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Eustis Estate

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Eustis Estate

1424 Canton Avenue

Milton, Massachusetts 02186

The museum currently offers a self-guided experience, plus guided tours.

Eustis Estate: A marvel of the Aesthetic Movement

Explore a rare surviving example of late nineteenth-century architecture and design. Designed by renowned Boston architect William Ralph Emerson and built in 1878, the Eustis Estate sits on eighty acres of picturesque landscape at the base of the Blue Hills. Full of stunning, intact architectural and design details, the Eustis Estate is a historic site unlike any other in the Greater Boston area.

Take a self-guided tour of the house and grounds in the order that you choose. Learn about the elaborate architecture and interior design as well as the Eustis family, their domestic staff, and the farmhands who cultivated the surrounding fields and greenhouses. In the visitor center, browse the museum shop.

Landscapes and grounds are open to the public for free daily from dawn to dusk.

Browse Artful Stories, featuring forty-six of Historic New England’s artworks, that was on view in the exhibition galleries October 16, 2020 – October 31, 2021.

Artful Stories reflects what it is about New England – its architecture, landscapes, townscapes, and people – that imbues the region with a unique sense of place. Painted between the 1730s and today, the artworks are arranged by topic. Land & Sea, in the first gallery, highlights the region’s geography. At Home in New England, in the second gallery, considers where and how people have lived here. New England’s People, in the third gallery, introduces an array of intriguing men and women.The Wide World, in the fourth gallery, demonstrates the ways New Englanders have experienced places and cultures elsewhere.

Take a virtual tour: https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/eustis-estate-museum-study-center/

Link to the website: https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/eustis-estate-museum-study-center/

Image Credits: historicnewengland.org unless otherwise noted

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