JOSEPH ALLEN SKINNER MUSEUM

SOUTH HADLEY, MA

The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum is a historic house museum located in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The museum is named after Joseph Allen Skinner, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who purchased the house in 1924 and donated it to Mount Holyoke College upon his death in 1946.

The museum is housed in a late 19th-century Victorian mansion that has been restored to its original condition. The interior features ornate woodwork, stained glass windows, and decorative plaster ceilings. The museum's collection includes American and European decorative arts, including furniture, ceramics, glassware, and textiles.

One of the museum's most notable features is the Skinner family's extensive collection of Chinese porcelain. The collection includes over 1,000 pieces, ranging from small figurines to large vases and bowls. The museum also has a collection of 19th-century American paintings, including works by artists such as Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent.

In addition to its permanent collection, the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum hosts temporary exhibitions and educational programs for visitors of all ages. The museum is open to the public during select hours throughout the year and offers guided tours of the house and its collections.

JOSEPH ALLEN SKINNER MUSEUM is a Uncategorized or General Museum in SOUTH HADLEY MA. US MID #8402500245

The museum is classed as GMU (Uncategorized or General Museums). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 170,951,355 from tax period 201206 (YYYYMM).

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• telephone: 4135382245
• website: www.mtholyoke.edu/artmuseum/skinner.html

JOSEPH ALLEN SKINNER MUSEUM
LOWER LAKE ROAD
SOUTH HADLEY
MA
01035

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