Heurich (Open) House: Our Favorite Things

Name: Heurich (Open) House: Our Favorite Things
Start: 2024-08-02T17:00:00-0500
End: 2024-08-02T20:00:00-0500
Location: Heurich House Museum

Fri, Aug 2, 5pm - 8pm CDT

Heurich House Museum

washington, united states

Heurich House Museum

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Event description

Museums protect, preserve, and interpret their collections for their communities and future generations. In a house museum like ours, the house itself is part of the collection.

On Friday, August 2nd from 5:00 - 8:00 pm during First Friday Dupont, join us for Heurich (Open) House: Our Favorite Things! With thousands of incredible details to focus on, the Museum staff are always finding new favorite aspects of the historic Heurich home (built 1892-4)! We’ve chosen some favorite things and favorite stories to share with you!

This is an open house, guests are invited to come at any point in the evening. This event is free. RSVP is requested, but not required.Last entrance at 7:45pm

Heurich (Open) House will be an ongoing series with themed drop-in style programming. Stay tuned for more details by joining our email list.

ACCESSIBILITY

If you require special accessibility accommodations, we are happy to help. Please email us at programs@heurichhouse.org.

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The Heurich House Museum’s mission is to explore the American Experience through the legacy of German immigrant Christian Heurich and his Washington, DC brewery, and to create an equitable path to success for local small-scale manufacturers.

Our dual mission of public history education and public service is directly related to our core philosophy: that house museums should be dynamic and relevant to our modern communities.

The Heurich mansion was built in 1892-4 for German-American immigrant Christian Heurich (1842-1945), whose brewery was the largest in DC and a household name. It is the city's best-preserved example of Richardsonian Romanesque residential architecture and one of the most landmarked interiors in DC. The mansion incorporated many technological advancements, including metal speaking tubes, electric lighting, burglar alarms, and "fireproofing." The interior decoration and furnishings were made by numerous German-American craftspeople. The house remained in the Heurich family until 1956, when it was bequeathed to DC’s Historical Society. In 2003, a family-created non-profit purchased the house and turned it into a museum.

Visit our website for more information or follow us @heurichhouse.

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