Candlelight Tours

Experience the Nichols House Museum by (electric) candlelight on one of our evening tours. Each room is bedecked with seasonal trimming inspired by turn-of-the-20th century styles and Nichols family traditions.

Candle-lit windows are a winter tradition on Beacon Hill going back to the turn of the 20th century. Margaret Nichols remembered that with candles illuminating 55 Mount Vernon Street “individual charm beamed out of every window.”

Before or after the tour, enjoy a warm drink and check out our shop for a curated collection of unique gifts.

The Nichols House Museum on Boston's historic Beacon Hill was home to an early 20th-century family of artists and social activists. Preserved as a museum by Rose Standish Nichols, a pioneering woman landscape architect, the house is furnished with an original collection, including sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.