Olana State Historic Site

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 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 and house are open for touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The landscape is open daily 8am – 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.

OLANA EYE Skycam: https://www.olana.org/olanaeye/

VIRTUAL TOURS: OLANA.org/explore/

Photo credit to Beth Schneck Photography.

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