Ayers House  Museum Upcoming Events 1 - 31 May 2013 About Time History Festival - Ayers House After Dark Tours - Adelaide Treasury Open Day - Open Day - Conversations about   Conservation 7 & 19 June 2013 Ayers House After Dark Tour Time: 7pm 29 June 2013 1920s Dinner 5 & 17 July 2013 Ayers House After Dark Tour Time: 7pm 21 July 2013 Lady Ayers 200th Birthday High Tea Time: 2-4pm Cost: $40 per person 2, 16 & 30 August 2013 Ayers House After Dark Tour Time: 7pm 11 August 2013 Old Adelaide Treasury Tour Time: 11am Cost: $8 per person 20 October 2013 Playing Miss Havisham Time: 1pm Cost: $35 ($30 pre-booked) Includes: theatre show, tour of the house and afternoon tea 17 November 2013 Old Adelaide Treasury Tour Time: 11am Cost: $8 per person 24 November 2013 Lady Ayers 200th Birthday High Tea Time: 2-4pm Cost: $40 per person Copyright 2012 Ayers House Museum and National Trust SA. Web Design by Kara Witcomb. Ayers House stands today not only the last surviving mansion of its era on the southern side of North Terrace but also interprets the life of an upper middle class family of the 19^th Century. Sir Henry Ayers came from England as a young man with little schooling but went on to become Premier of South Australia seven times and the Director of the Burra Copper Mine. He commissioned the conversion of nine roomed brick house to become the forty roomed mansion that we see today. The acknowledged architect was Sir George Strickland Kingston who interpreted the work of Robert Kerr, a leading architect of the period in England. His book “The English Gentleman’s House” gave the ‘New Rich’ clear direction on how to live and entertain like gentlemen. By the time Sir Henry’s North Terrace House was completed in 1876 the interior had been hand stencilled room after room.  Today the magnificent Lyon and Cottier designed formal dining room ceiling is regarded as the most significant hand painted ceiling in the country. The National Trust of South Australia’s collection represents the best that money could buy and is displayed to focus on original Ayers Family pieces. Using reflections on social history, our visitors are taken back in time to hear the story of how life may have been for the Ayers Family and those ‘below stairs’. Like Ayers House Museum on Facebook Ayers House  Museum Ayers House Museum 288 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000 T: (08) 8223 1234 F: (08) 8359 3560 ayershouse@national trustsa.org.au About Time History Festival  Ayers House Museum will be hosting a variety of exciting events as part of South Australia’s annual ‘About Time’ History Festival during May, including: - Ayers House After Dark Tours: 7-8pm May 8, 10, 22, 24 (ALL SOLD OUT - please refer to the After Dark extended season dates on the After Dark page) - Old Adelaide Treasury Open Day: 11am & 1pm May 19 (BOTH TOURS SOLD OUT - please refer to the Treasury Tours page for other tour dates) - Conversations about Conservation Seminars: 10am-4pm or 10am-12pm or 1pm-4pm May 31 Click here to subscribe to our e-newsletter Bookings for the ‘About Time’ events can be made by contacting: 8223 1234 or ayershouse@nationaltrustsa.org.au