fenyes
mansion
tours
With its original furnishings and art collection, the Fényes Mansion offers a unique glimpse into life on Pasadena’s Millionaire’s Row. Family heirlooms and a unique California plein air art collection enhance the Beaux Arts-style home of Dr. Adalbert and Eva Fényes. Visitors can experience the Mansion by taking an hour-long docent-led tour, which also includes the Finnish Folk Art Museum. Designed by two premiere architects, the Fényes Mansion has been designated as a Pasadena Cultural Heritage landmark and a Point of Historic Interest by the state of California.
NOW ON VIEW: Community Stitches: Quilt Designs & Stories
HOURS: Exhibition Galleries & Museum Store Wed-Sun 12-5 pm | Research Library Fri-Sun 1-4 pm
Exclusive Spotlight Tours: The Fényes Legacy
Admission:
General: $25 | PMH Members: $20
This exclusive 90-minute spotlight tour inside the 1906 Fényes Mansion and the Starting Anew exhibition takes advantage of materials temporarily on display to present a specialized, in-depth overview of the lives and accomplishments of Museum benefactors Eva and Adalbert Fényes.
UPCOMING TOURS
Robert Farquar designed the 1906/1907 residence. Eva, a patron of the arts and a prolific artist herself, commissioned Sylvanus Marston to add a conservatory and studio to the building in 1911.
Despite four generations living at the estate, many rooms in the mansion remain as they were more than 100 years ago. One exception is the Consul’s Office. In 1948 Y.A. Paloheimo, the husband of Eva’s granddaughter Babsie, was appointed the first Finnish Consul for Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. He held this position for about sixteen years, and the Fényes Mansion remained a Consulate until 1964. This is why both the American flag and the Finnish flag fly from the front of the mansion. Visitors may also view the Finnish Folk Art Museum as part of the Fényes Mansion tour.
Please Note: As a historic building, the Fényes Mansion is not fully wheelchair accessible. Please contact PMH in advance if anyone in your group uses a walker or wheelchair so that we may be prepared to assist these guests. Mansion tours require walking and standing, and the walk to the Mansion entrance is slightly uphill and includes several flights of stairs. Flat shoes are recommended for all visitors. Only service animals are allowed inside all Museum buildings. Photography is not allowed on tours.
Images: Fényes Mansion exterior and interior photos by Eric Politzer; Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865-1942). California Poppies, c. 1920. Oil paint on canvas, 10 x 14 in. Gift of The Y.A. and Leonora Curtin Paloheimo Trust (2000.019.0082); Fényes Mansion Drawing Room, 2017. Photo by Joanne Wilborn/Marlyn Woo.
