Wander through centuries of American art on this immersive journey.
Join Alice to explore the beautiful region where the United States’ first native art movement took root, where gifted 19th-century landscape painters captured rolling hills cloaked in fresh green and the majestic Hudson winding through forests. The journey begins in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Art Wing, showcasing masterworks from colonial portraiture to the Gilded Age. Depart the city via coach bus, stopping for a guided tour of Boscobel, a beautifully restored Federal-style mansion overlooking the Hudson River. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes visit to the collection archives of the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, and guided tours of well-known landmarks such as the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and the Vanderbilt Mansion.
Highlights
- Enjoy an expert-led deep dive into The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s beautiful American Art Wing, which, in 2024, marked its 100th anniversary with a new reinstallation highlighting its history and ongoing evolution.
- Experience a director-led tour and wine reception at Boscobel, where beautiful decorative arts illuminate the elegance of early American design.
- Take a special hosted visit to the private estate of Edgewater, a neoclassical riverfront villa with meticulously preserved interiors.
- Gain an intimate view into the birth of the Hudson River School of painting at the home and studios of Thomas Cole, the school’s founder, and Frederic Church, Cole’s protegé.
- Join art-focused tours of notable Hudson River estates, including the Vanderbilt Mansion and the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Immerse yourself in the superlative European and American fine and decorative art collection of the Rockefeller family at their landmark Kykuit estate.
- Participate in hosted visits behind closed doors of several notable private art collections and artist studios.
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