Private Tours

Can’t fit a public tour into your schedule or just looking for an exclusive tour experience with your own friends and family or group?  May through September, we can accommodate up to 20 guests for a private Welcome Tour or a two-hour In Depth Tour of the past, present, and future of the Richardson Olmsted Campus. 

Led by an expert docent, visitors will gain access to spaces untouched since the 1970s. During the tour, visitors will experience the site's original structures as well as the healing landscape designed to serve as a therapeutic environment for patients. Visitors will also learn about the philosophies integrated into the 140-year-old former state hospital facility by architect Henry Hobson Richardson, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, and mental health advocate Dr. Thomas Kirkbride.

The Richardson Olmsted Campus is one of the largest historic preservation projects in the nation, with Hotel Henry and the Buffalo Architecture Center opening in the three center buildings in 2017. Tours of the site offer access to untouched spaces as well as a unique perspective on sections of the Richardson which have already been adaptively reused.

Note: Due to the untouched nature of the historic buildings, tours are not wheelchair accessible and require significant walking and climbing of stairs. Hard hats will be provided and sturdy, closed-toed shoes are required. Tour routes will vary.

Admission:
1-hour Welcome Tour: $200 flat rate for up to 10 people. 
For each additional person (up to 20), admission is $15 per person.

2-hour In Depth Tour: $400 flat rate for up to 10 people.
For each additional person (up to 20), admission is $30 per person.

Additional Considerations:

• Maximum tour capacity is 20 people.
• Tours are available May through September.
• Photography is not allowed on private tours.  For those interested in taking photographs, please see our designated public photography tours.
• All Richardson Olmsted Campus tours are for ages 12 and up at this time. 

To arrange your private tour, please email tours@richardson-olmsted.com with the following information:

• Name
• Phone number
• Organization or group name (if applicable)
• Expected number of attendees
• Description of your group's interest in the tour
• Potential dates and times for your tour
  
  

Please note that private tours require at minimum 1 week's notice to plan. Please contact us as soon as you can to guarantee your tour date.

Private Events

We are excited to start hosting events when Hotel Henry Urban Resort and Conference Center and the Lipsey Buffalo Architecture Center open in 2017. To start planning your event now, email askhenry@hotelhenry.com!