Menard Lectures focus on decorative art, architecture and history. Four lectures are held each year. The venue for these lectures is the Michel B. Menard House, Galveston’s oldest surviving residential dwelling, recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of the finest examples of historic preservation in the United States. The Menard House is furnished with museum-quality 19th-century Empire pieces and is located at 1605 33rd Street in Galveston.
Previous Topics:
"Alfred Horation Belo: Southern Gentleman and Newspaper Publisher."
“First Links in a Chain: The Galveston Daily News and The Dallas Morning News.”
“History of Greek Revival Architecture in Galveston”
“Recreating Christmas in the Historic House”
“Victorian Holiday Traditions”
“Victorian Lady on the Texas Frontier”
“The Way We Were and How We Got There…”
“Rediscovering the Lost Private World of Thomas Jefferson”
“Empire Era Furnishing”
“History of Chocolate”
“History of Maritime Art”
“American Silver from the 17th and 18th Centuries”
