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The Business of Love: Victorian Courtship, Chaperones and the Matrimonial Market (The Language of Dalnavert)

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Join us for The Language of Dalnavert: An Insider’s Perspective of the House and the Victorians, a monthly lecture series with our Collections Registrar, Inés Bonacossa. Each month, Inés will share her insight into different aspects of Dalnavert’s collection and Victorian culture.

Tickets are $10 per person per lecture and free for Dalnavert Museum members.

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Courtship in the Victorian period was very different from modern dating culture. From chaperones to courting chairs, it was both very different yet much the same. In this Valentine’s weekend edition of the monthly “Language of Dalnavert” lecture series, learn all about the world of Victorian courtship and love with Inés Bonacossa, Collections Registrar at Dalnavert Museum.

Earlier Event: February 14
A Lovey-Dovey Second Saturday
Later Event: February 19
Trivia Night at Dalnavert Museum
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