8. Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden

The Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden is located in the former home of Theresa Voelker and her husband, Dr. Rudolph Orth. One of the museum’s distinguishing features is its Victorian garden which “is maintained using eighteenth century propagation methods and gardening techniques.” The house is open to the public so visitors can enact their mission of “experienc[ing] of an immigrant family’s 1890s home, preserves and interprets the cultural and horticultural heritage of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities to engage their ever-changing populations.”

Read on for our roundups of unique house museums in the Bronx and Manhattan. Stay tuned for Brooklyn and Staten Island.