Weekend program bathing season
Saturday June 8th, 2019
10.30 – 11-30 Guided tour in museum Panorama Mesdag
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch at beach pavilion la Cantina
13.30 – 16.00 Painting workshop on the beach
13.30 – 16.00 Join us on the beach!
Sunday June 9th, 2019
12.30 – 14.15 Dance workshop (sold out)
14.45 – 16.15 Lecture on Regency & Empire fashion
19.30 – 24.00 Historic ball at Pavilion de Witte (sold out)
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*All the activities in the program are optional. It is possible to buy a separate ticket for every activity. For all activities the tickets are limited. Therefore we advise you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible.
When ticket sales prove not to be sufficient Stichting Reverence reserves the right to cancel the activity in question. If an activity is cancelled, the purchase money will be refunded.
Saturday June 8th, 2019
10.30 – 11.30 Guided tour in museum Panorama Mesdag
To get some inspiration for our painting workshop we will visit the Panorama Mesdag, a magnificent cylindrical panorama painting by Hendrik Willem Mesdag (14 meters in height, 120 meters in circumference). From an observation gallery in the center of the purpose built museum the cylindrical perspective creates the illusion that the viewer is on a high sand dune overlooking the sea, beaches and village of Scheveningen in the late 19th century. Also if you are not participating in the painting workshop this work of art is definitely worth a visit!
Location: Museum Panorama Mesdag, Zeestraat 65, 2518 AA Den Haag
Ticket price: € 7,50 with Museumjaarkaart, € 15 without Museumjaarkaart
Dresscode: We encourage the wearing of regency/empire costume during this event
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12.15 – 13.30 Lunch at Beach Pavilion La Cantina
After our visit to Panorama Mesdag we will have lunch at a small restaurant on the beach in Scheveningen. The lunch consists of a cup of mustard or tomato-basil soup, mini buns, croissants, currant buns, various sweet and savoury fillings, filled wraps, scrambled eggs and 1 glass orange juice and/or 2 cups of coffee or tea.
Location: Beach pavilion La Cantina, Zuiderstrand 1, Scheveningen
Ticket price: € 19,50
Dresscode: We encourage the wearing of regency/empire costume during this event
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13.30 – 16.00 Painting workshop on the beach
In 1826 Willem I built Pavilion de Witte as a gift to his wife, Queen Frederica Louise Wilhelmina. She was artistically gifted and in this villa with sea view she painted a lot. On Saturday we will follow her footsteps and go to the beach to paint the coastline of Scheveningen.
Mat Kissing will supervise the painting workshop. She is a well-known Dutch portrait painter, who also paints landscapes. Thanks to her unique talent to capture someone’s face on canvas, the Dutch royal family asked her to portray the three little princesses Amalia, Alexia en Ariane. In 2011 she participated in a television program called Stars on canvas. She won the painting challenge.
Are you interested in her art or would you like to have a (historic) portrait of yourself? You should take a look on her website www.matkissing.nl
Instructor: Mat Kissing
Location: Near beach pavillion La Cantina, Zuiderstrand 1, Scheveningen
Ticket price: € 29,50
Dresscode: We encourage the wearing of regency/empire costume during this event
NB In case of bad weather, the workshop will be cancelled
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13.30 – 16.00 Join us on the beach!
If you don’t participate in the painting workshop, you’re welcome to join us for a stroll at the beach, a historic game or maybe even a dive in de the sea. But remember, according to the decree from the Scheveningen city council from 1819 you are only allowed to swim in so called bathing trunks!
Location: Near beach pavillion La Cantina, Zuiderstrand 1, Scheveningen
Ticket price: Companionship is free of charge!
Dresscode: We encourage the wearing of regency/empire costume during this event
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Sunday June 9th, 2019
12.30 – 14.15 Dance workshop (SOLD OUT)
Also this year Diana Campbell Jewitt will guide us through the historic dances in preparation for our ball. Don’t forget to bring some cash money! At the end of the workshop some merchandise will be on display so that you can buy some little must-haves for the evening.
Instructor: Diana Campbell Jewitt
Location: Pavilion de Witte
Ticket price: Sold out!
14.45 – 16.15 Lectures on Regency & Empire fashion
Cristina and Martin Lancaster are the owners of an extensive private fashion collection and dedicate themselves entirely to researching the Napoleonic period. They are also authors of the book ‘Napoleon and the empire of fashion: 1795-1815’. On our request they have prepared a lecture on the differences between French Empire and English Regency fashion:
- Regency & Empire Ladies Fashions: The development of style through different perspective, by Cristina Barreto-Lancaster
- Men’s Fashion in Britain and France during the Napoleonic and Regency Era, by Martin Lancaster
Read more about the background of this couple and the theme of this lecture.
Location: Pavilion de Witte
Ticket price: € 15,00 (1 drink included)
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19.30 – 24.00 Historic ball (SOLD OUT)
Location: Paviljoen de Witte
Ticket price: Sold out!