Experts' Choice Award Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
10 expert reviews
“The 36-room Georgian mansion, where she regularly hosted presidents, diplomats, and royalty, is sumptuously appointed, with a formal Louis XVI drawing room.”
– Fodor's
Concierge "Today, the 25-acre estate in northwest Washington displays her estimable collection of 18th-century French decorative arts and Russian imperial art."
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Hillwood... contains the biggest collection of Russian imperial art to be found outside of Russia." Full review
Time Out "It’s not for nothing that it’s known as a museum and a garden: the grounds are as much a reason as the collection of Russian art for making the trek from Downtown." Full review
Frommer's "This magnificent estate of Post cereal heiress, businesswoman, and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post includes the beautiful mansion." Full review
Not For Tourists "Home of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post is simply exquisite."
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"On a placid residential street above Rock Creek Park lies the 25-acre estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), heiress to the Post cereals fortune." Full review
Where "Cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post’s mansion and gardens, her czarist treasures, jewelry, portraits." Full review
Frommer's "Filled with Post’s collections of art and artifacts from 18th-century France and 18th and 19th-century Russia...include a Japanese-style garden, a Russian dacha, a French parterre, and a dog cemetery." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This site features a museum, sprawling gardens, and an estate that was once the home of philanthropist, heiress, and businesswoman Marjorie Merriweather Post. "
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