The Rosenberg Library Museum Book Club offers participants a chance to experience literature in a more interactive way. Members will get up close and personal with art and historical artifacts from the Rosenberg Library Museum related to the seasonal book selection.
The Museum Book Club creates an ideal mix of discussion and discovery. Bridging book discussion and the Museum’s collections in this personal way is truly an exciting venture. Book Club meetings are held quarterly for a total of four book selections each year.
Registration is required for all Museum Book Club meetings. Please call 409.763.8854 Ext. 115 to register or for additional information.
June 2022: Meet the mother-daughter team behind Jean Laffite Revealed in our first in-person Museum Book Club event in over a year! Discover the fascinating research they’ve uncovered about one of the gulf’s most interesting mysteries. Museum Book Club will take place on Thursday June 23, 2022 at 6:00 pm in the Wortham Auditorium. Click here for details. Jean Laffite Revealed is also available for checkout at the Rosenberg Library.
Registration is required for all Museum Book Club meetings. Please register online at: https://rosen-lib.org/mbc or call 409.763.8854 Ext. 125 for additional information.
March 2022: Galveston’s Red Light District; click here for details. Galveston’s Red Light District is also available for checkout at the Rosenberg Library.
November 2021: Juneteenth: the Story Behind the Celebration, by Edward T. Cotham Jr. Click here for details. Juneteenth: the Story Behind the Celebration is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
June 2021: Early Galveston Artists and Photographers, by Pat Jakobi. Click here for details. Early Galveston Artists and Photographers is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
January 2020: The Glovemaker, by Ann Weisgarber. Click here for details. The Glovemaker is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
October 2019: Eight Flavors: the untold story of American cuisine, by Sarah Lohman. Click here for details. Eight Flavors is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
July 2019: Winds of Change, by Jo Adams McAuley. Click here for details. Winds of Change is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
April 2019: Tangled Honor, by Philip McBride. Click here for details. Tangled Honor is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
January 2019: Jewels: A Secret History, by Victoria Finlay. Click here for details. Jewels: A Secret History is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
October 2018: The Aviator’s Wife, by Melanie Benjamin. Click here for details. The Aviator’s Wife is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library in many of your favorite formats.
June 2018: The Downfall of Galveston’s May Walker Burleson: Texas Society Marriage & Carolina Murder Scandal, by T. Felder Dorn. Click here for details. The Downfall of Galveston’s May Walker Burleson is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
April 2018: Frozen Lives, by LuLynne Streeter. Click here for details. Frozen Lives is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
February 2018: News of the World, by Paulette Jiles. Click here for details. News of the World is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library in many of your favorite formats.
September – November 2017: The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd. Click here for details. The Invention of Wings is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
June – August 2017: The Orphans’ Nine Commandments, by William Roger Holman. Click here for details. The Orphans’ Nine Commandments is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.
April – May 2017: Caught in the Revolution, by Helen Rappaport. Click here for details. Caught in the Revolution is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
February 2017: The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton. Click here for details. The House of Mirth is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library, and via hoopla in e-audiobook format or e-book format.Discussion Guide | Press Release
September – November 2016: The Forgers, by Bradford Morrow. Click here for details. The Forgers is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library or via hoopla in e-audiobook format.Discussion Guide | Press Release
June – August 2016: Dead Wake, by Erik Larson. Click here for details. Dead Wake is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library or Overdrive in e-book and e-audiobook formats.Discussion Guide | Press Release
March – May 2016: When America First Met China, by Eric Jay Dolin. Click here for details. When America First Met China is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
December 2015 – February 2016: Pets in America: A History, by Katherine C. Grier. Click here for details. Pets in America is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
September – October 2015: The Promise, by Ann Weisgarber. Click here for details. The Promise is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
July – August 2015: The Ice Merchant, by Paul Boor. Click here for details. The Ice Merchant is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
April – May 2015: The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt. Click here for details. The Goldfinch is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
January – February 2015: Egyptomania — Our Three Thousand Year Obsession with the Land of the Pharaohs, by Bob Brier. Click here for details. Egyptomania is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
September – November 2014: Empty Mansions, by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. Click here for details. Empty Mansions is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
June – August 2014: The Art Forger, by B.A Shapiro. Click here for details. The Art Forger is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
March – May 2014: At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson. Click here for details. At Home: A Short History of Private Life is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
December 2013 – February 2014: With Bold Strokes, by Edward Simmen. Click here for details. With Bold Strokes is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
September – November 2013: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Click here for details. The Great Gatsby is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library and in Overdrive audio format.Discussion Guide | Press Release
June – August 2013: Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Susan Vreeland. Click here for details. Luncheon of the Boating Party is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library in book and audio CD format.Discussion Guide | Press Release
March – May 2013: The Gardner Heist: the True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft, by Ulrich Boser. Click here for details. The Gardner Heist is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide | Press Release
December 2012 – February 2013: Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, by Deborah Davis. Click here for details. Strapless is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library.Discussion Guide
The inaugural Museum Book Club book selection (September – November 2012) was The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund De Waal. This title is available for check out at the Rosenberg Library in both book and sound recording format or in downloadable audio book format from the Houston Area Digital Media Catalog.Discussion Guide
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