Museums & Attractions
Two Admission Passes to Chesterwood
- Item Number
- 349
- Estimated Value
- 33 USD
- Sold
- 31 USD to nl340872b
- Number of Bids
- 5 - Bid History
Item Description
Chesterwood invites you to visit with two one day admission passes.
Chesterwood, a National Trust Historic Site, is the country home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost sculptor of public monuments, Daniel Chester French, creator of the Minute Man and Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial.
Situated on 122 acres in the idyllic hamlet of Glendale near Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the property and its buildings were donated to the National Trust for Historic Preservation by French’s only child, Margaret French Cresson. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Berkshire Hills, French purchased the former Marshall Warner farm in 1896. Each year, during the month of May, he left his permanent home and studio in New York for six months and moved with his family to Chesterwood, where he worked on over 200 public and private commissions.
Many of French’s plaster sketches, including models of his Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial, are on view today in his Studio as well as in the permanent exhibit, Daniel Chester French: Sculpting an American Vision, in Barn Gallery.
Item Special Note
Valid May 24 - October 13, 2014. Open Thursday-Monday, May, June & September; Open daily July, August and October. Hours are always 10am - 5pm. Please fill out passes prior to arrival.
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