Hidden Spaces of the Nichols House Museum
When:
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 11:00a -
12:00p
Friday, Aug 27, 2021 11:00a -
12:00p
Where:
Nichols House Museum
55 Mount Vernon St
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
$17
Categories:
Art, Date Idea, History, Social Good
Event website:
https://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/programs-and-events/
Explore the Nichols House Museum from behind-the-scenes. What did it take to make the house run in the Victorian era? How do staff manage it’s preservation today? Peek into rooms and spaces not usually on view, take the back stairs, and explore over 200 years of this old house’s secrets.
Admission:
$12 member
$17 non-member
About the museum--
Peek into life on historic Beacon Hill from the mid-19th to mid-20th century. The Nichols House Museum was home to landscape gardener, suffragist, and pacifist Rose Standish Nichols and her family. The museum occupies an 1804 Bulfinch townhouse, among the earliest of its kind on Beacon Hill. Furnished with an original collection, the interiors reflect the cultural values and changing tastes across two generations of Nichols ownership. Highlights include sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, European paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, and American furniture. Visitors also encounter stories of family, staff, and Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Join us Wednesday (11, 12, 1), Friday, (1, 2) or Saturday (11, 12, 1) for afternoon tours and one evening per month. Check our calendar for tour availability and to purchase tickets. Click "Book" on our Visit page to view additional availability. Masks are required to tour the Nichols House Museum. Our newly installed HVAC system ensures consistent air flow and nice cool interiors.
