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Rose Nichols House Museum, Boston

The Nichols House Museum is set in the 4-storey townhouse built in 1804, that was home to landscapist and suffragist Rose Standish Nichols from 1885 till her death in 1960.

The Nichols House Museum is set in the 4-storey townhouse built in 1804, that was home to landscapist and suffragist Rose Standish Nichols from 1885 till her death in 1960. The historic house museum showcases the everyday life of a typical Beacon Hill family at the turn of the 19th century. Furnished with priceless possessions preserved over several generations, the collection includes fine European and American wooden furniture from the 17th-19th centuries, Flemish tapestries, table settings from Luneville, oriental rugs, and European and Asian art.


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About Rose Nichols House Museum

 55 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA, United States

 +1 617-227-6993

 [email protected]

 www.nicholshousemuseum.org

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