{"id":86417,"date":"2016-03-29T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=86417"},"modified":"2019-10-14T17:48:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T21:48:25","slug":"gari-melchers-home-studio-hosts-open-house-april-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/29\/gari-melchers-home-studio-hosts-open-house-april-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Gari Melchers Home and Studio Hosts Open House, April 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will host a spring open house Sunday, April 10. The museum will open its doors free of charge to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., allowing visitors to experience the 28-acre estate and former residence of the artists Gari Melchers and his wife Corinne.<\/p><p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/29\/gari-melchers-home-studio-hosts-open-house-april-10\/selfie-contest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"iPhone 6\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1459171326\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"4.15\",\"iso\":\"32\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.00169491525424\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Selfie Contest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gari Melchers Home and Studio\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-1140x855.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/03\/Selfie-Contest-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">Featuring complimentary house and studio tours, the open house will allow visitors to stroll the restored gardens and find unique gifts in the museum shop. A special display of the traveling LOVE sculpture, circulated by the Virginia Tourism Corporation, will be set up on the main lawn for guests to use as a backdrop for photos.<\/p><p>The open house will also host the first Belmont Wedding Reunion from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Studio Pavilion. Couples who have been married at Belmont over the past 20 years are invited to return to re-live their special day and meet other couples who had their ceremonies at the museum.<\/p><p>In addition, Belmont is hosting a selfie contest, encouraging guests to take their picture with Gari and Corinne Melchers, tag it #BelmontOpenHouse and post it to Instagram or Facebook for a chance to win a free Friends of Belmont membership.<\/p><p>The property, both a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark, is located at 224 Washington St. in Falmouth, across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg. Public hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1-5 p.m.<\/p><p>For directions and more information, call (540) 654-1015, or visit the museum website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.garimelchers.org\/\"><strong>www.GariMelchers.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will host a spring open house Sunday, April 10. 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