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Gari Melchers Home and Studio

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May 17, 2021

More Melchers Paintings Surface

As curator at GMHS I have been compiling a complete Melchers database for years, 38 to be precise. Over 1650 individual items have been catalogued,

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Corinne Melchers,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Historic House Museum,  model,  Plein Air Painting,  Studio and Galleries

February 5, 2021

Conservation of Painting Yields New Information

In anticipation of the upcoming webinar program on Belmont's Portrait of a Young Girl with Fan presented by our paintings conservator Perry  Hurt, I

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Children,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Historic House Museum,  Visual Arts

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

August 23, 2017

Paint Analysis Reveals Hidden Intentions

In 2013, Belmont hired Susan Buck, Ph.D. to conduct a comprehensive interior paint analysis of the house museum.  Buck is the same conservator who

Category iconGari and Corinne Melchers,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Paint Analysis Tag iconPaint Analysis,  Susan L Buck

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August 1, 2015

Beyond Stairs and Stanchions

Our 1800 historic house museum is fairly typical in not having an elevator to access its upper levels.  For years, guests who opted out of climbing

Category iconBelmont Estate,  Historic House Tag iconaccessibitlity,  historic house museum,  iPad,  kiosk,  Museum,  Tours,  video

Studio Decorated for Holidays

November 19, 2014

25 Years of Holidays

The upcoming December 10 Holiday Open House marks the 25th such event that I have overseen as Director of Gari Melchers Home and Studio.  The event

Category iconGari and Corinne Melchers,  Historic House,  Holiday Tag iconBelmont,  Celebrate,  Christmas,  decorations,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  HGTV,  Holiday,  Willard Scott,  Xmas

sundial

March 11, 2014

How to Read Belmont’s Sundial

During my periodic Director’s Tours and when I’m helping out with regular tours, visitors often ask me what that thing is mounted on the outside wall

Category iconHistoric House Tag iconBelmont,  Corinne Melchers,  vertical sundial

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Falmouth, VA 22405
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