Museums
Tour for 3 of Linden Place Historic House Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
- Item Number
- 135
- Estimated Value
- 30 USD
- Sold
- 10 USD to BFW7
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Item Closing Early
Admission for 3 to Linden Place Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island
You and two friends can be treated to guided & self-guided tours of Linden Place, which was featured in the film The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow! Tours are given May through October and during the month of December, Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sundays from 12 noon until 4 p.m. Also by appointment.
Tour highlights include tales of DeWolf family exploits, from their privateering and slave trading to their financial ruin and triumphant return to prosperity during Victorian times. Docents introduce visitors to family members Pomeroy Colt, founder of United States Rubber, now Uniroyal, his mother Theodora DeWolf Colt, who as Madam Colt ran Bristol Society from Linden Place as if she was Queen Victoria and the great actress Ethel Barrymore who married into this most prominent of American families. At the tour’s end, visitors are welcome to stroll the sculpture-filled gardens where they will find Greek bronzes and an 18th Century gazebo. Don’t miss the recently opened Bristol Art Museum in Linden Place’s 19th Century Barn.
Item Special Note
Winning bidder agrees to pay $7 shipping and handling (which includes certified mail and return receipt requested mailing of the item).
When applicable, multiple items will be packaged together.
Museum is open May through October Thursday to Saturday, 10-4 and Sunday 12-4.
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