February 2, 2025
Treasured Hillwood Estate Museum
Marjorie Merriweather Post and her treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate
Presenter: Dagmar Shannon
When: Wednesday February 12, 2025 from 1-3pm
Where: Zoom (Join UWFA to attend)
Marjorie Merriweather Post
Dagmar Shannon will talk about a fascinating woman and a treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate. She will be talking about Marjorie Merriweather Post of the Post cereal family. Marjorie Merriweather Post bought Hillwood in 1955 and soon decided her home would be a museum that would inspire and educate the public. Her Northwest Washington D.C estate endowed the country with the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia, a distinguished eighteenth-century French decorative art collection, and twenty-five acres of serene, landscaped gardens and natural woodlands for all to enjoy.
Our speaker, UWFA member Dagmar Shannon is no stranger to us. She belongs to over half of the UWFA Interest Groups, and has served as Editor of the Newsletter, Chair of the Holiday Tea, Program Chair, President and Co-President of our organization.
Dagmar Shannon, UWFA member extraordinaire!
She was born in Duisberg, Germany. It was her own early interest in traveling that brought her to the United States in the first place. As a 17 year old high school student Dagmar participated in a school exchange program and came to Seattle to attend Lincoln High School. She lived with the Shannon family, and met their son, Bill, who was a UW student. They were married in 1967. She and Bill are world travelers and are instilling their love of travel to their 5 grandchildren. When each grandchild turns 10, he or she gets to go on a European trip with Bill and Dagmar. What lucky grandchildren. Dagmar documents her travels with detailed stories of history and culture and is an accomplished photographer.