Join Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer for a walk through Olana’s landscape to explore the unseen industrial history of the Hudson River Valley. Learn how families living in and around Olana harvested ice along the Hudson and take in Olana’s striking views with the unique perspective of a regional historian. This walk and conversation will cover about 1 1/4 miles of carriage roads and discuss land use history and industrial impacts on our experience of Olana today. $10 per person/$5 for members. Meet at the main entrance to the Historic House.
During this series of walking tours with outside experts, visitors will explore unseen aspects of Olana’s landscape such as the geologic history of Olana’s landscape, 19th-century land use histories, and the connections between indigenous knowledge and Church’s beloved scenic views. Each walking tour will take place outside in Olana’s landscape for around 45 minutes to one hour and connect to What’s Missing?, an exhibition of site-specific outdoor artworks by Ellen Harvey and Gabriela Salazar that respond to missing pieces of Olana’s landscape history. You can learn more about the exhibition here.
