Tour the Historic Home, Dutch Barn and Heritage Garden

April 27 through October 26, 2025
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays

12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm

Reservations preferred; walk-ins accepted if space allows

Admission: $15 adults | $12 seniors | $8 youngsters (6-18)
Children under 6 and Mount Gulian members are free. Membership is open to the public.

Tours for schools, scouts and other groups are available throughout the year by reservation. For further information please call (845) 831-8172, email info@mountgulian.org, or complete our Contact form.

Dinner and Conversation with
General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Saturday, June 7, 2025
4:30 pm – 9:00 pm

This year's Annual Dinner features General von Steuben, Inspector General and Drillmaster of the Continental Army, as portrayed by a finely skilled actor from the American Historical Theatre.  Von Steuben, a Prussian-born professional soldier, was recruited by Benjamin Franklin and hired by George Washington.  Hear about his service in the Revolutionary War, his impressions of the American military as compared to European armies, and his time headquartered at Mount Gulian.

Enjoy cocktails on the riverside lawn, a four-course, historically themed dinner served in our 18th century Dutch barn, live and silent auctions.  $185 per person; proceeds support Mount Gulian's education programs.  Prepaid reservations by May 16.

For an invitation, sponsorship information and more details, please contact us at 845-831-8172 or info@mountgulian.org.

We extend our sincerest appreciation to the following businesses, organizations and individuals for generously sponsoring our 2025 Annual Dinner:

Great Estates Garden Tour

Sunday, June 29, 2025
11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Mount Gulian, in cooperation with Dutchess Tourism, invites visitors to explore our garden and its unique horticultural history.  Learn about the garden's origins, evolution, and notable gardeners, including Mary Anna Verplanck, who as a precocious eleven year old designed the original 1804 garden; James F. Brown, an enslaved person who worked as the estate's master gardener after his freedom was purchased by the Verplanck family; and Virginia Eliza Darby Verplanck, author of two early 20^th century gardening books.  Visitors will receive a complimentary copy of the garden’s 1912 map.  A short film about Mr. Brown, "Cultivating Freedom: From Slave to Citizen" will be shown.  Admission to this special program is $17 adults; $14 seniors; $8 youngsters (6-18 years). Children under 6 and Mount Gulian members are free.  Membership is open to the public.  Reservations are preferred but walk-ins will be accepted if space allows.  For reservations call 845.831.8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org.  Payment may be made day of visit.

For further information about The Great Estates Garden Tours and the historic sites participating in this program visit Dutchess Tourism.

Verplanck Family Reunion

Saturday July 12, 2025
11:00 am – 5:00 pm

In celebration of Mount Gulian's 50^th Anniversary as a museum and historic site, the Board of Trustees and staff are looking forward to hosting a reunion of members of the Verplanck family.  The last reunion was 7 years ago.  Relatives came from all parts of the country and were able to meet each other, some for the first time, and learn about the family's rich history in our wonderful authentic setting.  Few other families can claim such a privilege!

We hope family members, including descendants of Gulian Verplanck, pictured on the left, will join us in July.

If you are a member of the family, please contact our office at 845-831-8172 or info@mountgulian.org for details.

Baron de Steuben: The Myth, the Man, and Why He Matters

Wednesday Evening, July 23, 2025
6:30 pm
Free Admission

Having served as General Von Steuben's headquarters in 1782 and 1783, Mount Gulian is especially pleased to host The LaGrange Historical Society's Rev 250 Speaker Series.

Dr. Paul Lockhart, author and professor of history at Wright State University, Dayton Ohio will bring to life one of the American Revolution's most colorful characters.

Richard Brookhiser, historian, writes "Lockhart clears up all the puzzles of Steuben's early life.  It's an archetypal American story: an immigrant, ambitious, blustering, insecure, who gives his talents and passion to his newfound home."

This event is funded in part by Dutchess County Rev War 250

Great Estates Garden Tour

Sunday, August 3, 2025
11:00 am and 1:00 pm

Mount Gulian, in cooperation with Dutchess Tourism, invites visitors to explore our garden and its unique horticultural history.  Learn about the garden's origins, evolution, and notable gardeners, including Mary Anna Verplanck, who as a precocious eleven year old designed the original 1804 garden; James F. Brown, an enslaved person who worked as the estate's master gardener after his freedom was purchased by the Verplanck family; and Virginia Eliza Darby Verplanck, author of two early 20^th century gardening books.  Visitors will receive a complimentary copy of the garden’s 1912 map.  A short film about Mr. Brown, "Cultivating Freedom: From Slave to Citizen" will be shown.  Admission to this special program is $17 adults; $14 seniors; $8 youngsters (6-18 years). Children under 6 and Mount Gulian members are free.  Membership is open to the public.  Reservations are preferred but walk-ins will be accepted if space allows.  For reservations call 845.831.8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org.  Payment may be made day of visit.

For further information about The Great Estates Garden Tours and the historic sites participating in this program visit Dutchess Tourism.

White Glove Tour: "Hold History in Your Hands"

Every Sunday in September
September 7, 14, 21 and 28
12pm and 2pm

Mount Gulian is pleased to offer our exclusive White Glove Tour in which items from the collection, rarely on display, will be highlighted.  Following a tour of the house and grounds, visitors will have the opportunity to wear the trademark white gloves to examine artifacts up close and out from the collection storage rooms, giving a seldom found perspective of the past. Items for this tour include Verplanck family letters; artifacts from the 18^th and 19^th centuries; women's and men's Victorian era clothing; military artifacts and more!  Admission is $18 adults; $15 seniors; $8 children; free for children under 6 and Mount Gulian members.  Registration is strongly suggested.  To register, please contact Mount Gulian at 845-831-8172 or info@mountgulian.org.

Revolutionary War Day

Saturday, October 25
11am - 4pm

Join us for our America 250 kick-off event.  Visitors can fall-in with re-enactors from the 5^th New York Regiment of the Continental Army, The British 15 Regiment of Foot and Mott's Artillery. Boys and girls, as well as interested adults, will be recruited to enlist in the militia, swear a loyalty oath to the patriot cause, and drill with non-firing wooden muskets.  A skirmish between the Patriots and the British troops will be re-enacted; fife and drummers will be heard; colonial harpsicord music will be played and much more.  Bring your cameras!  The admission fee is $18 adults; $15 seniors; $12 children (ages 3 to 16).  There is no charge for children under 3 and Mount Gulian members. This event is made possible with the generous support of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut, The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, and The New York State Society of the Cincinnati.