Saturday, May 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Gibson and the Garden

In partnership with Boston Parks & Recreation, the Gibson House Museum will be hosting a Promenade in the Public Garden to celebrate Boston’s Victorian history. Dress up in your Victorian-inspired finest and experience firsthand the Boston elite practice of parading around to be seen. Enjoy a formal promenade with costume contest at the Public Garden, then walk to the nearby Gibson House Museum for an open house featuring a special exhibition : It’s About That Walk: Victorian Promenade Culture and Costume. The program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council. Free, but reserve a spot through Eventbrite HERE.