Saturday, November 12–Sunday, November 13, 2022
6:45 am–5:15 pm
MEMBER PRICING:
$250 per person if sharing a king or 2-queen room with one other person
$100 for a third or fourth person sharing a 2-queen room
$387.50 per person for one person in a private room
NON-MEMBER PRICING:
$290 per person if sharing a king or 2-queen room with one other person (includes a Basic Membership)
$140 for a third or fourth person sharing a 2-queen room (includes a Basic Membership)
$427.50 per person for one person in a private room (includes a Basic Membership)
Registration deadline is Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 pm.
Viewing Glencairn Museum’s World Nativities exhibition has been an annual holiday tradition for thousands of visitors since 2009. Continue the tradition by joining us November 12–13 in New Haven, Connecticut, to see Christmas in the Castle, an exhibition of almost 50 Nativities from the Glencairn collection at the Blessed Father McGivney Pilgrimage Center.
Saturday morning, travel by deluxe motorcoach with Museum staff, members, and friends to Hartford, Connecticut, to visit the Wadsworth Atheneum—the first public art museum in the United States—and take a private, guided Highlights Tour.
Saturday night, stay at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, with dinner choices located within steps of the hotel.
Sunday morning, visit Christmas in the Castle at the Blessed Father McGivney Pilgrimage Center, where almost 50 Nativities from the Glencairn collection will be on exhibit in an immersive environment inspired by the architecture of Glencairn’s Great Hall (including large replicas of six stained-glass windows). Glencairn Museum’s World Nativities exhibition curators will be on hand to answer questions. An exhibition in another gallery, Crèches of the World, features Nativities from the Pilgrimage Center’s own collection, including examples varying in size from a tiny one in a walnut shell to a Neapolitan Presepio with more than 100 large figures.
The registration fee includes deluxe motorcoach travel to Hartford and New Haven, lunch Saturday and Sunday, admission to the Wadsworth Atheneum (including a guided tour), admission to the Blessed Father McGivney Pilgrimage Center, and a one-night stay at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. This discounted trip is available to all current Glencairn Museum members and friends who would like to become members.
Tentative Schedule:
Saturday, November 12
6:45 am – Board Bus
7:00 am – Depart Glencairn
11:15 am – Arrive at Wadsworth Atheneum
11:30 am–12:30 pm – Lunch at the Museum Café (included)
12:30–1:30 pm – Highlights Tour
1:30–4:30 pm Explore the Atheneum on your own
4:30 pm – Board bus for ride to New Haven
5:30 pm – Check-in to Omni Hotel at Yale | Dinner on your own
Sunday, November 13
Breakfast on your own | Available at the hotel
9:45 am – Board bus
10:00 am – Arrive at the Blessed Father McGivney Pilgrimage Center | Self-guide through the Christmas in the Castle exhibition and museum
12:30 pm – Panera Lunch at the Blessed Father McGivney Pilgrimage Center (included)
1:00 pm – Board bus
5:15 pm – Arrive at Glencairn
Meals:
Lunch
Saturday and Sunday lunch is included in the price of the trip.
Breakfast
The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale has two breakfast options available. A full breakfast menu at John Davenport’s at the Top of the Park, overlooking The Green and the Yale University campus. Also at the hotel is Morsel’s a grab-and-go coffee, muffin, or fruit spot in the lobby.
There are coffee shops nearby as well.
Dinner
There are dinner options for every budget available in New Haven! On the same block as the hotel are the following: Koon Thai, Chipotle, Pitaziki, Prime 16, Lalibela Ethiopian cuisine, Te Amo Tequila Bar and Tacos, Chicken Little Gourmet Sandwiches, and The Marketa, a small market and sandwich shop. Doordash also delivers to the hotel.