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Tours
Experience art and history in a distinctive, memorable way with a docent-led tour of Clayton and/or The Frick Art Museum. These tours provide you with opportunities to view fine and decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present, as well as learn how the Frick family lived during the turn of the 20th century.
Preview a Clayton tour online:
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Father's Day Weekend: Free Clayton tours for Dad
Saturday, June 15 and Sunday.June 16
During Father's Day weekend, fathers, grandfathers and fathers-in-law will receive free Clayton admission with the purchase of one admission, and Dad will receive a one-day discount in the Museum Shop. Reservations are strongly recommended. Call 412-371-0600.
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Blue Star Museums: FREE Clayton tours for
U.S. Military personnel and their families
Through Labor Day (September 2)
Once again, as a participating Blue Star Museum, the Frick is proud to honor the men and women of the U.S. Military by providing free tours of Clayton to active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. Reservations are strongly recommended. Call 412-371-0600.
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Life in the Gilded Age
Offered year-round
Clayton is an example of both the home of a wealthy Pittsburgh family and of late Victorian architecture and interior design. Visitors on the Life in the Gilded Age tour have the unique experience of learning about the Frick family, local history and Victorian social customs in the family's home, where more than 90% of the furniture and artifacts on display are original.
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Frick members: free
General admission: $12
Seniors and students: $10
Active duty military: $10
Children 16 and under: $6 |
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Strongly recommended |
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412-371-0600 |
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Group tours of Clayton
Offered year-round.
Group tour rates are available for 11 or more people. All large groups are divided into smaller groups of 8-10, which depart at ten-minute intervals to begin the tour. When groups are not touring Clayton, they may visit the Car and Carriage Museum, The Frick Art Museum, Greenhouse, or Museum Shop.
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Tuesdays: Purchase one Clayton admission, get one FREE
How does the Frick say thank you to loyal visitors and welcome new ones? All visitors who purchase one admission to Clayton on Tuesdays receive one admission of equal or lesser value for FREE.
Not good for groups of 11 or more.
Reservations are recommended. Call 412-371-0600.
Thursdays: $5 tours for seniors
On Thursdays, senior citizens (62 and older) can tour Clayton for just $5.00 per person.
Not good for groups of 11 or more.
Reservations are recommended. Call 412-371-0600.
Book Groups: Combine reading with a Clayton tour
The Frick now offers an exciting and innovative new program that allows book reading groups and clubs to enhance their reading experience with a visit to the Frick. Included are a special tour of Clayton and 30-minute book discussion of your choice of three books:
• Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel by Susan Vreeland
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures by Cynthia Saltzman.
Get more details here or call 412-342-4072.
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Docent-led tours of our current exhibition are provided at The Frick Art Museum on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Our current exhibition, A Kind of Alchemy: Medieval Persian Ceramics, continues through June 16.
Tours may also be scheduled for groups. Visit our Group Tours page for more information.
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Docent-led tours of the permanent collection at The Frick Art Museum are available by appointment.
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$5 per person.
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Please call to make reservation. |
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412-371-0600 |
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Growing Up at Clayton:
Summertime Hands On Tours for the Whole Family
Most appropriate for children ages 6 and up
July 3—August 31, Wednesdays and Saturdays
11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Is there a child in your life looking for something different to do this summer? Let him or her exercise imagination and curiosity on a special family-friendly tour of Clayton.
Every room features a touchable item, from a swatch of red velvet very like Mrs. Frick’s chaise longue to stereoscopes and curious household tools from long ago. Got a question?—please ask! Active engagement is the norm as you learn about the Frick family, household staff, and what daily life was like in a fancy home more than 100 years ago.
FREE to all children ages 12 and under and to adult members. Non-member adult rates apply. Reservations are strongly suggested as tours fill up quickly. |
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Through the Back Door: Domestic Service in the Gilded Age
July 16–October 27, 2013
As a companion to the Vik Muniz photographs in the exhibition Clayton Days: Picture Stories by Vik Muniz, we will offer our popular domestic service tour, which introduces visitors to members of the Fricks’ domestic staff, and discusses the roles servants played in the wealthy homes of the Gilded Age. This tour will be offered as an option, along with the Life in the Gilded Age tour throughout the day. |
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Clayton Holiday Tour: A Pittsburgh Christmas
November 21, 2013–January 5, 2014
Over the holidays Clayton will be decorated for a traditional Gilded Age Christmas, with fresh greens, a live tree, and the finest china and crystal on display. Our holiday tour will have a Pittsburgh focus as we look at how the Fricks and others in the city celebrated the season.
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