Series Ticket Prices
General Admission In-Person: $90
General Admission Virtual: $70
Morven Member In-Person: $60
Morven Member Virtual: $30
Student In-Person: $60
Student Virtual: $30
Grand Homes & Gardens Speaker Series 2024
State-ly Homes: Exploring U.S. Governors’ Mansions and Gardens
Programs offered weekly March 5, 2024, through March 27, 2024
Homes to generations of state leaders and their families, governors’ mansions have been staples of the American landscape since the country’s founding. From refurbished sites of historical significance to bespoke masterpieces, the grand homes and gardens of U.S. governors offer a unique glimpse into how architecture, interior design, and landscapes can serve a civic purpose.
Join Morven, New Jersey’s first governors’ Mansion, as we explore four current U.S. governors’ mansions, traveling from New Jersey to Virginia, Hawai’i, and Maine, and learn from experts about how these spaces were created to embody the state and the people they seek to represent.
Series tickets include access to all four programs in the series for either in-person or virtual access.
Sales have ended at this time for optional in-person tours of Drumthwacket. Tickets also include the option to tour Drumthwacket on Thursday, March 7, at 10:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. Please note: Tours of Drumthwacket are limited to 50 visitors per tour. Spaces available on a first come, first serve basis.
Interested in purchasing a ticket for an individual program(s) in the series? See the program listings and registration links below:
Drumthwacket: New Jersey’s Governor’s Mansion (Tuesday, March 5)
First House: Virginia’s Executive Mansion (Wednesday, March 13)
Washington Place: The People’s Home of Hawai’i (Wednesday, March 20)
The Blaine House: Home to Maine’s Governors (Wednesday, March 27)
Refreshments inspired by each state will be served. Programs are hybrid, offered both in-person and virtually. Talks begin at 6:30 p.m. in Morven’s Stockton Education Center. Doors and the virtual waiting room open at 6:00 p.m. A Zoom link will be sent to all virtual participants upon registration. All programs will be recorded and shared with registrants following each event.
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors! The 2024 series sponsor is Bryn Mawr Trust. Individual program sponsors are Mrs. G Appliances, Erin Forrey Design, Keller Williams Princeton Realty, and Courtney Lederer and Mark Thierfelder.
FOR MORVEN MEMBERS: Please note that you must login into your Morven Member account in the upper righthand corner of the registration page in order to access the member rate.
Photo credit: Virginia’s Executive Mansion at night.