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Gilded Age Traditions and Holiday Tea at The Drake

Fridays and Saturdays November 30 – December 15 2 – 5 p.m. Buy Tickets Members: $100 Public: $105

The tours on December 7, 8, and 15 are now sold out.

Explore the
Christmas traditions of Gilded Age Chicago, visit historic landmarks, and enjoy afternoon tea at the Drake Hotel – a quintessential Chicago tradition. The tour begins at the Museum and concludes at The Drake Hotel (140 East Walton Place).

Sally Sexton Kalmbach is a fourth generation Chicagoan whose family founded a Chicago-based coffee and tea company in the early 1880s, at the same time Potter Palmer was developing the Gold Coast. She has taught classes in Chicago history at the Newberry Library and gives speeches and tours on topics including Chicago’s Gold Coast, the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and prominent families of Chicago’s Gilded Age.

Ticket Refund Policy
Tickets are fully refundable up to 10 days prior to the event, 50% refundable up to 72 hours prior to the event and non-refundable less than 72 hours prior to the event.

Member Discount
To receive your member discount, after clicking the “Buy Tickets” button, sign-in on the next window, then add tickets to your cart. Call 312 482 8933 if you are having trouble.

Use of Photography
Please note that in exchange for your reservation and/or ticket, you have authorized the Driehaus Museum to photograph, record, film, video tape, or otherwise use your likeness, performance, image, and/or voice for use in general and/or program-related Driehaus Museum promotional materials. If for any reason, you do not wish to be photographed, please provide your name(s) at check-in on the day of the event.