The Gibson House Museum

06/12/2025

📽️Who has seen by and since our event? We loved seeing all the photos and videos of the house that are

🎞️We also want to thank for organizing our participation in the Bostonian Scheme! Be sure to check out the beautiful photos and videos taken of the Gibson on his account, too!

06/11/2025

Our current show ‘Tales from the House of Gibson’ is featured by WBUR.

Including drag bingo and the annual Pride parade.

06/11/2025

🏳️‍🌈This we are featuring an extra evening ‘Charlie’s Q***r Boston’ tour at 4 p.m.!

🌈These two works, painted by Hannah Barrett in 2009, incorporate many of the peculiar objects in Charlie’s study, so be sure to get a close look this weekend!

06/10/2025

Hannah Barrett stands before one of their epic paintings, ‘Tales from the House of Gibson’, on view all month throughout the museum to celebrate Pride Month. Don’t miss the show!

05/27/2025

🎬The Gibson House Museum will be one of the locations for ‘s series of events around ! Take a self-guided tour and enter to win prizes and a chance to attend a screening of Wes Anderson’s latest film. Admission fee will be waived for the first fifty people. Last entry is at 3:30.

05/10/2025

Lots of great pictures from our recent masquerade benefit. Thank you Boston Sun.
Scroll to pp. 8-9.

04/25/2025

Thanks to everyone who supported last night's benefit, A Victorian Masquerade. It was a great party!

Photos: Lauren Thomas

04/14/2025

Boston's celebration of Paul Revere and William Dawes' historic ride is on Friday, April 18, kicking off Patriot's weekend in the area.
https://www.boston.gov/calendar/boston-250-launch-anniversary-paul-reveres-ride

04/14/2025

Once again we thank talented Garden Club of the Back Bay members Suri and Jenifer for their cheerful spring arrangements in our urns.

04/09/2025

Celebrate spring with the Gibson House Museum!🌸

🌷Join us for a self-guided tour and specialty costume exhibition featuring fashions that highlight the honored tradition of our local “Promenade,” a leisurely walk in the Public Garden.

🍰Make sure to visit our Victorian-themed photo booth and take your own photo in the elegant setting of the Gibson House. Finish your visit by enjoying a self-serve buffet of tea and sweets!

*Costume exhibition presented in collaboration with the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (NSCDA).

Buy tickets through the link in bio!

04/03/2025

Thank you Boston Sun for showcasing our benefit.

News Gibson House Museum’s Victorian Masquerade Benefit Set for April 24 at Chilton Club by The Boston Sun Staff • April 2, 2025 • 0 Comments  By Dan Murphy In keeping with this year’s Victorian Masquerade Party theme, guests in attendance at this year’s 28th annual benefit for the Gi...

02/21/2025

We’ve pulled a few special pieces from our collection for tomorrow’s Elements of the American Wedding, 1860–1920 program, hosted by

Pictured here are Annie Crowninshield Warren’s 1839 wedding gown, Rosamond Gibson’s wedding gloves from 1871, Ethel Gibson’s 1911 wedding shoes, and a piece of lace believed to be from Rosamond’s veil.

If you’d like to learn more about these pieces—and the fascinating history of American wedding traditions, there’s still time to grab a ticket! The program starts at 4:30 PM, with light refreshments served. Get your ticket through our website or the link in our bio!