Keetje Hodshon requests the pleasure of your company

Dear guest,

You are cordially by Keetje Hodshon at her 1813 Dinner and Ball to be held at the Hodshon House in Haarlem, the evening of the 23th of February 2013

invited for a special evening at the Hodshon House in Haarlem. This beautiful building (1794) will be the venue of a spectacular evening of dinner and dance. Revisit the past in the year 1813 and dress yourself in the most beautiful Regency Costume and experience the past!

Yours sincerely
Jeanette & Martine (alias Keetje Hodshon)
Address of the (Keetje) Hodshon House:
Spaarne 17, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Program: Saturday 23February 2013
Morning:
Special tour at the Teylers museum: 11.00am
Afternoon:
Dance workshop beginners: 3.30 - 4.30pm
Dance workshop advanced: 4.30 - 5.30pm
Evening:
Dinner: 6pm – 8pm
Ball: 8pm – 12pm
Order tickets via: http://www.beleefhetverleden.nl/Inschrijven_Bal2013/
Tickets are non-refundable.

The Hodshon House, along the river Spaarne in Haarlem, contains beautiful Neoclassical Rooms, where the dinner will be held. After dinner you can join a dance evening in the Neo-Gothic Aula. You can also drink a cup of tea and find entertainment in the various rooms. If you wish your portret can be taken.

The Hodshon House was built in 1794 in command of the 22 year old (Cornelia Catharina) 'Keetje' Hodshon. This took place in the middle of the Batavian Revolution. Keetje came from a Mennonite family from England, becoming rich through trade in linen. She was orphaned at a young age and inherited a large amount of money. This allowed Keetje to build this ‘City Palace’ opposite the Teylermuseum, overlooking the Spaarne and the Bavo Church.

Located on the Bel-etage are various state rooms. These include the finest Neoclassical interiors of our country, representing all major European interior styles from that time; the Etruscan Room, the Red Room or Library and the Blue Room or Music Salon.
The Teylers Museum, is the first and oldest museum in The Netherlands. You can join an exclusive group visit to the Natural history library, led by an expert guide, focused mainly on hand-coloured 18th and 19th-century books (one hour/ limited places).
Or join the fascinating Introduction tour to the icons of the Museum's collection (one hour/ limited places). After the guided tour you can visit the rest of the museum. A free audio tour is available for iPod or MP3 player via www.artcast.nl. This provides extensive information on more than 150 objects in the museum collection. The Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum: Established in 1778 and open to the public since 1784. The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval Room (1784), built behind the house of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), the so called Foundation House. Pieter Teyler was a wealthy cloth merchant and banker of Scottish descent, who used his fortune for the advancement of religion, art and science.
Unique to this museum is the historical presentation of its collections, largely unchanged since the late 18th and 19th centuries. As a whole, the building and the collections are a monument to two centuries of cultural history.

The Teyler Museum is the first and oldest museum in The Netherlands
Choose one of the 3 Guided tours
1-Natural history library Tour; led by an expert guide, who focuses mainly on hand-coloured 18th and 19th-century books (one hour/ limited places).
2-Exhibition Tour Pierre-Joseph Redout (1759-1840) a Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He was an official court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette. In 1805 he was appointed court and flower painter to the Empress Josephine.
3-Introduction tour of physicist instruments and the neoclassical Oval room.
After the guided tour you can visit the rest of the museum. A free audio tour is available

Prices:
Early bird tickets available until the 1th of December 2012:
Guided tour Teylersmuseum € 15.-
Dinner and ball € 97,- (Dinner includes served drinks and dance workshop)
Ball only € 57,- (excluded dance workshop costs € 5.-)

Tickets after 1 December 2012:
Guided tour Teylersmuseum € 15.-
Dinner and ball € 105,- (Dinner includes served drinksand dance workshop) )
Ball only € 65,- (excluded dance workshop costs € 5.-)

Drinks during the ball € 1,- (tea, sparkling water and juices) € 2,- (wine and port)