Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby holding holiday decorating contest

A Christmas tree in the solarium was decorated one year in a butterfly theme.

DERBY - Although the Osborne Homestead Museum is closed due to COVID-19 and will not be decorated for the 2020 holiday season, curator Susan Robinson said the staff hopes to add some fun and cheer with a friendly online contest.  

The Osborne Homestead Museum’s Holiday Contest is an online contest of the decorations spanning from 2013’s Holiday in Connecticut to 2019’s Nature’s Friends Holiday.  

The contest will run from Dec. 3 to 15.

Decorators, garden clubs, and the public can participate and choose their favorite decorations and rooms in 15 different categories: 

Favorite Whimsical Decoration, Rustic/Country Scene, Ethereal Decoration, Costume for Child Mannequin, Rear Bathtub, Front Bathtub, Door Wreath, Porch Display, Most Informative, Mantel Display, Piano Display, Ingenious Use of Materials, Use of Historical Artifacts or Objects, Dining Room Display, and Solarium Tree. 

So share the contest link below with friends, families, and colleagues!

 

To access the contest, visit the OHM Holiday Contest link. 

Choose one favorite decoration/room per category.  

When finished, press the submit button at the bottom of the page.  

Multiple submissions are accepted.  

Vote once or vote every day and pick the same or different choices. First, second, and third place winners will receive giveaway prizes.  

The contest ends Dec. 15, and the winners will be announced on Dec. 22.  

Giveaway prizes will be mailed to the winners by Jan. 9, 2021. 

This is a press release from Susan Robinson, curator, Osborne Homestead Museum.