What do you do if you’re super rich and your passion for collecting is overwhelming your storage capacity? You start collecting 18th- and 19th-century buildings, put them in a village setting, and fill them up! Electra Webb, a sugar refining heiress who married into the Vanderbilt family, began collecting folk art when she was just eighteen. Her collections include almost everything – circus posters, metal toys, impressionist paintings, glass canes, carriages, quilts, hat boxes, and even a steam boat. The collections are exhibited in 38 buildings. There so much to see that it’s hard to fit it all into one day. Fortunately admission tickets are good for two days.
The museum website has an accessibility guide. Use this as a general guideline only. Even the buildings that have ramps or are level to the ground may have high thresholds, heavy doors, or poorly made ramps. None of the second floors are accessible. A shuttle with a pull out ramp makes a circle on the outer loop of the grounds and stops at the major attractions. This would be a very frustrating place to visit on your own but it’s doable with some help.
The parking lot is huge with plenty of room for any RV. Museum
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