Barrymore memorabilia exhibit in Bristol
Linden Place Museum is once again hosting “Junk from the Trunk”, a rotating exhibit of DeWolf and Colt family memorabilia, throughout the museum’s 2013 tour season. Currently, Linden Place is offering an encore presentation of its exhibit “Star Quality”, featuring photographs and theater memorabilia from Ethel Barrymore’s early days in theater and those of her brothers [...]
Read More →Celebrated Barbershop Quartet to perform in Bristol
Named the “Busiest Barbershop Quartet in New England,” Generations Barbershop Quartet will fill Linden Place Mansion with their four piece harmonies as part of the mansion’s highly anticipated Spring Concert Series. The show will feature sing-a-longs, narratives about their songs and a selection of special numbers in the mansion’s conservatory, which once served as the [...]
Read More →Renowned Irish Singer Robbie O’Connell in Bristol
Robbie O’Connell, a Clancy family Irish folk performer, will grace Linden Place with a St. Patrick’s week performance in the Mansion’s parlors. O’Connell began his career by performing with his uncles, the Clancy Brothers. More recently, he has been performing solo throughout the East Coast as well as in Ireland. With prior venues such as [...]
Read More →Tickets Now on Sale for Linden Place Mansion’s Annual Fourth of July Parade Picnic
Linden Place is the best seat in town for viewing the nationally famous Bristol Fourth of July Parade! Located directly on the historic Bristol Fourth of July Parade route, Linden Place will be offering reserved bleacher-style seating, tables and chairs under the shade of the Linden trees, a continental breakfast and picnic lunch, restroom facilities [...]
Read More →Classical music by the fireside in Bristol
Linden Place will host an afternoon of music in the mansion’s historic ballroom with celebrated pianist Rosalind Chua and friends featuring “Il Cantori”, Providence College’s prestigious choral ensemble, this Sunday. The program will highlight vocal, piano and string music from the Baroque period to the 20th century including seldom heard songs from Johannes Brahms and [...]
Read More →Guiteras School Chorus performs at Linden Place
The Guiteras School Chorus put on a holiday performance for dozens of parents, friends and relatives at Linden Place on Monday night. The chorus, conducted by Susan Winterbottom-Shadday, and accompanied by Matthew Dube, gave a joyful performance mainly of Christmas classics, but including a tribute to Hanukkah, as well. About 46 students from the school [...]
Read More →A poetic Christmas in Bristol
Linden Place Museum in downtown Bristol is celebrating the holiday season with tours of the 200-year old Federal-style mansion throughout December. This year, Linden Place has chosen “The Poetry of Christmas” for a holiday decorating theme. Lines and lyrics of popular works will be featured throughout the house. This year, the colors of white, gold [...]
Read More →Bristol horse thief takes statue from Linden Place
Within a few steps from a wooden gate behind Linden Place, a miniature statue of a war horse had stood for years. It was a remnant of Samuel P. Colt’s collection that was moved to the museum for safe keeping and to preserve the history of Bristol’s most prominent families of a bygone era. “When [...]
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