45th Anniversary Commemorative Book November 2015 | Page 16

1970-2015

MAC
years

1970

MAC Timeline
1970-2015

September- Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC)
    incorporated
October- First Fundraiser (Halloween Haunted House)

1991

1971  May: First Victorian Fair

June: First Film Festival
November: MAC signs Physick Estate Purchase  
 Agreement

1972

1992

June: MAC purchases assets of the Victorian Village
    Corporation for $2,400, including a sightseeing  
    trolley and a collection of Victorian furniture.

1973

May: City of Cape May acquires Physick Estate;
    leases it to MAC
October: First Victorian Weekend

1974

December: First Christmas Candlelight House Tour

1981

July: First Mansions by Gaslight Tour

1982

December: First full-time Director hired

1983

July: First Show “Mid-Atlantic Stage” (The Fantasticks)

1984

October: First 10-day Victorian Week

1986

December: Lease executed for Cape May Lighthouse

1987

1988
1989
1990

1993

1994

April: First Shakespeare Weekend
July: Lighthouse Ground Floor opened, with first  
    Lighthouse Museum Shop
Fall: “Cape May Fare” published

1995

May: Lighthouse Tower opened to public
November: First Community Concert Performance
  (Duo-pianists Markham and Broadway)
July: First Cape May