The Olana Partnership FREE Third Thursdays / Tercer Jueves at Olana State Historic Site
The Olana Partnership will hold its monthly FREE Third Thursdays on September 19th from 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM at Olana State Historic Site. Olana Third Thursdays are free monthly community days of tours and programs for all ages. The September Third Thursday will feature two free outdoor musical performances and free tours, programs, and extended evening hours. Travel back in time to Olana’s ice age past and join geologist Robert Titus from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM 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 masterwork. The Olana Partnership will be hosting two concerts on the East Lawn for a full evening of free outdoor music! From 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM, drop by for a special performance by local folk musician Naomi Westwater. Bring a picnic and listen to lively tunes while enjoying Olana’s landscape. Later in the evening, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, join us for a performance led by Perry Foster. Invite your friends and enjoy this spectacular end-of-summer concert at Olana. The musical performances will take place outdoors near the Main House; check in at Olana’s Visitor Center for more information day-of. Relax and unwind with vibrant music as the sun sets at Olana.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy free historic landscape and house tours of Olana from 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Additionally, a Spanish language tour will be given at 12:00 PM. Reservations are not available; guided landscape and timed-entry house tickets can be reserved on-site, day-of, in the Museum Store between 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited.
For further information and inquiries, please call ticketing at (518) 751-0344, email tickets@olana.org, or visit OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays Generous support for Olana Third Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. To learn more about each month and upcoming events and programs or to secure your free tickets visit, OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays or call 518-751-0344.
About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape is open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The landscape is open daily 8:00 AM – sunset.
Olana State Historic Site, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site.
About Art Bridges Foundation
Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has been creating and supporting programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations on nearly 700 projects across the nation, impacting over 4.1 million people, to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.
