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February 5, 2021

Conservation of Painting Yields New Information

In anticipation of the upcoming webinar program on Belmont's Portrait of a Young Girl with Fan presented by our paintings conservator Perry  Hurt, I

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Children,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Historic House Museum,  Visual Arts

July 22, 2018

Looking to Learn: Learning to Look

Sometimes just slowing down in our fast-paced world can make a considerable difference.  Taking the time to sit down and focus on a single painting in

Category iconArt,  Art Gallery,  Children,  Studio and Galleries,  Tours,  Uncategorized,  youth studio activity Tag iconart gallery programs,  gallery activities,  Michelle Crow-Dolby,  museum field trips

May 28, 2018

Please Touch! Historic House Tours

Keeping historic house tours engaging for visitors can be a challenge, especially children’s tours. The traditional “Listen, don’t touch” guided tour

Category icon3D Printing,  Children,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Senses,  Socratic Teaching Method,  Tours Tag icon3D,  historic house museum,  historic house tours,  Socratic teaching,  youth museum tours

Preschool Palette

June 8, 2015

Green is the Color of Spring

Hello Belmont Blog readers! My name is Tramia Jackson and as the Education Assistant and newest staff member here at Gari Melcher’s Home and Studio at

Category iconArt,  Children,  Classes,  Preschool Palette,  Spring Tag iconart,  Belmont,  early childhood education,  Preschool Palette

Spring Garden

March 25, 2015

Springtime at Belmont

Springtime has always been a magical time at Belmont. The gardens are always at their peak around Easter, and Corinne Melchers made sure that her

Category iconChildren,  Corinne Melchers,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Museum Shop,  Restored Gardens,  Spring,  Volunteer Tag iconBelmont,  Belmont; Gari and Corinne Melchers; Easter Egg Hunt; beeping egg hunt,  Easter,  flowers,  Garden Club of Virginia,  gardens,  Spring

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Falmouth, VA 22405
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