Hill-Stead Museum, Colonial Revival art museum in Farmington, US.

Hill-Stead Museum is a Colonial Revival mansion built in 1901 in Farmington, Connecticut, housing a collection of French Impressionist paintings displayed in their original domestic setting. The property includes nineteen rooms open to visitors and a large surrounding estate with gardens and open land.

The mansion was designed in 1901 by Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the first licensed female architects in the United States, in collaboration with the firm McKim, Mead & White. After her death in 1946, she left it as a museum so the house and its collection would remain intact for the public.

The paintings by Monet, Degas, and Cassatt hang in rooms that still feel like someone's home, surrounded by the original furniture and everyday objects of the family. This setting gives visitors a sense of how wealthy American collectors actually lived with French art in the early 20th century.

The interior can only be visited on a guided tour with a small group, while the gardens and open grounds are freely accessible at any time. The estate is large, so comfortable shoes are a good idea, particularly if you plan to walk through the garden areas.

The sunken garden on the property was laid out in the 1920s by Beatrix Farrand, the only founding female member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Every year this garden becomes the setting for one of the longest-running poetry festivals in the country.

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• Website: https://hillstead.org
• GPS coordinates: 41.72212,-72.82059
• Latest update: March 3, 2026 08:14