Historical presentations

Sunday, June 1, 2025, 11:00 am, 2:30 pm

Basel Historical Museum : Un concert comme au 18ème siècle. Journée amusante

Together with their French and German friends, Les Soirées Amusantes enliven the Bel Etage of the Haus zum Kirschgarten (Basel Historical Museum) as a salon society of the Ancien Régime with French contredanses, music by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and parlor games.

 

 

Sunday, August 10, 2025, 2:00 pm

Jegenstorf Castle: Historical presentation on caps & lace on the occasion of The Day of Lace.

Alessandra Reeves and Christian Robardey will give an insight into the typology and construction of caps in the late 18th century and their collection of historical lace.

 

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Saturday, August 16, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

Blumenstein Castle: “Salon & Sorbet à Soleure”

A small salon comme au XVIIIème under the direction of Stefan Beltinger

 

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Saturday, September 6, 2025, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Jegenstorf Castle : Du Café: La cafetière à la Belloy from 1805

Christian Robardey shows how coffee was prepared around 1805. The focus is on the invention of the filter coffee machine. Tasting included.

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Institutions we have worked with:

 

- Museum Aargau, Wildegg Castle, Volunteer Program

- Jegenstorf Castle

- Basel Historical Museum Haus zum Kirschgarten, Basel

- Musée de la Folie Marco, Barr

- Baroque Days Solothurn

- Palais Rohan, Strasbourg

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