The Hill House Museum will be a tour stop during Historic Garden Week on Saturday, April 18th, 10:00-4:30. The Franklin Garden Club will be decorating the Museum and the group stopped by this week to start planning for the event.
Happy 2020
The Hill House will be closed for public tours until May 2020. The few months we are closed allows the staff to do some restoration work and prepare for future events/exhibits. Thanks to everyone who helped make 2019 a great year for the Hill House Museum. While closed we still do private tours and events including our Mardi Gras Tea in February (will be advertised soon). Call or email if you have questions.
Open Saturday (12/28) and Sunday (12/29)
Family still in town and looking for something to do on this warm Saturday or Sunday???? The Hill House Museum will be open noon-3:00 for visitors to tour the toy exhibit. The Museum is filled with toys from your past. Your family or just yourself will love it, and it will conjure memories from your childhood.
Noon-3:00 ($5 per person)
Merry Christmas to our toy basket winner!
Congrats to the Hill House Museum Toy Raffle basket winner!! He picked up his prize today, and he was super excited to see what was in the basket.
Happy Holidays to the winner and his family from the Hill House Museum!
Toy Exhibit Story...
Check out the story of the Christmas toy exhibit at the Hill House Museum. Click on the link below. The exhibit is open through December 29th.
https://www.pilotonline.com/entertainment/arts/vp-br-hill-house-toys-1222-20191218-hs43ljm3tjci7fk27usbq6fd7q-story.html
Holiday Tea
On Saturday the Hill House Museum hosted its' annual Holiday Tea. Not only did guests enjoy the delightful festive tea, but they had the opportunity to tour the antique toy exhibit. As you can see from the attached pictures everyone had a great time. Thanks to all our docents and volunteers who gave up their time, during this busy time of the year, and helped make sure all guests had an enjoyable visit.
The Museum reopens on Wednesday for guests to enjoy the amazing toy exhibit! (noon-3:00)
Shopping destination...Hill House Museum Gift Shop
Looking for that special unique holiday gift?
The Hill House Museum's gift shop has a large variety of homemade and privy shard ornaments in addition to hand- blown German glass ornaments.
Stop by this Saturday (12/7/19) from noon-3:00 and tour the antique toy exhibit and shop.
Antique Toy Exhibit
The Hill House is always amazing - but with all the vintage decorations and toys it's even more wonderful. Stop by on Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday from 12 - 3 pm through December 21! Admission is still only $5.
OPEN NOON-3:00
Holiday Wreath and Toy Exhibit
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Hill House Museum. This beautiful holiday wreath is made from the Hill House garden's boxwoods and other greens from Cedar Grove Cemetery where the Hill Family is buried.. Thank you Jo Perakes for making the wreath, and Barbara Early for your generous donation from the cemetery.
Don't forget the Antique Toy Exhibit opens this Wednesday at noon. Come see the museum filled with toys and decorated for the holidays. Questions? Call 714-3226
Visit the Hill House at Night
Stop by the Hill House Museum Friday evening and tour it at night. The museum will be decorated with mourning textiles along with a “make-shift” Victorian funeral in the upstairs parlor, and be introduced to Victorian mourning customs. In the picture standing in the Hill Family cemetery plot is re-enactor Megan Landry during the recent Cedar Grove Cemetery Walking Tour.
The Hill House Museum will be open on Friday during the Olde Towne Civic League Ghost Walk from 7pm-10pm. Only $5 per person to tour the museum at night and view the exhibit.
