Lockwood-Mathews Among Nation's Top Holiday Historic Home Tours

Press release from LMMM:

Dec. 21, 2020

USA Today has just announced that the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, located at 295 West Avenue in Norwalk, CT, is one of the 10 Best Holiday Historic Home Tours in the country.

LMMM Executive Director Susan Gilgore said, “The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is featured as one of the 10 Best Historic House Museum Holiday Tours in the U.S. and listed among some of the most prestigious museums in America. The Board of Trustees and I are thrilled to have garnered such a distinction and truly grateful to the USA Today panelists as well as all of the LMMM supporters who have voted on our behalf and helped us win.”

Hand picked by 10Best Local Experts from around the country, the Museum was nominated as one of twenty museums and cultural institutions from all over the U.S. with the most magnificent holiday tour experience. Nominees were then entered as finalists for a chance to win as one of the 10Best, leaving it up to the public to decide which institution will be awarded this prestigious title by casting their votes daily for their favorite historic house holiday tour.

The Museum’s new holiday exhibition, Christmas Playtime at the Mansion, explores cherished traditions and playful times of the holiday season during the mid 19th and early 20th centuries, and also features magnificent contemporary displays and trees decorated by renowned interior designer Victoria Vandamm of Vandamm Interiors and Danna DiElsi, owner of The Silk Touch in Norwalk, CT. Several playful dolls and toy vignettes, and sumptuous Victorian gowns were curated by Stacey Danielson, with generous loans from the Wilton Historical Society. The exhibition is made possible with the assistance of the Curatorial Committee co-chaired by Trustees Mimi Findlay and Paul Veeder.

There is still time to visit the Museum to see the new holiday exhibit, which is on view through Sun., Jan. 3, 2021. Tours are available Wednesday through Sunday at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., with limited tour capacity due to the continued threat of COVID-19. All tickets must be purchased online through the Museum’s website: www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com/programs. No walk-ins are accepted at this time.

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum is a National Historic Landmark. For more information on schedules and programs please visit www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, e-mail info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, or call 203-838-9799.

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