The Carroll Gallery exhibit, “The Iconic Cape May Lighthouse: From the Pages of ’The First Resort’,” is a must for visitors during Victorian Weekend. The Cape May Lighthouse has been illuminating darkness over the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay for 160 years. Cape May’s lighthouse is the third beacon to guide mariners through the tumultuous waters at the confluence of the ocean and bay. Memories and historic images abound, from the keepers who dedicated their lives to maintaining the light, the MAC preservationists who restored it, and all those who’ve relied upon it for over a century and a half.

Delve into the realm of the dead on Graveyard, Ghosts and Mansion Combo Tour, a trolley and house tour that starts with a trolley ride to historic Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery to see the graves of Dr. Emlen Physick and his family. At the graveyard and on your return to the 1879 Physick House Museum, you’ll hear EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) recorded by tour guides and staff there. Your senses might surprise you as you contemplate the evidence of what many say is paranormal activity in the house, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to staff about their own experiences.

Headless photography? Electric corsets? Coffin torpedoes? Explore some of the strange beliefs, superstitions and oddities from the late 19th century during Cape Mayhem & Victorian Oddities Trolley Tour, an evening trolley tour through the gaslit streets of Cape May.

Do you enjoy figuring out how things work? Unpack the inner workings of the 1879 Physick House Museum on the Nuts & Bolts Tour, a guided tour that focuses on the Victorian mechanical systems that made things run in the 19th century.

Cape May was connected to the Underground Railroad and the Underground Railroad Trolley Tour tells the stories of those dangerous days. Hear how legendary anti-slavery fighter, Harriet Tubman, walked these streets, as did businessman and former slave, Stephen Smith, whose railroad cars carried hundreds to freedom.

Crafters and collectibles dealers from throughout the region display and sell their wares on the lawn of the Emlen Physick Estate during the Victorian Weekend Crafts & Collectibles Show Sunday, Oct. 13.

New in 2019, MAC Curator Gail Capehart presents The Art of Dining, a talk on the formalities of dining during the Victorian age and how Victorians prepared the table for dinner, with demonstrations in the Formal Dining Room. Join historian Lee Pollock for the 8th Annual Lessons of History Distinguished Lecture and learn about the alliance between Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and why it mattered, during “Roosevelt and Churchill: The Friendship that Saved the World” Sunday, Oct. 13 at 5 p.m. Pollock is a premier expert on Winston Churchill and a writer, historian and public speaker on his life and times. Pollock has served as Executive Director of the International Churchill Society, which was founded to preserve Churchill’s legacy for future generations. Pollock also spearheaded the development of the National Churchill Library in Washington, D.C.

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