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Forbes House Museum – Milton

Museum Tour for Two or Four (Up to 53% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Learn about the prolific Forbes family and view collections of Civil War memorabilia and 19th-century Chinese exports, such as sculptures

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  • Expires 210 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required.
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History museums give you a glimpse into a more decent era, when there were no computers and you had to marry your food before you could eat it. Partake in the past with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $8 for a museum tour for two (up to a $16 value)
  • $15 for a museum tour for four (up to a $32 value)

Tour guides take you through the Greek Revival mansion, which brims with American and European paintings, Civil War memorabilia, and Chinese exports from the 19th century. Guides highlight the mansion's China Trade collection, which includes bronze Chinese cranes, sculptures of Buddha, and three pairs of Chinese Foo Dogs. Other collections showcase personal items from members of the Forbes family, including a medicine chest used by Captain Robert Bennet Forbes in the 19th century.

Tours of the museum are available by reservation at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Forbes House Museum offers a discounted admission rate to senior citizens as well as free admission to children under 5 years old.

Forbes House Museum

It didn’t take long for Robert Bennet Forbes to make a name for himself. He was made a captain by the age of 20, and he quickly amassed wealth and influence as a China Trade Merchant. And despite becoming one of the country’s most prominent businessmen, Captain Forbes still found time to design ships, write, and build an estate that would make Scrooge McDuck molt with envy. Along with his brother John, the Captain commissioned a Greek Revival mansion to be built in 1883. The house was intended for their mother, but over the decades, it would become home to many members of the entrepreneurial family—who collected four generations worth of paintings, artifacts, and various artwork.

Perched atop Milton Hill, the mansion—now a National Historic Landmark called the Forbes House Museum—transports visitors back to key moments in American history. In one part of the house lies memorabilia focused on President Lincoln and the Civil War, collected by the Captain's granddaughter Mary Bowditch Forbes. Her passion for that time period was so strong, she even had a replica of Lincoln's birthplace built on the museum's grounds. Other rooms showcase the valuable Chinese exports collected by the Captain. Sitting atop a table of Cantonese marble and hand-carved rosewood is the crown jewel of this collection, the Election Bowl, a porcelain vessel adorned with two Forbes family crests and two depictions of Scottish castles. In addition to tours, the mansion also hosts various cultural events, including a monthly roundtable discussion on the Civil War.

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Forbes House Museum

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