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Roseland
Cottage
opens its
200th year
WOODSTOCK — This year Roseland Cottage celebrates the 200th birthday of its builder and Woodstock native son Henry Chandler Bowen. A season of special commemorative programing is planned, beginning on June 1, with complimentary tours of Mr. Bowen’s remarkable summer home, now a National Historic Landmark.
To insure that this special season begins on an appropriately festive note, Historic New England and Woodstock Recreation will sponsor a Twilight Concert at 6 p.m. June 1. Classic Brass will perform a free concert. Guests are encouraged to tour the house, bring a picnic dinner, relax on the grounds, and enjoy the show.
Historic New England’s Roseland Cottage once again participates in the Blue Star Museum initiative, a partnership program between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families and more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families Memorial Day through Labor Day 2011.
Roseland Cottage, a Historic New England museum, is open regularly Wednesday through Sunday, June through Oct. 15. Guided tours are offered on the hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 1 is Open House Day at all 36 Historic New England house museums, and all 36 will offer complimentary tours on that day.