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Special Curator Tours of Christmas Exhibit

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, invites you to step back in time and join us this holiday season.  The Museum will be decorated and open for guided tours and visits to exhibits on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons during touring hours, 1pm – 4pm, from December 7th until December 22nd.  The Museum will reopen for holiday tours of the tree, exhibit and other decorations on January 2nd through January 30th.  

During tours of the gorgeous historic home visitors will view the museum's collection of holiday-themed original artwork by caricaturist Thomas Nast. Visitors will find more than thirty of Thomas Nast’s original Santa and Christmas images throughout the museum’s galleries and period rooms. 
December, the 7th and 8th, the special curators’ tours of the Christmas exhibit “Not a Creature Was Stirring” – Christmas Animals, Toys and Thomas Nast will take place. On Sunday the 8th co-curator Barbara Silverstein will give gallery tours of the exhibit throughout the afternoon. The first floor gallery exhibit features several of the Museum’s holiday-themed Thomas Nast images, as well as toys and ornaments from a century ago.  This is the sixth year antique dealers and local collectors have put together this unique exhibit.  This year’s display features an animal theme, displayed in the form of toys, animals and more.

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. Adults $8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5 are free. The gardens at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum are open Monday to Friday 9am - 4pm and Sundays 1pm - 4pm unless posted otherwise. The gates are secured at all other times. Please check our website for any holiday closings. 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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