On April 21, 2012, the Museum will celebrate the beginning of its new season with an Opening Night Gala co-chaired by LMMM Trustees Linda Fontaine and Victoria Vandamm. The event will feature a preview of the exhibit, Epic Voyage: The Extraordinary Life of Titanic Survivor Helen Churchill Candee and a special presentation by Dr. Stephen M. Coan, President and CEO of Sea Research Foundation and Mystic Aquarium.
Dr. Coan will talk about the enduring legacy of the RMS Titanic as part of a centennial observance of the maritime disaster that claimed 1,517 lives. Dr. Coan, a noted authority on saving the world’s oceans, will be joined on video by his colleague, famed ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, who first discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1985.
2012 programs are made possible in part by generous contributions from LMMM’s Distinguished Benefactors: Xerox Foundation, Klaff’s, Maurice Goodman Foundation and Mrs. Cynthia C. Brown; Gala VIP sponsors include Sea Research Foundation and TFI Envision; Exhibit and Gala photography: courtesy of Jennifer Rose.
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The exhibition will open to the public on April 25, 2012, at noon. The Opening Night Gala will be catered by Michael Gilmartin’s Outdoor Cookers. Gala tickets are $200 for Rotunda seats and $150 for the Adjoining Room. For Reservations: 203-838-9799 ext. 4 or info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com
The exhibition will focus on the life and times of one of the survivors of the RMS Titanic, Helen Churchill Candee, mother of Edith Mathews, whose husband was one of the owners of the Mansion at the turn of the century. Photos, books, articles, letters, costumes and artifacts, many of which have never have been publicly exhibited, will interpret the history, customs and fashions of American life in the early part of the 20th century, allowing visitors to capture a glimpse of the Edwardian era.
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The exhibit will feature personal belongings of Helen Churchill Candee, including her writing case, letters, unpublished manuscripts, first editions of her books, and photographs on loan from her great-granddaughter, Rosemary Gillham. Additional material includes artifacts from the LMMM collection and loans from the Darien Historical Society and the private collection of Paul and Hadley Veeder.
