Private Specialty Tours: Senior Staff-Led Landscape and Historic Interiors Tour (2 hours)

This exclusive touring experience is led by the Olana Partnership’s senior, executive, and curatorial staff. An immersive exploration of Frederic Church’s Olana, this tour also provides a first-hand perspective on the site’s operation and planning. Begin with a guided walk of Ridge Road, taking in some of Olana’s most dramatic views. Learn the story of their creation, preservation, and the significant role Olana has played in landmark conservation decisions. Next, explore the rich collections of the Main House, including public rooms, private quarters, and the Sharp Family Gallery (during exhibition season). Examine the domestic, aesthetic and historical motivations behind the …Read More

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Olana Essentials: Full Interior (60 minutes)

This guided tour provides an overview of the landscape and explores the first and second floors of Frederic Church’s home at Olana. Experience sweeping views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, followed by an exploration of the interior rooms, including the artist’s studio and the family’s private bedroom spaces. This tour includes a brief visit to the Sharp Family Gallery during special exhibitions.

This tour requires several flights of stairs and is not fully ADA accessible.

For more information and to book your tour, please email tickets@olana.org.

Please read our Group Tour Policies and Guidelines.

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Olana Essentials: Main Floor (45 minutes)

This guided tour provides the essential introduction to Frederic Church’s home at Olana. Approach and enter the Historic House as guests of the Church family did, experiencing sweeping views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains. Explore the art-filled, lavishly decorated public rooms of the first floor, and learn about the work and life of America’s preeminent landscape artist.

This tour is fully ADA accessible.

For more information and to book your tour, please email tickets@olana.org.

Please read our Group Tour Policies and Guidelines.

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Outdoor Olana: Landscape Walking Tour (60 minutes)

Experience Frederic Church’s landscape masterwork against a backdrop of sublime and far-reaching views of the Hudson Valley. This one-mile-long walking tour presents the history and development of Olana’s artist-designed landscape and Frederic Church’s work as an artist, landscape designer, and environmental visionary.

This fully exterior tour covers approximately one mile of unpaved roads and is not ADA accessible. For more information and to book your tour, please email tickets@olana.org.

Please read our Group Tour Policies and Guidelines.

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