Tours + Tickets

Experience sweeping views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains as you approach and enter the Main House as a guest of Frederic Church. Discover the treasures of Olana’s Main House with knowledgeable interpreters to guide your visit. This tour contains an astonishingly intact collection of furnishings, architecture, decorative elements, and art, as well as spectacular views of Olana's artist-designed landscape.

Discover the treasures of Olana’s Main House interior in your own time and style. A knowledgeable interpreter will be available in each room to answer any questions. This self-guided tour allows visitors full access to all the public rooms on the first and second floors of the Main House.

This mile-long walking tour along Olana’s upper carriage road loop provides an introduction to Frederic Church’s work as an artist and landscape designer and demonstrates his engagement with environmental conservation. The route includes exquisite, panoramic views of the Hudson River Valley, Catskill Mountains in New York, Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts, and the Green Mountains of southern Vermont.

This driving tour, along 5 miles of Frederic Church’s designed carriage roads, provides the most comprehensive exploration of Olana as a 250- acre masterwork of American landscape design.

This ¼ mile-long walking tour focuses on the integration of landscape and architecture in the siting and design of Olana’s Main House. The route follows the historic carriage road entrance from the site of Frederic Church’s painting studio, past the Mingled Flower Garden, to culminate in the dramatic planned approach road with panoramic views of the Hudson River Valley and Catskill Mountains.