Wise Homestead Museum Period of Significance is from 1872 – 1920.
The museum needs your help. We are looking for the following items for the Wise Museum. Please contact Sarah or Alan Wise at 303-828-4561 to help or if you have any additional questions.
Boy’s Room – Upstairs
Washstand.
Wash Bowl and Pitcher/Set – Prefer Graniteware or Plain White Ironstone.
Frame for Print in Museum Collection – (11” x11” print size).
Iron Double Bed – Head and foot pieces plus side rails.
Parlor
Caning repair – two dining chairs.
Kitchen
Cooking utensils, ladles and spoons.
General
Mannequins – Cloth or wire preferred.
Funds to restore school chairs for the barn.
Picture frames for prints in museum collection. Ask for size and requirements.
Exterior
Funds donation to replicate willow porch furniture shown in a Wise photograph.
Three picnic tables and benches.
Trees, landscaping materials, and irrigation system.
Long Term Fund
Funds to restore a two-piece parlor set donated by the Leyner family. The two-piece set consists of a unique, upholstered settee hide-a-bed and an armchair.
Estimated cost of this restoration is $4500. The restoration will not be undertaken until all the funds are raised.
