Programs + Events

2:00-4:00PM

Time travel back to Olana’s ice age past! Join geologist Robert Titus for a walking tour showcasing Olana’s artist-designed landscape through science and storytelling. During this program, participants will learn more about the geological history of Olana and the forces that shaped Frederic Church’s masterpiece.

$15 person, $10 members. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938.

12:00-1:00PM.

Kickstart your month outdoors at Olana! Learn more about Olana and its artist-designed landscape during hour long walking tours beginning at the Wagon House Education Center at the historic farm complex. Each tour will cover a different portion of Olana’s 250-acre landscape and 5 miles of carriage roads. This gentle walk will cover about 1 mile; please wear weather-appropriate apparel and comfortable footwear.

FREE. Limited capacity; Advance registration required. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938.

2:00-3:00pm

Families are invited to participate in monthly outdoor walks at Olana and virtual healthy cooking classes with The Sylvia Center! During these special two-part weekend programs, families will explore Olana's landscape together through observation and art activities on Saturday afternoons. After each onsite walk at Olana, meal kits with local produce will be distributed for the virtual cooking class, led by The Sylvia Center. On Sundays (March 14, April 11, May 16, June 6) from 12:00-1:00pm, families will take the lead from a TSC Chef Instructor, and will use the ingredients in their meal kits to cook a healthy brunch from the comfort of their own homes.

For families with children 18 and under (children should have adult supervision). Register for one or all four classes. FREE (suggested donation $12). For more information or to be on our waitlist, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938. For information about The Sylvia Center please visit sylviacenter.org or email info@sylviacenter.org.

1:00-2:00PM.

Celebrate Earth Day by exploring Olana’s artist-designed landscape through the perspective of pollinators. Join beekeeper Chris Layman in an hour-long guided outdoor walk and learn more about the importance of honeybees during Frederic Church’s lifetime and our own. Chris Layman and his wife Lisa run Fox Farm Apiary, a honeybee rescue and sanctuary in the Hudson Valley. In partnership with Olana, Fox Farm maintains an apiary onsite at Olana’s farm complex. This program covers approximately 1/4 mile.

$15 person, $10 members. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938.