Wiawaka Tours
Historical Tours of Wiawaka
Dates to come!
Please call in advance to schedule your tour (518) 668-9690.
Tours offer visitors the opportunity to learn more about Wiawaka’s cherished history and present programs and services. Come view the beautiful gardens, historic buildings, secluded woodland pathways and beautiful Lake George. After the tour, we encourage guests to stay for dinner, reservations should be made in advance! Dinner cost is $25 per person.
Victorian Tour of Wiawaka and lunch led by Marina Skea
July 17th and August 13th
Lunch from 12pm-1pm tour 1pm-2pm $10 for just tour lunch and tour $30
Please call in advance to schedule your spot in the tour (518) 668-9690.
Victorian Wiawaka Tour with “Harriet Langdon Pryun Rice”
Join Mary Fuller’s friend Harriet Langdon Pryun Rice (portrayed by Marina Skea) for an historical tour of the grounds and buildings of Wiawaka. Harriet was one of nine women who witnessed the 1907 Wiawaka Holiday House Certificate of Incorporation and served as one the first members of the board of directors. She and husband William Gorham Rice Jr. lived in the Rice mansion which eventually became part of the Albany Institute of History and Art. The Rices’ entertained many visiting European diplomats, leaders in the realm of art and literature and other world famous personages. The Rice home was the International House of its era. Harriet’s home appears with great frequency in the society notes of the time, as Mrs. Rice was a very active hostess. (In the event of inclement weather a Wiawaka history presentation will take place indoors. You are still free to explore the grounds should you choose to do so following the presentation.) Lunch and tour $25.
