Holiday Walk Events
NEW THIS YEAR!
Knole Cottage, the 2/3 scale playhouse built for Frances Dodge, will be open for touring (weather permitting). Over the bridge and through the woods visitors will stroll down the decorated path to The Cottage where candy canes grow on trees and hot chocolate warms your toes. Be sure to take a souvenir photo in the Meadow Brook sleigh.
On Monday evenings, join us for family game night and a unique craft in the Courtyard Room. Then follow the soft glow of lanterns down the illuminated path to Knole Cottage for evening tours.
Weekend Activities
To make your visit a little sweeter, children of all ages can decorate a delectable holiday cookie in the Courtyard Room and participate in a coloring contest.
Visit with Santa
Sunday, December 11, 2011
No admission but donations are appreciated | 12:00 – 4:00pm
kids Pajama Party
Dates to be announced
$10 per child/adult | 6:00- 9:00 pm
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Enjoy movies like the children of Meadow Brook- in your pajamas! Join us in the Ballroom for a viewing of a family movie. Youth groups and families are welcome.
Reservations are required.
For more information, or to make a reservation, please call (248) 364-6252 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You may also purchase tickets HERE.
Youth Writing Half-day workshops
All half-day writing workshops are $20.00. Register and pay for the camps online. Contact Rebecca Rivard, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , with questions or comments.november 5, 2011
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Grades 2-5 - Historical Fiction
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the past? We will be touring the historic Meadow Brook mansion, America's castle, and discussing the tools a writer of historical fiction needs to make a riveting tale. For more information, additional dates, or to make a reservation, click here.
March 24, 2012
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Grades 6-8 and 9-12 - Mystery Writing
We will investigate a who-dunnit at America's castle using crime scene investigation experiments. We will then take those clues in to the garden terrace to discuss the secrets of mystery writing and mysteries of the era of the Dodge family, while you create your own mystery story to take home. For more information, additional dates, or to make a reservation, click here.
Youth Writing Camps
Summer 2012 - Dates to comeThe Meadow Brook Writing Project hosts summer writing camps at Meadow Brook Hall. Discover secret staircases, amazing playhouses, and writer's workshops at one of America's grandest architectural structures. Young authors will interact with award-winning, specially-trained experts in the field of writing. Collaborative teaching teams consist of K-12 writing teachers and Oakland University faculty from the Department of Writing and Rhetoric. All are alumni of Meadow Brook Writing Project's Summer Institute, an intensive writer's workshop for master teachers involved in the National Writing Project. All camp teachers are involved in continuing education the the NWP conferences, publications, and teacher- training workshops. Teachers are assisted by trained Meadow Brook Hall docents
Every day young writers will tour the historic house museum and world-class gardens to nurture, polish, and ultimately publish their original works. Published works include both written and digital presentation.
Click here for more details.
