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Welcome to the Gore Place page. Gore Place is the Federal period estate of Rebecca and Christopher Gore. The estate includes the beautiful 1806 Mansion, a 1793 Carriage House and a farm with period breeds of sheep and chickens. Gore Place is the site of the popular annual Sheepshearing Festival, hosts concerts, holiday teas and family events. The grounds are open to the public year-round, and tours are available Monday through Saturday and selected Friday evenings.
Many thanks to all who attended our Handmade for the Holidays Shopping Party and the wonderful makers who participated! Our event was a great success!
Did you miss out? The Gore Place Holiday Boutique is open throughout the season: M-F 10-3, Sat 12-3, located in the mansion. Just ring the doorbell.
Gore Place's cover photo
Doors are open! Hope to see you at Handmade for the Holidays Shopping Party!
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and cold to shop last night!
Missed out yesterday? Tonight's your last chance to shop directly from our makers. Doors open at 5.
Doors are open! Hope to see you for Handmade for the Holidays! 5-8pm
Today's the (first) day!
Join us this evening or tomorrow evening for our Handmade for the Holidays Shopping Party! The party is 5-8pm.
We'll have makers throughout the first floor of the mansion selling directly as well as our Holiday Boutique.
Can't wait to kick off the holiday season with our community!
It's #WorldToiletDay. Did you know that the Gores had 3 water closets in 1806? The nightstand commode in their bedroom was another option, and it is perennially popular with field trips.
There will be no tours of the mansion 11/20 and 11/21.
Only the Santa Tea on 12/15 at 3:30pm has seats left. The other 3 Santa Teas are full.
It's almost time for our holiday decorations to go up. Here's a peak at last year's decor.
See you tonight!
Evening tours of the beautiful 1806 mansion are offered on select Fridays throughout the year at Gore Place in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Our Dining Parlor usually looks like this. But for the next few weeks, much of the furniture in many of our 1st floor rooms will be removed for holiday events. Soon, our holiday decorations will go up across the house.
Photo: Eric Workman - TMP Images
Next week! Get a head start on your holiday shopping and support local makers as well as Gore Place.
Our Handmade for the Holidays Shopping Party is Wednesday and Thursday 5-8pm. We'll have 20 makers who you can shop from directly in addition to our fully stocked Holiday Boutique.
The Boutique will be open M-F 10-3, Sat 12-3 (except 12/14) for the holiday season. We'll be open 12-3 for #SmallBusinessSaturday as well.
Check the event page for a list of makers and who is stocked in the Boutique.
Please note that the Great Hall and Withdrawing Room will not be on the tour today and tomorrow due to an event.
With this cold snap making it feel like January, here's a throwback to just 2 weeks ago when it was milder and more colorful. Thanks to Eric Workman-TMP Images for these great photos!
Hope to see you this Friday evening for our Moonlight Tour at 7:30 pm.
Please note that the December 14 1pm Santa Tea is SOLD OUT. The other 3 are filling up fast.
Tickets are available on our website: https://goreplace.org/programs/holiday-programs/
Hopefully we won't need our sleigh later today!
Tonight! Join us in the Carriage House to hear Ceol Corvus: Carriage House Concerts at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7.
Happy Veterans Day!
Did you know that Christopher Gore served as a clerk in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War?
We are open for tours today.
#FlashbackFriday: our Leicester Longwools were enjoying the North Pasture and sunshine this time last year.
Gore Place's cover photo
With the weather getting chilly, would you prefer a bed warmer or a portable foot warmer?
You know winter is coming when the tent comes down for the season.
Sunrise on the farm is always a lovely sight.
Making holiday plans? We've put all of our wintry holiday events together in one spot on our website.
Handmade For The Holidays Shopping Party Wednesday, November 20, and Thursday, November 21, 5-8pm Have first access to our holiday pop-up shop “Handmade for the Holidays”. Sip, nibble, and cross off everyone on your holiday list. Join us in our 1806 mansion designed by Rebecca Gore and 1793 Carr...
Interested in our Be Inspired show? Our information packet and application are up on the website for the 2020 show: https://goreplace.org/be-inspired/
Making Thanksgiving plans? Our Moonlight Tour on Black Friday is always a popular event for out-of-town guests.
***PLEASE NOTE:
TOURS WILL ONLY RUN AT
12, 1, AND 2 ON 11/5***
A week from tomorrow! Join us to listen to Cool Corvus in the (fully modernized and heated) Carriage House.
This trio of Boston-area musicians play traditional Irish tunes and songs on a somewhat unlikely, yet pleasing combination of instruments (bouzouki, guitar, concertina). Theirs is the sound of the traditional Irish music session. Something they are well-acquainted with! Check them out on Facebook ht...
Happy Halloween! We have mythical beasts and spooky creatures throughout the collection.
1.) 2 winged griffins on a fireplace
2.) spooky silhouettes on a wallpaper installed after the Gores
3.) a hippocampus on a mirror in the Withdrawing Room
It's almost Halloween, so we're highlighting some spooky items in the collection.
Silhouettes are a little spooky, especially if they're doing unusual things.
This teacup is a small white porcelain mug, decorated with gold bands around the rim and base, three gold palmettes on the handle, and a series of black transfer-printed vignettes of small figures around the inside rim and the exterior of the body.
The vignettes include a child with a pull toy, a lady on a balking mule, a man stealing a chicken, and others. It is in style it is very similar to some wallpaper that was installed at Gore Place after the Gores’ time in the home.
The cup may have been used by a child, as it is small in size. We believe it was made in England around 1830-1840.
It's #NationalCatDay! Don't you just want to boop these Victorian doorstoppers?
Join us on 11/12 for Ceol Corvus: Carriage House Concerts. Bring a friend, and listen to Irish music in the restored 1793 Carriage House.
Fiske Center for Archaeological Research used their Ground Penetrating Radar unit on Friday to continue their research on the Gore garden.
Photo credit: Dr. John Steinberg, Fiske Center for Archaeological Research
Why are there a ton of flags on the North Lawn?
Fiske Center for Archaeological Research is here investigating the garden under the Lyman Garden. They’re marking a grid before using a variety of equipment to map the area.
Many thanks to our Memory Project participants and those who attended the reception yesterday!
This program will return in 2020, so stay tuned for updates.
It's #MusMeme day! Enjoy!
There are only a handful of seats left for the 12/15 1pm Santa Tea already!
Book your tickets for this family-favorite tradition soon.
HANDMADE FOR THE HOLIDAYS SHOPPING PARTY Wednesday, November 20, and Thursday, November 21, 5-8pm Have first access to our holiday pop-up shop “Handmade for the Holidays”. Sip, nibble, and cross off everyone on your holiday list. Join us in our 1806 mansion designed by Rebecca Gore and 1793 Carr...
See you this afternoon for our Public Reception for the Gore Place Memory Project! All are welcome!
Our final Frightful Friday tours of the season are this Friday at 7 and 8:15pm. These WILL sell out so buy your tickets now.
OCTOBER 18 @ 7:00 and 8:15pm SOLDOUT! October 11, 18, and 25 at 7 and 8:15pm October is the perfect time for creepy stories in an old mansion. During Frightful Fridays you’ll get to see the beautiful rooms in this 1806 mansion stopping along the way to hear spooky tales. Tickets are $20 general, $...
Can you imagine Boston full of sheep?
You could say people in Madrid were feeling a little sheepish.
Andrew Penziner of Motivity Video was here filming exterior and landscape shots. Though it looks like a jet pack, he’s wearing a gimbal to have a steady shot as he moves. Pretty cool!
We hope you can join us tomorrow for our Public Reception for the Gore Place Memory Project. See what our first class participating in the Memory Project have created and hear the stories behind their art.
52 Gore St
Waltham, MA
02453
70 or 70A bus from Waltham or Central Square, Cambridge.
| Monday | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 - 15:00 |
| Saturday | 12:00 - 15:00 |
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Fingers crossed we receive Mountain Rose Herbs's #grants4plants to help expand our cultivation by the farm.
Today’s #MuseumWeek theme is #SecretsMW. Can you guess the secret to this self-closing door?
Our Sheepshearing Festival is this Saturday 10-5. Rain or shine! You can buy tickets online or at the gate. Video description: 15 second video featuring a lamb, a Maypole dance, wood toys in the craft section, a child making a sheep mask, a child learning to weave on a loom, and a performance by Circus Smirkus. "A wooly great time" followed by our logo and the date of the event.
We hope you join us on April 27 10-5 for our 32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival! Video description: This is a 15-second video of the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place. Festive music plays in the background. A lamb is heard in the background and images border collies herding sheep scroll. Next, text appears displaying “Sheep + Border Collies!!!” and “32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival.” Finally, the Gore Place logo appears with the festival’s date of Saturday April 27 and our social media hashtag: #SheepFest32.
Sheepshearing is 25 days away! Find out more about our big day on our website: https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/. You can also buy advance tickets to get in the gates quickly to see the sheep and have a fun day. Gore Place members are free; we'd love to have you join us. Video Description: This is a 15-second video of the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place. Festive music plays in the background. First, the sound of a lamb is heard in the background, and then six photos appear: a brown sheep at a fence, people dancing in a circle holding ribbons attached to a Maypole, 18th century re-enactors in front of the Gore Mansion, musicians singing and playing musical instruments, rows of white craft fair tents set up on the museum's lawn, and a flock of sheep looking forward. Next, text appears displaying “A Sheep Date Guaranteed” and “32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival.” Finally, the Gore Place logo appears with the festival’s date of Saturday April 27 and our social media hashtag: #SheepFest32.
It's just over a month away! Join or renew your "membersheep" on our website. Or buy your advance tickets here: https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/ Alt Text: This is a 15-second video of the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place. Festive music plays in the background. First, the sound of a lamb is heard in the background, and then six photos appear: a flock of sheep looking forward, an adorable lamb and an adult sheep, one sheep with curly wool chewing on some grass, a sheep with brown wool at a fence, three sheep with white and black wool, and a flock of sheep and goats during the dog sheepherding demonstration with festival goers in the background. Next, text appears displaying “Feeling Sheepish?” and “32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival.” Finally, the Gore Place logo appears with the festival’s date of Saturday April 27 and our social media hashtag: #SheepFest32.
A sure sign of spring -- advance tickets to the 32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival are now available! $20 general admission ages 13 and up, free for children 12 and under and Gore Place Members. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Online tickets: https://bit.ly/2EO7XUJ Tickets available at the gates on the day or online. Visit us at https://goreplace.org/sheepshearing-festival/ for more info. #SheepFest32 Shout out to @MotivityVideo for video production, and Eric Workman | TMP Images and Bruce Allen for photography. Your work is wooly great! [For screen readers: This is a 15-second video of the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place. Festive music plays in the background. First, six photos appear: a close-up of a sheep with brown wool, a flock of five sheep with black and white wool, one sheep with curly wool chewing on some grass, two photos of a flock of sheep and goats during the dog sheepherding demonstration with festival goers in the background, and a close-up photo of an adorable lamb. Next, text appears displaying “Sheep Thrills for the Entire Family” and “32nd Annual Sheepshearing Festival.” Finally, the Gore Place logo appears with the festival’s date of Saturday April 27 and our social media hastag: #SheepFest32.]
Crankie in action for our workshop: https://goreplace.org/event/winter-break-arts-workshop-moving-panorama/2019-02-18/
We had a pianist on our tour today, and she played on our 1821 piano forte. ❤️
Be Inspired is just 3 days away! We can't wait to see all of the creations the designers will make. You have 3 chances to see them: Thursday 4-8pm, Friday 10-3, or Saturday 10-3. Buy your tickets online here: http://goreplace.org/be-inspired/ Many thanks to Eric Workman for the photos from last year's show.
Goodbye winter, hello spring! Our 31st Annual Sheepshearing Festival is 1 month away! Thanks Robison Imagery for taking this footage after the snow.
Electric shearing going on now.
Gore Place's Sheepshearing Festival is coming! Sheepshearing is coming! Ewe don't want to miss it on 4/29, rain or shine, 10-5!
Pumpkin drop at Fall Festival!
We're live and trying out a Regency recipe for lemon ice cream. Adapted from the Jane Austen cookbook.
Time lapse of the sheep taking a break in the shade.
Fluffy chicks having an afternoon snack in slo-mo. 😍😍😍
Get excited!! The 29th annual Sheepshearing Festival is just over a month away!
Thanks IG user @azuleblueazuleblue for sharing this video of one of our chickens dancing!
Here's a video from a past Plant Sale to get you in the spring swing of things! The sale is May 22-24 9-4.
Thank you Jerry Robertson for this 2 minute video of the Carriage House moving. It shows just how quickly the house moved from A to B.
Did you see the Carriage House move? Share your photos and videos!
Thank you to all who visited the Plant Sale as well as the Family farm program and the raised bed workshop all happening this past week-end at Gore Place! A busy day at Christopher Gore's " farm in Waltham". There are still some plants for sale so feel free to stop by the Farmstand.
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