This place is a delight for the design of the buil...

This place is a delight for the design of the building and the feel of the place. You are walking in a real home not just a museum. The collections are thought out and the taste of art is precise.The layout of the home is easy to navigate.

Be sure to pick up a device at the front entry before you begin walking around. In each room there is a main display number and if you press that number into your devise you hear stories of the room and the home. There are extra ones on the art and furniture in the rooms as well. This device is so worth it. I have been in so many other museums where the device is terrible but here it is fantastic! It enhances the experience.

I highly recommend this out of the way experience and a peek into the lifestyle of American Industrial Revolution.

My only wish was to see the upstairs bedrooms like you can do in Rhode Island Breakers. But the first floor was a delight.

The fact the original furniture, window coverings, rugs and decorations are still all there made this place so much fun to visit.

Note:
No photos are allowed inside.
Children under 10 not admitted. That being said children under 10 could find this place boring. It is very proper and somewhat formal in the late 1800s special way.

It is a delight to anyone who loves architecture, fine classical art and portraits, interior design, Downtown Abbey era.