Villa Alba Museum is an 1880 Italianate mansion in Kew adjacent to Studley Park. It is lavishly decorated with painted ceilings and walls with trompe l'oeil being used and 40 ft panoramic murals of marine views of Sydney and Edinburgh of national significance.

Restoration of the house which is to be a resource centre for interior design and decoration is ongoing. The garden is also in the process of re-instatement in its late Victorian form.

Facilities

Opening hours

Monthly
1:00pm -4:00pm
Open first Sunday of the month from 1pm-4pm

Additional business information

Regular OPEN DAYS
The house and garden are now open for regular OPEN DAYS on the first Sunday of the month from 1pm -4pm. Visitors will enjoy the lavish painted decorations on the ceilings and walls and will appreciate the recenly re-instated garden which follows the original 1880 form which was disvoved after much painstaking research.