INTRODUCING
THE CONSERVATORY HERITAGE ARCHIVAL LIBRARY
View our entire collection of over 60 historic conservatories, greenhouses, and orangeries dating back to the 17th century!
Welcome to the buildings of light
“25 years ago, I was first smitten with a love for conservatories - magical, delightful, otherworldly spaces so different from every other room I’d experienced. In a conservatory, one is held in the cup of summer’s hand, in a season caught in full bloom, in a place that winter and cold can never touch.
My hope in sharing my enthusiasm with this community is that it will breathe new life into the conservatory in all its forms, public and private, and inspire efforts to restore and preserve what remains of this magnificent historic heritage.”
— Alan Stein
Founder of the Conservatory Heritage Society & Tanglewood Conservatories
Upcoming Events
May 13, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
What relevance do conservatories have in the modern world? … Maybe the right question is… why are they so relevant in today’s world?!
As part of the 2024 educational series hosted by the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society, Alan and Nancy will share insights from their publication, “The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass“, taking you on a journey through architectural design like never before.
About Us |
Conservatory Heritage Society is a program of the 501c3, Untangled Minds, a foundation for continuous learning. Our mission in offering this program is to educate people of a unique buildling form known as the Conservatory. Within our community, we explore its story revealing fascinating social, cultural, botanical, and engineering developments since its first appearance in the seventeenth century and seek to understand its growing role in modern day architecture.