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Due to the pandemic, London’s most historic house has been forced to temporarily close its doors.
2020 caused Eldon House to change the way things had traditionally run to keep the history alive. Brenna Ardiel, Eldon House’s Interim Program Coordinator says some of the health and safety protocols that were put in place included strict hand sanitizing and mask regulations, one group of a maximum of six people permitted on each floor, and booking of only self-guided tours.
Ardiel says the pandemic caused the Eldon House team to focus more on new ways for people to get involved.
“Later in the fall, we incorporated some workshops and we really focused on doing outdoor walking tours. So we thank you for everyone who participated in those.”
While Brenna is responsible for hosting public or special events. She says the most difficult part of the year was not being able
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to share the history with others, and not hosting Eldon House’s traditional summer tea.
“This has been an annual event where we’d have guests come onto the property and have a delightful tea. That I missed, and just our general public events. We really missed engaging, and I personally have definitely missed engaging with visitors and
students more often.”
The program coordinator says she has many plans and ideas up her sleeve for the year ahead, but nothing is set in stone just yet. She says when it’s safe to do so with visitors, they will enact these events as soon as possible.
“So when it comes to either public events or doing outdoor things, we’d like to host an Eldon House birthday party! Or I’m planning possibilities of bazaars in the summer or fall, and other workshops as well.”
Ardiel recommends checking their website to stay up to date with events and changes, as well as social media pages. Including their brand new YouTube channel and TikTok account which are constantly being updated.
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