After-Hours Tour

Join us for a special summer evening tour of the Nichols House Museum!

By The Nichols House Museum

Date and time

Location

Nichols House Museum

55 Mount Vernon Street Boston, MA 02108

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour

Take a pause on your busy summer schedule, and join us for a look back at life on Boston's historic Beacon Hill at the turn of the 20th Century. Hear stories about the Nichols family — and the art colony where they went to escape the city heat. Step out of time and see the house bathed in summer evening light!

The Nichols House Museum on Boston's historic Beacon Hill was home to an early 20th-century family of artists and social activists. Preserved as a museum by Rose Standish Nichols, a pioneering woman landscape architect, the house is furnished with an original collection, including sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The Museum is across three floors and is only accessible by stairs. The building is air conditioned.

Organized by

The Nichols House Museum

The Nichols House Museum is a historic home located in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. Visitors are welcome for tours, programs and special events throughout the year. We highlight topics such as women’s history, decorative arts, and everyday life through stories of the Nichols family and their contemporaries in late 19th century and early 20th century Boston.

In 1885, Dr. Arthur Nichols and his wife Elizabeth purchased the 1804 townhouse where their three daughters matured into designers, writers, and social activists. Domestic staff, including locals and individuals from abroad, also lived and worked in the four story home. Rose Standish Nichols later inherited the property and occupied it until her death in 1960. Collection highlights span beyond this time period and include sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Flemish tapestries, and Chinese ceramics, as well as day-to-day objects like a 1936 radio.