Homestead museum in Derby opens Friday for season

Garden clubs decorate home for holidays
DERBY - This year's decorations at the Osborne Homestead Museum feature the theme,"Holiday at the Symphony."

Each November area garden clubs follow a theme and skillfully decorate the house that belonged to Frances Osborne Kellogg, a businesswoman, conservationist, civic leader, and philanthropist. 
She died at age 80 in 1956.

Osborne Homestead Museum
(Photo from DEEP website)

Museum holiday hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays from Nov. 28 to Dec. 20.

Holiday Twilight Tours will be held Fridays from 4-6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, 12, and 19.

The museum at 500 Hawthorne Ave. is operated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Groups of more than eight people are asked to call 203-734-2513 to reserve a tour date and time.

Donations for museum tours are gratefully accepted.