2023 Mask Policy: Face masks are recommended in our interior spaces.

Winter Offerings:

Guided Tours are available by advance appointment
Winter Sunday Tours of the Main House are available before and after each Sunday Salon. Advance registration is required for these tours

Regular Guided Tours – Resuming May 6

Join a 45-minute guided tour of the Main House with a knowledgeable Museum Guide to learn about the artist and early environmentalist Thomas Cole (1801-1848). Tickets will include access to the special exhibition Women Reframe American Landscape, on view in the New Studio, Main House, Old Studio, and grounds beginning May 6.

May & June Tickets Coming April 15

General Admission resumes in July, and tickets will go on sale June 15

Group Visits

Information on group visits can be found here.

Information on school group visits can be found here.

Programs & Exhibitions

Information on programs and events can be found here.

Before You Arrive

Watch

We recommend this short film as a first step for visitors planning a trip to the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

Read

Thomas Cole’s Story, which children and their families can flip through and enjoy together, was created to show kids that historic characters like Thomas Cole were real people with exciting stories to tell.

Explore

Virtually explore the 1815 Main House and 1839 Old Studio, where the artist Thomas Cole lived and worked from 1836 until his death in 1848. Also explore with the free web version of our site guide book.

Browse

Familiarize yourself with our online Collection Highlights, a selection from over six hundred objects and two research archives. Many collection items are on view throughout the Cole Site interiors, in historic rooms, as well as within the rotating exhibition Mind Upon Nature: Thomas Cole’s Creative Process.

Mask Policy

Face masks are recommended in all interior spaces at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

If you or a member of your household does not feel well, please stay home and reschedule your visit for another time. Do not visit the historic site if any of the following are true:

You or anyone in your group is experiencing any symptoms such as fever (100.0 or above) or chills, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, fatigue, headache, muscle/body aches, runny nose/congestion, new loss of taste or smell, or nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
You or anyone in your group has had “close contact” with an individual diagnosed with COVID-19
You or anyone in your group has been asked to self-isolate or quarantine by a doctor or local public health official.

Accessibility

The first floor of the Main House is wheelchair accessible by an elevator lift. The 1839 Old Studio, Visitor Center and Gift Shop, and New Studio are wheelchair accessible. Access to the second floor of the Main House requires negotiating a flight of stairs. The parking lot is standard asphalt and includes a number of handicap spaces. The walking paths are loose gravel.

More information about Accessibility at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site can be found here.