Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road
Farmington, Connecticut 06032
Visit Hill-Stead Museum…a historically-significant home filled with art and antiques in a charming setting.
The 1901 Pope Riddle house and its period rooms are open for guided tours only.
Guided tours of the Pope Riddle House are offered Wednesday through Sunday, every hour on the hour from 10 am to 4 pm with the last tour at 3 pm; closed major holidays (Easter Sunday, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day).
Gardens and Grounds
With gardens, walking trails, and even a historic farm, Hill-Stead’s 152-acre historic landscape invites visitors to gather, explore, find inspiration, or simply linger to take in nature’s sights and sounds. Hill-Stead’s grounds are open every day and leashed dogs are welcome. For groups of eight or more please contact Karen Hudkins to make an advance reservation.
Current Exhibitions: https://www.hillstead.org/category/temporary-exhibitions/current-exhibitions/
Collections: https://www.hillstead.org/our-collection/
Hill-Stead is one of the nation’s few remaining representations of early-20th-century Country Place Estates. The museum’s impressive collection includes original furnishings and decorative arts, paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, James M. Whistler and Mary Cassatt, as well as numerous works on paper and Japanese woodblock prints, sculpture, and more.
Programs and Education: https://www.hillstead.org/events-and-programs/
Modern Day Monet – THE 1st ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Hill-Stead Museum is thrilled to announce its first Annual Juried Members Exhibition, which is intended to connect present day artists with the Museum’s natural beauty and collection masterworks. Calling all artists who are inspired by nature and light to submit their piece(s) to this juried show. Artists may work from the naturescape of their choice. They are warmly welcome to draw inspiration and/or work on site at Hill-Stead. Its 152 acres of rounds include gardens, meadows, trails, sweeping vistas and pastures filled with sheep and freshly-made haystacks.
Ready to submit your work? CLICK HERE
Hill-Stead Museum Shop
Now open during Museum Hours, Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.
Purchase a bespoke treasure in our Museum Shop stocked with art supplies, toys, children’s books, Hill-Stead’s own honey, and much more.
Hill-Stead is the first architectural project of Theodate Pope Riddle (1867-1946), the fourth registered female architect in the country, an early proponent of historic preservation and caretaker of the family art collection. Designed as a country home for Theodate’s parents, Alfred and Ada Pope, the 33,000 square foot, 1901 Colonial Revival mansion has welcomed over 1 million visitors since opening to the public. Hill-Stead is considered “perhaps the finest Colonial Revival house and museum in the United States” (National Historic Landmark Report) and houses some of the most important Impressionist paintings in the world, including works by Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and James McNeill Whistler. A print collection spanning 400 years and including pieces by Albrecht Dürer, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean-François Millet and Japanese woodblock artists Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro rounds out the collection. Established in 1946 as a cultural resource for the public in perpetuity, the museum is one of the nation’s few remaining representations of early-20th-century Country Place Estates.
Calendar of Events: https://www.hillstead.org/calendar/
Hill-Stead Website: https://www.hillstead.org
Image Credits: hill stead.org unless otherwise noted
