Holiday Tours
December 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21
12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Family in town for the holidays? Stop by for a holiday tour! Tour the home beautifully decorated with fresh greens, ribbons, bows and sparkle of course!
Reservations are requested, but not required. To make your reservation, give us a call at 845-831-8172 or send us an email info@mountgulian.org
$12 adult • $10 senior • $8 child • Members Free • Membership is open to the public
Children's Holiday Tea
Friday, December 27
Noon – 2pm
Bring the holiday season to a close with our perennial favorite Children's Holiday Tea! Always sold-out in advance, the Holiday Tea welcomes children and adults to an event that combines fun, good manners, and education about a bygone era, in an authentic setting where social teas were once standard fare. Offered during the school holiday break and intended to bring families together, the Tea will be held in Mount Gulian's two main museum rooms, beautifully decorated for the holidays, with tables set with fine linens and china. Tea sandwiches prepared by The Bagel Shoppe, Fishkill.
Reservations are required and always sell out quickly. Prepaid reservations are due by December 17, 2024. Please call 845-831-8172 or email info@mountgulian.org for reservations and inquiries.
$25 adult • $18 child • Check payments are preferred. Credit card payments will have an additional surcharge
Gnome Holiday Ornament Workshop
Saturday Afternoon, November 16, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Have fun, be creative, bring your friends, bring your kids! Local fiber artist, Shirley Botsford will guide you in the creation of a handmade, no-sew, adorable gnome holiday ornament.
Space is limited. Reservations and payment are required by November 6th. Cost: $25 per ornament; includes materials. Participants need to bring small sharp scissors.
For questions and/or to register call Mount Gulian at 845-831-8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org
The Lenape People in the Hudson Valley
Saturday Afternoon, November 9, 2024
1:00 pm
Join us for an engaging talk about the local history of the Lenape Native Americans, the first inhabitants of the region. For over 12,000 years, the ancestors of the Lenape culture lived and thrived in Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape, which included the Hudson Valley. Local tribes such as the Wappinger, Esopus and Tappan encountered Henry Hudson along the Mahicannituck in 1609, changing things dramatically forever.
Harv Hilowitz, Contributing Scholar for the Maritime Museum in Kingston, will focus on Lenape life-ways before the contact period and delve into the Lenape diaspora, and current renaissance and return to the area.
Reservations are preferred but walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.
Admission: $12/adults; $10/seniors; $5 children (5-15 years). Mount Gulian members are free; membership is open to the public. To make a reservation call 845-831-8172 or email info@mountgulian.org. Payment may be made the day of the event.
We thank the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area for sponsoring this event.
Scary Stories in the Barn
Sunday Afternoon, October 27, 2024
4:00 pm, Doors Open at 3:15 pm
Once again, Mount Gulian will open its historically creaky barn doors to adults and children to hear the delightfully spooky and creepy tales told by master storyteller Lorraine Hartin Gelardi.
This fun event will feature stories geared towards adults, but there will be kid-friendly ones too. Light refreshments, before the performance, will be available.
Guests are urged to dress warmly as our historic barn is not heated.
Admission is $15 for adults; $8 for children (ages 5 through 15). For further information call 845-831-8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org
We thank Stewart's Shops for sponsoring this event.
White Glove Tour: "Hold History in Your Hands"
Sundays in September September 1, September 8, September 15, September 22 and September 29
12pm and 2pm
Mount Gulian is pleased to offer its 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.
Admission to this special program is $12 adults; $10seniors; $8 youngsters (6-18 years). Children under 6 and Mount Gulian member are free. Membership is open to the public.
Reservations are preferred. For reservations call 845.831.8172 or email at info@mountgulian.org. Payment may be made day of visit.
Garden Tours: Back by Popular Demand
Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4, 2024
11:00am and 1:00pm
Mount Gulian is pleased to offer once again this year our popular Garden Tours. Visitors are invited 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 20th 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 $14 adults; $12 seniors; $8 youngsters (6-18 years). Children under 6 and Mount Gulian member 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 see https://dutchesstourism.com/spotlights/great-estates-garden-landscape-tour
Dinner and Conversation with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Saturday, June 1, 2024
4:30 pm – 9:00pm
This year's Annual Dinner features Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, co-commanders of the Corps of Discovery and explorers of the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest, as portrayed by finely skilled actors from the American Historical Theatre.
Lewis and Clark will regale our guests with stories of calm bravery in the face of danger, determination in the face of overwhelming odds, and good, old-fashioned adventure from the adventures of the Corps of Discovery. The interplay between the distinct personalities of the Captains made them a leadership team unsurpassed in American history.
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 9.
For an invitation, sponsorship information and more details, please contact us at 845-831-8172 or info@mountgulian.org.
Tour the Historic Home, Dutch Barn and Heritage Garden
April 21 through October 27, 2024
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays
12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm
Reservations preferred; walk-ins accepted if space allows
Admission: $12 adults | $10 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.