Classic films charm Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby for holiday

Mannequins representing a little girl and Santa Claus depict a scene from the 1947 movie classic, "Miracle on 34th Street" at the Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby. The house is decorated and open for tours during the holiday season. Patricia Villers/Register


By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
DERBY — Classic holiday movies take center stage this season at the Osborne Homestead Museum.
Area garden clubs have once again decorated the stately Greek Revival house for Christmas. The house was the lifelong home of businesswoman and philanthropist Frances Eliza Osborne Kellogg.
The homestead was part of a dairy farm Kellogg took over after her father died. She willed the 350 acres that are now Osbornedale State Park to the state.

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