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This historic house museum is birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, America's premier portrait painter. You know his work from our currency, portraits in the National Gallery, among other important museums, and some private collections.
The Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum is located in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Gilbert Stuart, who was born on December 3, 1755, in the colonial-era house located on the property, became a famous American portraitist of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum, Saunderstown, Rhode Island. 838 likes · 16 talking about this. Take a step back in time. Visit the authentically restored and furnished 1750 home of the Stuart...
Gilbert Stuart Birthplace, an artist home and snuff mill. Today, the restored Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum will take you back to colonial life in 1760. It will also take you back to snuff-making and corn grinding, as the museum has two mills on the property.
The former home and birthplace of portraitist the famed portraitist Gilbert Stuart who immortalized Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Adams, and John Quincy Adams, heroes of the Revolution and War of 1812, prominent statesmen, and society men and women of the day.
815 Gilbert Stuart Road, Saunderstown, North Kingstown, RI. (401) 294-3001. http://www.gilbertstuartmuseum.com/. The Museum’s archives focus primarily on the life, art and colonial time of the master portrait artist Gilbert Stuart. Public education and enjoyment, Historical understanding.
With its authentically restored and furnished 1750 home, working gristmill, gardens, woodland trails, art exhibitions of period works, and more, the Gilbert Stuart Museum remains one of Rhode Island’s best kept treasures.
