There's a subset of museums that are a labor of love. Some private citizen buys an old house, hotel, renovates it and crams the building with historical artifacts. Kind of like tinkering with a big antique car.
The Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, Australia is a good example of this type of museum. It was just an old, abandoned house on a hill until Reg and Olive Ryan bought the place in 1963. They've been renovating, caring for and cramming items into the Homestead ever since. And let's not start about the 10 resident ghosts.
The big house. Christopher William Crawley built his dream Victorian manor in 1885.
The renovation and craftsmanship are impressive. Nice fern details in the wrought iron porch railing. Inside, more, more, more.
Right, those ghosts. Plenty of mannequins about, major themes on the weekly haunted house tour.
Upstairs bedroom and flower stillife.
Oh, this guy so did something.
The Monte Cristo Homestead in Junee, Australia is a good example of this type of museum. It was just an old, abandoned house on a hill until Reg and Olive Ryan bought the place in 1963. They've been renovating, caring for and cramming items into the Homestead ever since. And let's not start about the 10 resident ghosts.
The big house. Christopher William Crawley built his dream Victorian manor in 1885.
The renovation and craftsmanship are impressive. Nice fern details in the wrought iron porch railing. Inside, more, more, more.
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Upstairs bedroom and flower stillife.
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