Available beginning in Spring 2025

Experience Manitoga

$150 per person. Available for a minimum of 2 participants.

Duration

1.5 to 2 Hours

The Private Immersive Design • Art • Nature Tour Experience

Enjoy an intimate experience of the landscape and architecture with special access to the Terraces and the Dragon Rock’s Nose. Please note this tour includes a moderate hike. Guests with concerns about the landscape terrain should contact Public Programs Manager, Sarah Pansy, at SPansy@visitmanitoga.org.

Private Tours include The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga, featuring over 200 objects from the Wrights’ ground-breaking designs for the American home, opened May 2021 with lead support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

2025 Art + Design Installation

On view in the House & Studio through Nov 16: Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Art Nature Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center and R & Company present Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Light Nature, a solo exhibition presented within the Wrights’ home and studio, a National Historic Landmark in New York State. Known for his organic forms and natural patterns, Zimmerman’s illuminated glass sculptures bring movement, texture, and light into dialogue with Manitoga’s architecture and landscape. Installed throughout the site, the works blur boundaries between interior and exterior, amplifying connections between art, architecture, design, and nature.

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About Manitoga

Visit MANITOGA, the House, Studio and Woodland Garden of pioneer industrial designer, Russel Wright (1904-1976) and his family. Experience Dragon Rock, Wright's experimental home which he built onto the rock ledge of an abandoned quarry while masterfully orchestrating the surrounding landscape into a series of outdoor rooms of varying character and delight. This tour includes the interiors of the House, Studio and Design Gallery.

Please review our VISITOR INFORMATION section when planning your visit.

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Important Information

• Tours are conducted rain or shine. Please wear flat, outdoor-terrain walking shoes for uneven ground and dress appropriately for being outside in the weather.

• Insect/tick repellent and drinking water are highly recommended. Picnic tables are available in the Meadow adjacent to the public parking lot, should you wish to picnic before or after your tour, and our staff is happy to make recommendations for places to go in the nearby area.

• Manitoga’s hiking trails are open daily from dawn to dusk and are accessible from the same parking lot.

• Pets, backpacks, large purses and bags, tripods, cumbersome camera equipment, extension poles and selfie-sticks are not permitted.