GTMS SPEAKERS BUREAU

To take the Museum out to the community Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society formed a Speakers Bureau in 1998.

Our Speakers Bureau can arrange for qualified speakers to make presentations to your group or class on a variety of 18^th century topics. Speakers often dress in authentic 18^th Century attire and may bring props to illustrate their talks. This is a free service, but any donation to the Society would be used to benefit the museum.

Topics

Obviously, tavern life is one of our favorites.  Tavern talks include both a general overview of life in 18th C. Alexandria and a specific view of life in Gadsby's Tavern including stories of the Tavern's most famous patron, George Washington. 

As part of the 2002 George Washington Symposium two Speakers Bureau members, Colleen Woodward and Kathy Kelly,  produced and directed several mini-plays that highlighted the Symposium's topics.

Other GTMS speakers cover topics such as

• women and work in the 17^th and 18^th centuries

• the roles of women and African-Americans at the Tavern

• 18^th century cuisine (sometimes serving actual examples)

• and many more: early government, gardens, folklore, medicine, shopping and entertainment.

Each talk includes a brief historical background of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum.

Contact our Speaker Coordinator  for information or arrangements.  Sample some of the GTMS Speakers by clicking below.