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Tour: At Home with the Gibsons
Guided Museum Tour • 45 mins • Ages 6+
The Gibson House Museum in Boston's Back Bay neighbourhood served as residence to three generations of Gibson family members and their household staff between 1859 and 1954. This tour invites visitors to explore the house and consider issues of class and culture through the stories and objects of ...
Boston
45 minutes
Kid-Friendly, Private Tours
The Gibson House
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Tour: Upstairs Downstairs
Domestic Service at the Gibson House | Guided Museum Tour • 60 mins • Ages 6+
Upstairs, Downstairs: Domestic Service at the Gibson House Explore the lives of the young, Irish immigrant women who worked in domestic service in the Back Bay. On this tour, the working and living spaces of the staff will be the focus, including the coal shed (the last surviving coal shed in Back Bay) ...
Boston
Private Tours
The Gibson House
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Specialty Tour: Charlie Gibson's Queer Boston
Guided Museum Tour • 60 mins • Ages 12+
Explore the Gibson House and early-twentieth-century Boston through Charlie Gibson's eyes! The story of the museum's founder is one of legacy and family history; of the fading grandeur of Victorian-era Boston; and of the role gay men, like Charlie, had in the historic preservation movement. ...
Boston
LGBTQ-Friendly, Private Tours
The Gibson House
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Specialty Tour: The World of Little Women at the Gibson House
Guided Museum Tour • 60 mins • Ages 6+
What do Jo March, Louisa May Alcott, and Charlie Gibson have in common? They were all nineteenth-century Massachusetts writers. Learn more about the similarities--and the many differences--in their experiences on this lively tour. In addition to exploring the shared worlds of these real and imagined ...
Boston
Private Tours
The Gibson House
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Specialty Tour: Architecture at the Gibson House Museum
Guided Museum Tour • 60 mins • Ages 6+
Designed in 1859 by local architect, Edward Clarke Cabot, the Gibson House Museum does not just contain a historic collection, but is itself a time capsule of Victorian-era Boston, having been designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001. Join us for an in-depth exploration of the Gibson House's ...
Boston
Private Tours
The Gibson House
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