Doll House

Wenham Museum is home to a unique collection of 19th- and 20th-century doll houses. The Beverly Darling Collection features miniatures that furniture company Sacks and Sons of Brookline, Massachusetts, used as samples in the early 20th century to assist their customers in choosing furniture. The pieces are fully functional with operating key locks, drawers, and doors. The room settings include Chinese ivories, silver, porcelains, and textiles that Beverly Darling began collecting as a child. Other doll houses include the French Haviland Doll House of 1891 with elaborate furnishings and decoration and a 1920 doll house that belonged to Florence Crane Belosselsky from the Crane family of Ipswich.