The Biltmore Estate was built in the 1890s in Asheville, North Carolina by George Vanderbilt as a family retreat. It remains privately owned by the Vanderbilt family today. The enormous estate includes the Biltmore House containing George's art and book collections, extensive gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, a winery, and more across 8,000 acres. It employs a large staff across many departments to maintain operations for visitors, which can include tours, events, weddings, and educational programs. The estate also hosts rotating art exhibitions celebrating famous artists, currently featuring a model train display paying homage to the Vanderbilt family history in railroads.
The Biltmore Estate was built in the 1890s in Asheville, North Carolina by George Vanderbilt as a family retreat. It remains privately owned by the Vanderbilt family today. The enormous estate includes the Biltmore House containing George's art and book collections, extensive gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, a winery, and more across 8,000 acres. It employs a large staff across many departments to maintain operations for visitors, which can include tours, events, weddings, and educational programs. The estate also hosts rotating art exhibitions celebrating famous artists, currently featuring a model train display paying homage to the Vanderbilt family history in railroads.
The Biltmore Estate was built in the 1890s in Asheville, North Carolina by George Vanderbilt as a family retreat. It remains privately owned by the Vanderbilt family today. The enormous estate includes the Biltmore House containing George's art and book collections, extensive gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, a winery, and more across 8,000 acres. It employs a large staff across many departments to maintain operations for visitors, which can include tours, events, weddings, and educational programs. The estate also hosts rotating art exhibitions celebrating famous artists, currently featuring a model train display paying homage to the Vanderbilt family history in railroads.
The Biltmore Estate was built in the 1890s in Asheville, North Carolina by George Vanderbilt as a family retreat. It remains privately owned by the Vanderbilt family today. The enormous estate includes the Biltmore House containing George's art and book collections, extensive gardens designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, a winery, and more across 8,000 acres. It employs a large staff across many departments to maintain operations for visitors, which can include tours, events, weddings, and educational programs. The estate also hosts rotating art exhibitions celebrating famous artists, currently featuring a model train display paying homage to the Vanderbilt family history in railroads.
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Angela Sol Henson September 22, 2022
12 Arts and Design – HH Apprenticeship 7
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum in Asheville, North Carolina. It was built in the 1890’s by George W. Vanderbilt as a retreat for his family and friends. Until now, the Biltmore Estate is privately owned and operated by the Vanderbilt family. They also value historic preservation very much, restoring and preserving the home, 8000 acres of gardens, wildlife habitats, and more.
The entire estate has several features. This includes the Biltmore House itself, home to George Vanderbilt’s collection of art, artifacts, original furnishings, and even over 10,000 books. Following are the gardens, which were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, a famous American landscape architect, the Bass Pond, the Biltmore Winery, Antler Hill Village, and more.
1) There’s a lot of staff found all throughout the Biltmore Estate. Curatorial staff is needed for the numerous events held throughout the year. Educational staff is needed for their internships, programs, etc. When it comes to administration, there’s a ton since they have endless visitor services. They also host weddings, overnight stays, provide annual passes to guests, and more. They even have wine hosts for their winery. As the estate is more than 8,000, their security, facilities, and building maintenance staff is needed. As for their marketing and public affairs, they have a well-maintained, informative, and active site with a blog, and their social media accounts are active as well. They also have several curators in the museum services department for the museum, they’ve even described their experiences on the blog.
2) The Biltmore Estate is home to numerous notable works of art throughout the place, despite George Vanderbilt himself not quite being art collecting, though, other than art prints that are all over the Biltmore House. For example, in the Tapestry Gallery, a portrait of Edith Vanderbilt by Italian artist Giovanni Boldini is displayed. There are also several sculptures by Karl Bitter, an Austrian-born sculptor, as well as many 16th century Flemish tapestries.
Bilmore hosts several exhibitions throughout the year. Some of these featured artists such as Van Gogh and Monet. The “Van Gogh Alive” offered a symphony of light, color, sound and scent that allowed the immersion of the guests in the artist’s paintings. A homage exhibit to Monet and other Impressionist explored not only the paintings, but also the history of the Impressionist movement, bringing the works to life in a rich display of light, color, scent, and sound. At the moment, there’s even a large-scale model train exhibition planned, featuring 800ft of tracks, locomotives, railcars, and exotic botanicals. There are even handmade replicas of the estate landmarks. The exhibit actually pays homage to Vanderbilt family history, since they were a well-known railroad family.
Sources
An Array of Art at Biltmore. (2018, October 13). A Scholarly Skater; A Scholarly Skater.
