Booking

Tours + Tickets

Admission to the house by guided tour only except as noted. Click to learn more about planning your visit. Tours of the historic landscape and house are available below. Park access is free and open daily from 8:30 AM - Sunset.

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Please call (518) 751-0344 or e-mail us at tickets@olana.org. We will return your message promptly.

Tours

The Artist's House: Architecture & Design (60 mins)

Immerse yourself in the design of Olana’s historic Main House from all angles, including exterior architectural features, the arrival experience, interior design elements of the first floor rooms, and Frederic Church’s painting studio.
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Walking Tour: Historic Landscape & Viewshed (60 mins)

This landscape walk along Olana’s upper carriage road loop provides unparalleled 360-degree views. Traverse through Frederic Church’s naturalistic composition and discover how Olana’s power as a three-dimensional work of art has served to protect its integral viewshed today.
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Walking Tour: Historic Landscape & Architecture (30 mins)

Explore the exterior architecture of Olana’s exotic Main House and its surrounding designed landscape the way Frederic Church and architect Calvert Vaux intended. This tour follows the historic carriage road approach for a culminating experience of architecture set in the natural world.
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Driving Tour: Historic Landscape & Viewshed (60 mins)

The most comprehensive view of Olana as a 250-acre masterpiece is experienced along its historic carriage roads. In an electric vehicle, travel around the lake and across hillsides to see Frederic Church’s composition of architecture, agriculture, native woodlands and vast views.
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The Artist's House: Explore at Your Own Pace (20 mins)

Follow your interests and discover the first and second floor interiors of the Main House in your own way. This self-guided experience includes access to the special exhibition in the Sharp Family Gallery.
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The Artist's House: First Floor Historic Interiors (30 mins)

The first floor of Olana’s Main House contains an astonishingly intact collection of furnishings, decorative elements and art. Explore the iconic central Court Hall and the connecting series of designed spaces, including the Painting Studio and the outdoor Piazza with sublime views.
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The Artist's House: Second Floor Historic Interiors (30 mins)

Ascend the grand Court Hall staircase and enter the private world of the Church family, including access to the Frederic and Isabel Church’s bedroom suite. This tour includes entry to the special exhibition in the Sharp Family Gallery.
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The Artist's House: Frederic Church & The Hudson River School (60 mins)

Frederic Church was a preeminent artist of the Hudson River School, America’s first art movement. Explore Church’s history as an artist through the paintings and collections on the first floor of Olana’s Main House.
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The Artist's House: The Church Family at Olana and Abroad (60 mins)

Frederic Church was an artist-explorer and a dedicated family man. Follow Church through the Americas and the Middle East and see how world travel motivated his artistic endeavors, particularly at Olana.
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