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The museum is the 1806 home of Horatio Colony II, descendant of one of Keene’s historic industrialist families. The old-time New England family home is is totally intact, filled with original family furnishings and fabulous collections from around the world, which offer a gracious view of a vanishing lifestyle of culture and travel. The furnishings span from 18th through late 19th century, giving the house a warm, eclectic look of refinement and grace.

Exhibits

On permanent exhibit, the eight rooms in the house have all the original furnishings, in place as when the Colony family inhabited them.
The museum's separate exhibit room is featuring for 2010 items belonging to the Colony family from the time when Abraham Lincoln was alive. This exhibit includes engravings of Civil War battles; letters written to Horatio Colony's grandmother by her friend Lieutenant Ira Berry, penned during his encampment in Poolesville, Maryland in 1862 that reveal what life in camp was like during the war; engravings of Union and Confederate leaders, fashion engravings from Godey's Ladies Book; and photo portraits from the mid 1800's. These are just some of the items in the exhibit that help paint a picture of Lincoln's time period.

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