Step back 200 years into the home of the Worthington family for a special holiday tour. Celebrate the holidays at “Holidays at Adena." Adena Mansion and Gardens will be decorated in 19th century yuletide splendor and will sure put you in the holiday spirit! While Adena is closed for the winter season, we re-open for […]
Please join us at Adena Mansion and Gardens in your Sunday’s best on Mother's Day to honor and celebrate the special women in our lives! Tea and assorted desserts will be served. Local historian Mary Anne Brown will talk about the Worthington Women, and Executive Director Kathy Styer will give a brief history of Tea […]
A workshop explaining cursive handwriting with demonstrations and hands-on lessons using quill pens and ink. Also a discussion of how ink was made by gathering natural ingredients. Workshop will be on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM in the classroom at the Visitor Center. Admission is free and all children must have an adult […]
Archery was a common pastime for both adults and children in the Worthington’s time. Join us for Archery at Adena, where children will be given an introductory lesson in archery on the lawn of the estate. Feel free to bring your own bow if you have one (No crossbows please!). Archery at Adena will be […]
Join Tom Ortman Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 2:00pm for a gardening event. Make a Hypertufa planter for your lovely plants to be displayed in. Supplies will be provided. Reservations are required, as space is limited. Admission is $35 per person, and you may purchase your tickets online at adenamansion.com, by calling 740-772-1500 or email […]
Join us on Sunday, July 3, at 2:00 PM, to celebrate Independence Day the way they did two centuries ago as you are transported back in time to experience the holiday like it was celebrated in the early 1800s. This event will take place at the picnic pavilion and there is no charge to attend. […]
A workshop explaining cursive handwriting with demonstrations and hands-on lessons using quill pens and ink. Also a discussion of how ink was made by gathering natural ingredients. Workshop will be on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM in the classroom at the Visitor Center. Admission is free and for more information please email [email protected] […]
Adena Mansion & Gardens will host their annual Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Social July 9, 2021 at the picnic pavilion, behind the Visitor Center from 11am – 3 pm. Bring your lawn chair and sit back, relax, and enjoy homemade fruit cobblers and root beer floats. Admission charged at the gift shop, and […]
Although Thomas and Eleanor Worthington raised their ten children at Adena, only five of these children are buried here in Ross County. Join Mary Anne Brown, Worthington family historian, for a verbal tour of the final resting places of all ten of the children, some far from the Adena home of their youth.
Adena Mansion & Gardens will host a vintage “base ball” game on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Bring your blanket or lawn chair and join us on the grounds when the Adena Worthingtons challenge the Ohio Village Muffins, an 1860’s baseball team that plays the game by 19th century rules, in an exhibition game of vintage […]
