Henry Morrison Flagler Museum

The Flagler Museum will conserve twelve pieces of furniture original to the Music Room of Whitehall. The room, which is on exhibit daily, will remain open during the conservation treatment. Docents and signage will explain to visitors that the objects urgently need treatment due to deterioration from past environmental conditions, excessive wear from daily use, and physical damage in order to prevent further deterioration. Following the furniture's reinstallation, the museum will present a public lecture, "Furniture Collecting in the Gilded Age (1865-1929)," and publish an article about the conservation in its member magazine.