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Guided Holiday Tours at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, invites you to step back in
time and join us this holiday season. 
The Museum opens for our holiday tours on Saturday December 7th.  The weekend of December 7th and 8th
from 1pm – 4pm there will be also be special curators’ tours of the Christmas
exhibit.  The Museum is then open for
guided tours and visits to exhibits on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
afternoons, 1pm – 4pm, until December 22nd.  The Museum will reopen for holiday tours of
the tree, exhibit and other decorations on January 2nd through
January 30th. 



 



The Museum’s period rooms will be decorated for the holidays in
traditional style by the Garden Club of Morristown with fresh holly and
boxwood, greenery and other live decorations including a historically-inspired
Christmas tree throughout December.  Enjoy docent-led tours through the period
rooms to learn the history of the Macculloch family and W. Parsons Todd, the
philanthropist who transformed this family home into a museum with a superb
collection of fine English and American decorative arts.  In the drawing room visitors will find a
special Christmas tree decorated with historically inspired ornaments.  2013 marks the 23rd year Morristown’s
Assumption School fourth grade students have handcrafted period-style ornaments
for the Drawing Room Christmas tree.  During
tours of the gorgeous historic home visitors will view seasonal decorations as
well as the Museum's collection of holiday-themed original artwork by
caricaturist Thomas Nast.  Nast, a
well-known political cartoonist who popularized the Democratic Donkey and the
Republican Elephant, also contributed to America’s contemporary image of Santa
Claus.  Visitors will find more than
thirty of Thomas Nast’s original Santa and Christmas images throughout the Museum’s
galleries and period rooms.  Macculloch
Hall Historical Museum has the largest collection of Nast originals in the
nation.

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Visitors can find unique gifts in the museum's expanded holiday
shop.  Special items include Thomas Nast
Christmas cards and ornaments.  This year the Museum is featuring a photograph of
the beautiful 2012 Drawing Room Christmas tree by Stan Freeny on a Christmas
card.  This special card captures last
year’s tree lit up as if it were the night before Christmas.  Freeny captured this image one evening to
create this unique view of the Macculloch Hall drawing room in a way most
visitors do not get to see.  The shop
also carries a number of Christmas items year round including items with Thomas
Nast Santa Claus and other Christmas images. 
The Museum is also carrying a special edition Nast animal themed
ornament and other traditional toys and unique stocking stuffers. 

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Macculloch Hall
Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families, the
Morris area community, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd through
its historic site, collections, exhibits, and educational and cultural
programs. The Museum is open for house and exhibit tours on Wednesdays,
Thursdays & Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The last tour leaves at 3pm. The
galleries and gift shop are open until 4pm on tour days.  Adults
$8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5
are free. The gardens are open Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm and Sundays 1pm - 4pm
unless posted otherwise. The gates are secured at all other times. Call (973)
538-2404 ext. 10, visit our website www.maccullochhall.org or find us on
Facebook.  Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave.,
Morristown, NJ 07960.  Macculloch Hall Historical Museum received an
operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division
of the Department of State.  Macculloch
Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons
Todd Foundation.

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