Discover the Secrets of the Mysterious Caetani House with a Self-Guided Tour

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Join us for a free Self-Guided Tour of our 125-plus-year-old heritage home/museum during Culture Days the week of Oct. 4 to Oct. 7, 2022.

Our self-guided tours will help you better understand the intriguing story of this elusive branch of the Caetani family, descendants of Italian royalty.

Through interpretive signage, including QR codes, you can discover the story of why Leone Caetani left his royal titles and family fortune behind to move to Vernon with his new family in 1921.

Learn how, after his death, Leone's partner, Ofelia, daughter, Sveva, and the family's private secretary, Miss Jüül, went into seclusion in the house for 25 years.

Understand what happened to Sveva after she was 'imprisoned' in her own home and how she eventually emerged as a teacher, mentor, and prolific artist.

View the incredible Caetani collection of artwork, artifacts and memorabilia, including haute couture from the Roaring 20s, family photographs, and home movies!

Visit our art gallery to see a segment of Sveva Caetani’s fascinating Recapitulation series of original large-scale watercolour paintings that tell her life story through the guise of Dante's Divine Comedy.

Due to space, self-guided tours are limited to 20 guests at one time. Drop-in times for self-guided tours during Culture Days take place from Tuesday, Oct. 4 to Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Donations at the door are appreciated.

For more information, please contact the Caetani Centre at 250-275-1525 or visit www.caetani.org.

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Caetani Centre

The 125+ year-old Caetani Centre is a 6,000 sq. ft. designated heritage house, situated on 1.3 acres of land in Vernon, BC. A registered not-for-profit organization and registered charitable organization, the house and grounds are owned by the City of Vernon, and operated by the Caetani Cultural Centre Society.

Open to the public as a museum since July 2021, the Caetani Centre is available for both guided and self-guided heritage tours. Visitors can learn about the fascinating Caetani history and story and see treasured family artifacts as well as Sveva Caetani’s heralded Recapitulation painting series, recently returned permanently to the Caetani Centre after 35 years from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

The Caetani Centre is also host to special festivals and events such as the lively Summer Music Festival and our annual “fun”raiser the Caetani Splash Viva d'Arte.

The Caetani Centre also offers a Self-Directed Residency Program, with accommodation and studio space for visual artists, writers, curators, and creative individuals from around Canada and beyond to explore a diverse range of art practices, theories and experiences.