Information about the Conservatory | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Saturday 25 May 2019
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Entering the Walled Garden

Crossing the driveway to the Gardens

View of the Conservatory

Walkway to the gardens

Map of the Gardens and Trails

Landscape Highlights

Along side of the Walled Garden

Model of the Estate stair wall

Part of the Garden Railway outside the Conservatory

Under the train track

Garden Train going by...

Beautiful plants

Information about the Conservatory

A model of the Conservatory

A model of the house in the Conservatory

Conservatory ceiling

Conservatory - view 1

The Gardens Railway in the Conservatory

Train track inside the Conservatory

Another view outside the Conservatory

Outside the Conservatory

Side view of the Rose Garden in early spring

Looking out through the covered walkway to the Rose Garden

Entering the Rose Garden

Information about Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the Gardens

Information about the Walled Garden

Lion at the front of the house

Up close picture 2

Up close picture 1

View of the back of the Biltmore Estate

Walking around the Italian Garden

Biltmore Estate

View of the field in front of the estate

View of the South Terrace from third floor

More mountain views

View towards the mountains out back

View off the patio

The statues of the people listed on the sign

Banquet Hall - view 4

Taxidermy decorations in the Banquet Hall

Other tapestry in Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 3

Tapestry in Banquet Hall

Pipe organ in Banquet Hall

The different people represented in the Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 2

Real picture of Florence Twombly

Banquet Hall - view 1

Whole house call buttons

China Storage - view 3

China Storage - view 2

Butler in the china room

China storage - view 1

Door to china room

Decoration up the stairs

Linens hang dry

Glassware storage

Pottery Storage

Serving dish closet

Motor for air to the pipe organ

Information about William Matthews

Downstairs dining

Dumb waiter to send food upstairs

Kitchen - view 3

Kitchen - view 2

Kitchen - view 1

Servant's dining room

A different servant's room

A servant's room

Where jarred food was kept

Entry into the cold storage room

Exercise room - view 3

Exercise room - view 2

Exercise room - view 1

Full view of the indoor pool

Top view of the indoor pool

Piano in the sitting room along the hallway

Sitting room along the hallway

Video played talking about the estate's history

Mural room in the basement

Further into the hallway

Underground hallway

Artwork in the staircase

Basement staircase

More of the staircase

Bathroom for the Louis XV Room

Louis XV Room - view 4

Louis XV Room - view 3

Louis XV Room - view 2

Louis XV Room - view 1

Sign for Louis XV Room

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 3

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 2

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 1

Sitting room - view 2

Sitting room - view 1

Wall decorations in Billiard Room

BilliardRoom - view 3

Billiard Room - view 2

Billiard Room - view 1

Other upper view of the Banquet Hall

Serving Dishes decorating the Banquet Hall

The sign for the people gathered in the Banquet Hall

View above the fireplace in the Banquet Hall

Upstairs hallway

Details on the walls of the staircase

Windows in the staircase

The Third Floor Living Hall - view 3

Photos of the statue people in the Living Hall

Third floor Living Hall - view 2

Third Floor Living Hall

View into the Banquet Hall from the hallway above

Edith's bedroom - view 2

Edith's bedroom - view 1

Martha in Edith's room

Edith's office - view 2

Edith's office - view 1

Another great ceiling

Cornelia and cousin John in a room

Real pictures of Cornelia and cousin John

A bedroom - view 4

A bedroom - view 3

A bedroom - view 2

A bedroom - view 1

Beautiful piece of furniture

Real pictures of Edith and George

Edith and George Vanderbilt

Artwork behind the people

Real pictures of Pauline and Cornelia

Pauline Merrill and Cornelia Vanderbilt

A higher view of the staircase

Bottom of the spiral staircase

Nice grandfather clock

View of the tapestry above this fire place

A tapestry without people in front of it.

A globe near the Library Room

Picture of George Vanderbilt

The Library above the mantel and ceiling view

The Library - view 2

The Library - view 1

Bookshelf in the Library

Martha and George in the Tapestry Gallery

Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery

The Tapestry Gallery - view 2

The Tapestry Gallery - view 1

Bed side of the room

Sitting area of a bedroom

A different bedroom

A different hallway

Room card - Madonna Room

Inside the Madonna Room

Room name card - Van Dyck

Inside the Van Dyck Room

The Music Room - view 3

The Music Room - view 2

The Music Room - view 1

The ceiling in the Salon

The flowers on the table in the Salon

The Salon - view 2

The Salon - view 1

Real photos of George Vanderbilt, and Adele and James Burden

Breakfast room lounge area

Great details in the ceiling

3D artwork along the wall

The middle of the Winter Garden

Winter Garden glass above

House plants to welcome you in

The Vanderbilt Family at the statue in the front

A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age

Where are you going?

Going on the prowl

Lounging around

You keep watch, and I'll go this way.

What do you see?

Time to go somewhere

Lazy white tiger

Leopard roaming

The tigers who live here

Cougar scratching the branch

Artic Mural (going backwards)

Sea lions and Harbor seals playing - seen from below

Sea lions and Harbor seals having fun - seen from above

Seeing his flips from below

Polar bear having fun with bag flips - seen from above

The elephants hanging out over here

Batting at the ball

Great scratching post

Human watching time

Cougar lounging

Sea Lion Information

Harbor Seal information

Swimming back to climb out and do it again

Look at his flip!

Polar bear climbing up to flip backwards

"Oh this sun is so hot!"

Lounging brown bear

Closer view of Fringe-ear Oryx

Addra Gazelle info

Going over to the other Addra Gazelles

Herd of Thomson's Gazelles

Bigger group of Greater Kudu

Greater Kudu info

Couple of Greater Kudu

Wondering elephant

"So, do you have any questions about this Grassland area?" asks the Ostrich

"Oh, a group of humans coming by me."

Ostrich with ant mounds in the background

Thomson's Gazelle Info

Nile Lachwes Info

Mix of Nile Lechwes and Thomson's Gazelles

Fringe-eared Oryx Info

Fringe-eared Oryx hanging out

Animals on the Safari ride p3

Animals on the Safari ride p2

Animals on the Safari ride p1

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