Tours + Tickets

This guided, one mile-long walking tour provides an introduction to Olana’s naturalistic, designed landscape and to Frederic Church’s work as an artist, landscape designer, and environmental visionary. Remarkably intact, this National Historic Landmark is a 250-acre composition integrating architectural and landscape features, including a working farm, man-made lake, replanted native woodlands, and more than five miles of carriage roads. Experience Church’s living landscape masterwork against a backdrop of sublime and far-reaching views of the Hudson Valley. This fully-exterior tour covers approximately one mile over unpaved roads, and is not ADA accessible.

This 45-minute guided tour provides an 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, including Church’s painting studio and learn about the work and life of America’s preeminent landscape artist. This tour is fully ADA accessible. For a complete Olana experience, pair this tour with a guided walking or electric vehicle tour of the artist-designed landscape at Olana. Be sure to leave at least 30 minutes in between tours.

Enhance your experience at Olana with this 30-minute guided exploration of our special exhibition, “SPECTACLE: Frederic Church and the Business of Art.” Journey into one of Church’s most famous works, “The Heart of the Andes,” through a stunning immersive film designed to showcase the artist’s immense panoramic views in a new way. Also included in this exhibition is archival material – such as posters, prints, and other ephemera – that bring to life the showmanship and business savvy that earned Frederic Church fame and financial success. Your tour also includes a glimpse into some of some of the private spaces on the second floor of Olana’s Main House. This tour is not-ADA accessible, and requires several flights of stairs.