Manitoga: Design • Art • Nature
Experience the House, Studio & Design Gallery
Garrison
Overview
- Meeting point
- Garrison
- Group size
- Up to 12 passengers
Rates
| — | Adults |
| — | Children Ages 10-17. Children (including infants) must be 10 years old to attend. |
| — | Members Tickets |
Details
Duration
1.5 Hours
Experience Manitoga
The Design • Art • Nature Tour is the standard public tour, offered weekly Thursdays through Sundays from mid-May through mid-November. 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.
Design • Art • Nature Tour
Visitors follow the upper Quarry path to enjoy stunning views of the Quarry Pool, House and Studio. An ascending stone stair leads to a mountain laurel grove and the exquisite moss rooms before visitors cross a majestic waterfall over a wood plank bridge. Once at Dragon Rock, the House and Studio interiors are defined by expanses of glass, innovative materials use, and seamless connections to outside terraces.
All tours include ***The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga***, featuring over 200 objects from the Wrights’ ground-breaking designs for the American home.
On view
2025 Art + Design installation, ***TBA
PLEASE NOTE** - All tour programs include a moderate hike through the landscape to arrive at the House & Studio. Visitors must ascend a 40-step stone stair with handrail.
Please review our VISITOR INFORMATION section when planning your visit.
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2025 Art + Design Installation
Details forthcoming.
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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. 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.***
- For safety reasons, **children must be *at least 10 years old* to attend.** Infants are not admitted.