The People
Between 1859 and 1954, three generations of Gibson family members and dozens of servants lived and worked at 137 Beacon Street. In many ways, their experiences are typical of individuals of their particular gender and social class. And yet, their unique stories allow us to explore this period of Boston’s history through a distinctly personal lens.
Click below to learn more about who lived at 137 Beacon.
The People
Between 1859 and 1954, three generations of Gibson family members and dozens of servants lived and worked at 137 Beacon Street. In many ways, their experiences are typical of individuals of their particular gender and social class. And yet, their unique stories allow us to explore this period of Boston’s history through a distinctly personal lens.
Click below to learn more about who lived at 137 Beacon.
Virtual Tour
The Gibson House served as a residence to three generations of Gibson family members and their household staff between 1859 and 1954. The Museum’s four floors of period rooms, including the original ground-floor kitchen, are a time capsule of domestic life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Our regular house tours, “At Home with the Gibsons” and “Upstairs, Downstairs: Domestic Service at the Gibson House,” allow visitors to explore the house and consider issues of class and culture through the stories and objects of the people who lived and worked here. We also offer specialty house tours on a variety of topics and events throughout the year.