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Museums & History| Official Website: Fruitlands Museum Location: 102 Prspect Hill Road, Harvard, MA, 01451 map Phone:(978) 456-3924 Cost: $$ |
Others to Consider: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Old South Meeting House, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Old Statehouse MuseumOne of the first outdoor museums in America, at Fruitlands visitors discover the stories, experiments and ideals of the Alcotts, Shakers, utopians, artists and Native peoples. Fruitlands four galleries, singular collections, over 200 pastoral acres, trails and vistas stir the imagination.
History
Over ninety years ago, Clara Endicott Sears bought a gentleman’s farm on land that had once sheltered Bronson Alcott’s Utopian experiment in communal living known as Fruitlands.
Fruitlands lasted a mere seven months, but Sears helped rescue it from oblivion by turning the Alcott farmhouse into a house museum to celebrate the Transcendentalists’ vision. Between 1914 and 1945, Sears’museum, named after Alcott’s commune, grew to include Native American art and artifacts, a Shaker collection, and a Picture Gallery of American vernacular portraits and Hudson River School landscapes.
Admission Fees
Free for members
Adults $10.00
Seniors and Students w/ a college id $8.00
Children 4-17 $2.00
Groups:
Please call in advance and make a reservation to take advantage of our group discount. For a group of 10 or more people, one dollar off admission - $9.00 for adults, $7.00 for senior/students.
School groups (and other groups of children such as scouts):
$5.00 per student. 1 chaperone for every 10 students required.
Hours of Operation
Open May 14 through October 31, 2005
Weekdays:
11:00am - 4:00pm
Weekends & holidays: 11:00am-5:00pm
Guided tours by reservation.
Parking:
Free to all visitors.
Accessibility:
Restaurant, Rest Rooms, Museum Store/Reception Center, Wayside, and Indian Museum are fully handicapped accessible.
Restaurant
Fruitlands has a full service restaurant. Lunch is served Monday-Saturday, 11am-3pm; Brunch is served Sundays, 10am-2pm.
Picnic Areas
The grounds are open to museum ticket-holders for picnics. We have many shaded picnic tables for museum visitors who bring their own lunch.
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