Annual Spring Fete

Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the Spring Fete at the Boston Athenaeum on June 3, 2010. Sponsorship includes your name listed on the invitation and two complimentary tickets to the Fete.

Become a Sponsor Here!

New! Archival Finding Aids

The Nichols House Museum maintains an archive of Nichols family papers, photographs, and postcards. The finding aids for these collections are available here:

Nichols Family papers
Nichols Family photograph collection
Rose Standish Nichols postcard collection
George Taloumis photograph collection
William King photograph collection

New! Online Catalogue

The Nichols House Museum has put its permanent collection online. Learn more about the museum's collection of furniture, artwork, decorative objects, and textiles, and view objects not on display in the period rooms.

Nancy Porter Productions
Visits the Nichols House Museum

Elizabeth Marvel, in costume as Louisa May Alcott, prepares for a scene at the Nichols House Museum.

Read an article about the Nichols family.

Expanding our Understanding of the Nichols Women: An Overview of the Project "Rose Standish Nichols: "Her Friends and Colleagues Revealed Through Correspondence"

Printable version: word document | pdf format

Check out the Nichols House Museum Page
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11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

April 1 - October 31
Tuesday through Saturday

November 1 - March 31
Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Closed for most major holidays

Tour Schedule
First tour at 11:00 a.m.
Tours on the half-hour thereafter.
Last tour at 4:00 p.m.

Admission Adults $7
Children 12 and under free

Special tours by appointment.
Please call: 617.227.6993