Rienzi and Bayou Bend joint History Book Club Discussion: The Map That Changed the World
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- When
- March 09, 2016
- Where
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Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
1406 Kirby Drive
Houston,TX 77019 - Cost
- $.7800 - $713.639
Look to the MFAH for good books and great conversations! The two MFAH house museums host a discussion series about books on life in America and Europe in the 1700s and 1800s. Meeting alternately at Rienzi and Bayou Bend, this History Book Club offers free discussions every other month.
March Selection
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
by Simon Winchester
1:30pm and 7:00pm
at Bayou Bend
Join Rienzi and Bayou Bend for good books and great conversations!
This edition of the History Book Club features a discussion about The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester.
Join Museum staff and fellow readers in learning about the first national-scale geological map, and its impact on science, economics, and the world at large.