilfried Zeisler (part of the 2017 mansion docent training program)

June 8, 2017: Spectacular Gems and Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection member preview day presentation by Kate Markert

June 12, 2017: Spectacular Gems and Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection volunteer education by Angie Dodson

September 11, 2017: New Russian Porcelain Displays by Wilfried Zeisler

September 15, 2017: A Perfect Fit: A Fashion Designer and His Ideal Client by Howard Kurtz

September 28, 2017: Royal Diamonds by Caroline de Guitaut

October 26, 2017: Contemporary Interest in Gems and Jewelry by Aja Raden

November 8, 2017: Casanova by C.D. Dickerson