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Lilian Fairchild Travel Talks

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Join us for fascinating lectures and travel the world from your seat!

Presentations begin at 2PM and are included with Museum admission:
$8 Seniors (62+), $9 Adults (18-61), free to Museum members

Each talk is followed by a traditional tea and cookie reception where guests can chat with the speakers. 
For more information, call 716.896.5200 ext. 385

 

2011 Schedule

Thursday, October 13

My Adventures in Papua New Guinea
Sylvia Coles

Thursday, October 27

Vicarious Journeys Into Papua: Explore Papua New Guinea through the lens of the late Charles Rand Penney
Brooke Genter

 
Two more Travel Talks will be scheduled in April 2012. Dates will be announced in March 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

History of Lilian Fairchild Travel Talks

In February 1928, Lilian Fairchild joined the staff of the Buffalo Museum of Science as the assistant librarian. She began a travel talk series about her travels in England. Twenty three travel talks were given in the first year, drawing 4,385 attendees. The talks were further supported by the establishment of a travel information bureau in 1929 that lasted until 1948. 

Miss Fairchild retired in 1945 but continued the lecture series until her death in August 1948. To honor the founder, the series became known as the Lilian Fairchild Travel Talks, dedicated to the memory of a woman who had entranced audiences with her contagious love of travel. 

Miss Fairchild holds the record for the number of lectures delivered. The list of guest lecturers reads like a "Who's Who" in Buffalo. The topics have covered not only every corner of the Earth by every conceivable means of transportation, but have also dealt with theater, music and current events.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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