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Adult
Programs & Education
The
Heritage Society offers a wide variety of entertaining, educational
programming for adults. Our programs appeal to different interests, and we
offer everything from workshops and
lectures to bus tours and educational trips.
Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series
The Heritage Society offers a variety of lectures each year to its
members and the general public. In the past season we have
hosted local gallery owner Story Sloan, collector and clock expert
Ralph Pokluda, preservationists Anna Mod,
Bob Fretz and J.D. Bartell, authors Gail Shiffrin,
Robert Utley and James L Haley, local historian Sylvia
Blackley Thompson, and Texas General Land Office Special Projects
Director Robert N. Jones, Jr.
The lectures take place on the third Thursday of each month at noon in The
Heritage Society Tea Room and cost $5 for non-members. You are welcome to
purchase a box lunch at the lecture for just $10, or bring your own.
Free parking is available in the parking lot behind the Kellum-Noble House.
These
lectures are made possible through the generosity of the Jerry & Marvy Finger.
Transcript of Texas
Decorative Arts: and the Houses in Which They Were Used by Kenneth
Hafertepe on May 19, 2011 provided by Adept Work Management, The
Transcription Experts.
February 16, 2012
Sleeping Porches of the early 1900s by Margaret Culbertson
12−1
p.m.
Building Arts Distinguished Lecture Series
The Building Arts Distinguished Lecture Series serves as a
companion educational program to The Heritage Society’s monthly
Jerry & Marvy Finger Lecture Series, and focuses on architecture and the
building arts. Quarterly lectures are given by craftsmen,
architects, engineers, and members of the building trade. These lectures
will discus the design, art, craft, and construction of buildings, both
historic and modern day. For more information please contact Kimberley
Wolfe at
kwolfe@heritagesociety.org. These lectures are made possible by a
generous grant from the Vivian L. Smith Foundation.
Transcript of
Historic Design, Looking Back at the Lost Art of Building by
Brent Hull on May 25, 2011
February 17, 2012
The Historic American Buildings Survey: Then and Now by Paul
Homeyer
7:00 p.m.
 Workshops and
Classes
Each fall the Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park hosts “The
Best Little Workshop in Texas,” a professional education program for
teachers of Texas history. Educators hear Texas and Houston historians
speak on a variety of topics including Hispanic leaders and the oil
industry. The program includes hands-on resource sessions featuring a
wide variety of primary documents from The Heritage Society’s
Collections and Archives. Teachers receive lesson plans and copies of
all demonstrated primary documents. This six-hour workshop earns
professional development credit in Texas history and is certified for
six hours of GT training by the Texas Association of Gifted and
Talented.
The Best Little Workshop in Texas is funded by the Vivian L.
Smith Foundation. For
more information, please contact Elizabeth Martin,
Education/Program Coordinator
emartin@heritagesociety.org.
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