Tours


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.

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Tour video  

Preview a Clayton tour—from your computer

Click on the image at left to watch an 11-minute video that takes you through some of the first-floor rooms of Clayton and throughout every room on the second floor.

Rich in details from the interior of this historic home, the video is the perfect introduction before your tour, or a wonderful post-visit recap of what you saw and learned.

Ongoing Tour Specials
Clayton

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.

This offer is 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.

This offer is not good for groups of 11 or more.
Reservations are recommended. Call 412-371-0600.


Book groups   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 or Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures by Cynthia Saltzman Frick.


Get more details here
or call 412-371-0600.


Winter Cafe and Clayton Packages - Plan Now!

The Cafe  

Ladies and Lunch

Our popular All the Ladies of the House tour paired with lunch at The Café at the Frick


Available January 24–March 31, 2012

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays

Tour at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 1:00 p.m. 

The Café is pleased to offer a lunch special in conjunction with an exclusive All the Ladies of the House tour of Clayton. During the winter this popular tour, which looks at the lives of all of the women of Clayton, will only be available to visitors through this exclusive package.  After the one hour tour you will enjoy a 2-course lunch, with a choice of sandwich, salad, OR entrée as well as a choice of dessert. Tax is included in the discounted price, but any beverages, alcohol and gratuities are not included.

$15 member; $23 non-members and guests.
Advance registration must be made two weeks in advance and pre-payment is required. Call 412-371-0600


Book groups  

Book Club Program and Tea

January 24–March 31, 2012

Tuesday–Sunday

Tour and discussion at 12:30, tea at 2:30. 


After its great success last winter, our special discount package for book groups is back again. For a limited time, we are offering a package price of $23.00 per person. This price includes a special tour of Clayton and 30-minute book discussion of your choice of three books.

Get more details here or call 412-371-0600.

Docent-led Tours of Clayton
The Frick offers a number of docent-led, thematic tours that interpret Clayton and the Victorian era in different ways.

Historic Tours of Clayton
Offered year-round, Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Clayton is an example of both the home of a wealthy Pittsburgh family and of late Victorian architecture and interior design. Visitors on the historic 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.

Cost:

Frick members: free
General admission: $12
Seniors and students: $10
Children 16 and under: $6

Reservations: Strongly recommended
Contact: 412-371-0600


 

Historic Tour of Clayton


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.

Visit our Group Tours page for more information.

 

Group Tours


Docent-led Tours at The Frick Art Museum

Group tours of our current exhibition

Docent-led tours of our current exhibition are provided at The Frick Art Museum on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children's Book Illustration opens on February 11.

Visit our Group Tours page for more information.


  Exhibition Tours

Docent-led tours of the Permanent Collection

Docent-led tours of the permanent collection at The Frick Art Museum are available by appointment.

Cost:

$5 per person.

Reservations: Please call to make reservation.
Contact: 412-371-0600


  Permenent Collection
Cell Phone Tours of the Car and Carriage Museum

Tour the Car and Carriage Museum at your own pace

Tour at your own pace using your cell phone!

Cost:

Free for individuals.
Group tours (5 people or more): $5 per person.

Reservations: Groups of five or more are requested to schedule a private tour.
Contact: 412-371-0600

  Cell phone tours