Tour with a Movie

COST: $25 per person (ages 8+)
Preregistration required

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TOUR with a MOVIE 2026
Movie Tours run from 1pm-3pm on the first Saturday of November and December. Each month features a different theme.

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Saturday, November 7th, 2026 Theme

DOW TEST HOUSE and AN EXPERIENCE

Dow Test House (1963-64):
Footings, mixing mortar; laying up brick and block walls; ground level floor, brick cutting; laying floor joist; cutting re-rod and forming floor for pour; below grade work; brick laying; blackjack and foam basement walls; backfilling; concrete floor pour; snow over grade floor; wall and window installation; bonding mull to windows; interior-gluing wall panels (WIDE); first course beams; uncovering beams; overall scene of construction site in snow; beam installation; second course beams completed; roof panel 5; translucent panels; membrane roof applications, completed views - Spring and Fall.

An Experience (1953):
Shots of plants and trees; two girls walking around Dow Gardens, the one in red is Barb; now they jump onto a wood raft and start poling their way towards the ABD house; we see the house from different angles; from the raft and from shore; good shots of the Submarine room; the girls pull up to Mr. Dow's office and Barb gets off; she starts walking around the house and ends up back down below the screen porch, where she gets back onto the raft which, by now has arrived there; finish by seeing shots of more plants and flowers.

Saturday, December 5th, 2026 Theme:

DISNEY & CHRISTMAS and SNOW HILL

Disney & Christmas (1972):
Disney World; Mr. Opperman with camera; boats in harbor; people at beach; riding on the monorail; Vada and Mrs. Opperman?; watching a parade with the Disney characters; packages under Christmas tree; Diane jumping on couch; Beth and Mike Jr. playing at table with stockings; opening gifts; Steve, John, Barb, Rhea, Pete, Mike, Vada; flowers

Snow Hill (1925):
Ted, Ruth, Honey and Vada walking through a wooded area; Lee, Ruth and Ted playing on the snow hill at Revere Park; sledding down the hill and going down on skis; Lee, Honey and Ted and two other children in Dow Gardens; Herbert Dow handing out fruit to the kids; Ted playing with a large ball; people swimming in the pool; Ted and Honey by one of the bridges in Dow Gardens; kids rowing a canoe through Dow Gardens; Ted and Honey sitting in the middle under the umbrella.