• Wishing everyone a happy world Heritage Day. #Lanyonhomestead #WorldHeritageDay2019 #HeritageDay2019
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    Wishing everyone a happy world Heritage Day. #Lanyonhomestead #WorldHeritageDay2019 #HeritageDay2019
  • Fly into the grassland! Sat 27 April: 1.15-2.15pm and 2.15-3.15pm Discover birdlife around the cottage and paddocks – glimpse a wren hopping through the garden, or a magpie picking bugs beneath the grand old Yellow Box tree. Join Geoff Robertson, from Friends of Grasslands, on a walk in the paddock. At the Education Centre, children and their carers can pot up a kangaroo grass plant, and weave a nest to take home for the birds they love. Workshop: $20.00 per child ($15 members and concessions), accompanying adults free Cottage tour: $7 for accompanying carer, participants can book in for a timed tour of the cottage: 1.15-2.15pm session: book for the 2.30-3.15pm or 3.15-4pm cottage tour 2.15-3.15pm session: book for the 1-1.45pm or 3.15-4pm cottage tour Book by Wed 24 April at MMbirds2019.eventbrite.com.au
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    Fly into the grassland! Sat 27 April: 1.15-2.15pm and 2.15-3.15pm Discover birdlife around the cottage and paddocks – glimpse a wren hopping through the garden, or a magpie picking bugs beneath the grand old Yellow Box tree. Join Geoff Robertson, from Friends of Grasslands, on a walk in the paddock. At the Education Centre, children and their carers can pot up a kangaroo grass plant, and weave a nest to take home for the birds they love. Workshop: $20.00 per child ($15 members and concessions), accompanying adults free Cottage tour: $7 for accompanying carer, participants can book in for a timed tour of the cottage: 1.15-2.15pm session: book for the 2.30-3.15pm or 3.15-4pm cottage tour 2.15-3.15pm session: book for the 1-1.45pm or 3.15-4pm cottage tour Book by Wed 24 April at MMbirds2019.eventbrite.com.au
  • This week ANU students undertook a 2-day intensive program at Lanyon Homestead looking at physical conservation of heritage places. Sessions investigated the precinct buildings, gardens and paddocks, and they even did some science to make some copperas limewash! #Lanyonhomestead #ACTHistoricPlaces #ANUCollegeofArtsandSocialSciences #AlexandraDellios #Heritageconservation
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    This week ANU students undertook a 2-day intensive program at Lanyon Homestead looking at physical conservation of heritage places. Sessions investigated the precinct buildings, gardens and paddocks, and they even did some science to make some copperas limewash! #Lanyonhomestead #ACTHistoricPlaces #ANUCollegeofArtsandSocialSciences #AlexandraDellios #Heritageconservation
  • LANYON PIANO MASTER CLASS & PERFORMANCE: Sun 14 April CLASSES: 11am–12.30pm (for 14 to 18 year olds) and 1–2.30pm (for adults) Join Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera, for a unique master class. Learn how to coax beautiful sound out of the 1840s Broadwood piano in the Lanyon drawing room. $60 (Memb and conc $55, 14 to 18 year olds $40) + booking fee. Book: Wed 10 April at  lanyonlearn.eventbrite.com.au PERFORMANCE: 3.30–4.30pm Listen to Erin Helyard Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera, play the 1840s Broadwood piano in the Lanyon drawing room or on the verandah in a unique and intimate performance of pieces from the era. $85 drawing room / $75 verandah 14 to 18 year olds $50 drawing room / $40 verandah) + booking fee. $15 Afternoon tea and discussion with Erin after the performance at the Barracks Espresso Bar and Eating House from 4.30pm. Book: Wed 10 April at lanyonpiano.eventbrite.com.au Heritage festival programs have been made possible through the generous support of Ms. Louise Douglas, former Chair, Cultural Facilities Corporation Board. #lanyonhomestead #lanyonpiano #homesteadpiano #pianoclass #pianoperformance #pianomasterclass #heritagefestival2019 #beautifulsoundofpiano #lanyondrawingroom
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    LANYON PIANO MASTER CLASS & PERFORMANCE: Sun 14 April CLASSES: 11am–12.30pm (for 14 to 18 year olds) and 1–2.30pm (for adults) Join Erin Helyard, Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera, for a unique master class. Learn how to coax beautiful sound out of the 1840s Broadwood piano in the Lanyon drawing room. $60 (Memb and conc $55, 14 to 18 year olds $40) + booking fee. Book: Wed 10 April at  lanyonlearn.eventbrite.com.au PERFORMANCE: 3.30–4.30pm Listen to Erin Helyard Artistic Director of Pinchgut Opera, play the 1840s Broadwood piano in the Lanyon drawing room or on the verandah in a unique and intimate performance of pieces from the era. $85 drawing room / $75 verandah 14 to 18 year olds $50 drawing room / $40 verandah) + booking fee. $15 Afternoon tea and discussion with Erin after the performance at the Barracks Espresso Bar and Eating House from 4.30pm. Book: Wed 10 April at lanyonpiano.eventbrite.com.au Heritage festival programs have been made possible through the generous support of Ms. Louise Douglas, former Chair, Cultural Facilities Corporation Board. #lanyonhomestead #lanyonpiano #homesteadpiano #pianoclass #pianoperformance #pianomasterclass #heritagefestival2019 #beautifulsoundofpiano #lanyondrawingroom