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Blog

March 12, 2019

Spotlight on the Golden Age of Mural Painting

Earlier this week, Mark Mitchell, Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, Yale University Art Gallery, visited Gari Melchers

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oil study for Gari Melchers' Communion

December 14, 2018

Now On view!

Much to our delight, our conservators have been busily cranking out refurbished canvases this fall, thanks to generous gifts from the

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Restored gates and piers.

November 29, 2018

Historic Main Gates Restored

The historic Belmont entrance gates have received much needed attention this summer and fall. The gates were built by Gari and Corinne Melchers in the

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September 6, 2018

Theodore Roosevelt’s Portrait by Gari Melchers

An article that appears in the most recent issue of the White House History Quarterly takes a deep dive into 1909 when Charles Lang Freer commissioned

Category iconGari Melchers,  Uncategorized Tag iconGari Melchers,  portrait,  President Theodore Roosevelt,  Theodore Roosevelt

August 20, 2018

Back From the Conservator’s Lab

I am happy to report that a long-neglected portrait in the Belmont collection is about to have its day in the sun.  Thanks to conservation funding

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July 22, 2018

Looking to Learn: Learning to Look

Sometimes just slowing down in our fast-paced world can make a considerable difference.  Taking the time to sit down and focus on a single painting in

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May 28, 2018

Please Touch! Historic House Tours

Keeping historic house tours engaging for visitors can be a challenge, especially children’s tours. The traditional “Listen, don’t touch” guided tour

Category icon3D Printing,  Children,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Senses,  Socratic Teaching Method,  Tours Tag icon3D,  historic house museum,  historic house tours,  Socratic teaching,  youth museum tours

The Eastern Redcedar –Juniperus virginiana, was damaged in the high wind event we had earlier in the month.

March 20, 2018

A piece of history lost

Belmont lost a piece of history when Bartlett Tree Company took down one of our old cedar trees. The Eastern Redcedar -Juniperus virginiana, was

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Little Green House

February 19, 2018

New Melchers Comes to Light

The Little Green House A painting entirely new to me by Gari Melchers entitled The Little Green House has surfaced, and is to be sold at auction in

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Falmouth, VA 22405
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