Hill-Stead Museum

National Historic Landmark · Farmington, Connecticut

A Colonial Revival country house on 152 acres above Farmington, built in 1901 and still holding one of the best small Impressionist collections in America - hung where the family hung it, in the rooms they lived in, with no labels and no gallery walls. Alfred Atmore Pope bought directly from the Paris dealers in the 1890s: two Monet haystack canvases, a Monet view of Rouen cathedral, Manet, Degas dancers, Whistler and Mary Cassatt. They hang over the fireplace and beside the piano. The house was designed by his daughter Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the first licensed women architects in the United States, who later survived the sinking of the Lusitania and went on designing. Outside there is a sunken garden laid out to a Beatrix Farrand plan and restored to its original beds, and farm trails through meadow and woodland. The interior is by guided tour only; the grounds are open free and are worth the drive on their own.

35 Mountain Road, Farmington, Farmington, Connecticut, 06032, United States

Open most of the year on a short week, commonly Tuesday to Sunday with at least one weekday closure, and on a reduced winter schedule. The HOUSE is shown by guided tour at set times only and the last tour leaves well before closing. The grounds, the sunken garden and the farm trails keep longer hours than the house and are free. Closed on major holidays. Summer evenings carry an outdoor poetry series on announced dates.

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