Living Museums Author:Iain Gale, Richard Bryany This remarkable volume takes the reader on a sweeping tour of twenty-six historic house museums, all open to the public, in North America, Europe, Asian, and Australia. In addition to providing the armchair traveler with a visually inspiring display of period homes, Living Museums serves as a comprehensive travel guide. The lavi... more »sh full-color photographs charmingly reflect the mood and lifestyles of each site's owners and era while bringing to life elements of their architecture, literature, music, and art. Iain Gale's stimulating text explores the individual atmosphere of each house and the engaging stories that were born within its walls.
Highlights of the tour include Proust's French townhouse; Goethe's house in Germany; Vanessa Bell's renowned Charleston in England; and Jim Thompson's elegantly eclectic home in Bangkok. America is well represented by seven sites, including Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Virginia, and Waverley Plantation in Mississippi. For those who want to explore some of the many house museums open to the public, Living Museums also features a detailed gazetteer of more than 950 such sites around the world.« less