Zimmerman House
The museum operates tours of the nearby Zimmerman House a Usonian House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is complete with the original furnishings and the owners' fine art collection. The Zimmerman House is the only Wright-designed house in New England open for public tours, which are offered March–December.
The Isadore J. and Lucille Zimmerman House was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), one of America’s greatest modern architects. Wright designed the house, the interiors, all the furniture, the gardens, and even the mailbox. In 1979, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman left the house to the Currier Museum of Art in 1988. In 1990 it was opened to the public so that visitors could enjoy a private world from the 1950s and 1960s including the Zimmermans unique collection of modern art, pottery, and sculpture. In the estimation of many it is a total work of art and serves as “the largest outdoor sculpture in the collection.” It is the only Wright home open to the public in New England and one of only several of his Usonian homes open nationwide.
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