Walking Tours

The museum is currently CLOSED for Winter Renovations.

We are very pleased to offer Museum Tours by appointment only.

OUR GUIDED LECTURE TOURS

“Troy's Tiffany Treasures.” We plan to offer our annual Tiffany stained glass tour in 2024 with five co-hosting locations. Troy is said to have more Tiffany stained glass per square mile than any other city in the world, including a few of the most famous ever produced. This guided walking tour and lecture covers the life and work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and several of his illustrious employees in their production of some astonishing works of art in glass. Our “Troy’s Tiffany Treasures” tour has been selected several times by Hudson Valley Magazine as the top event in the entire Hudson Valley for the month of September.

Our driving and walking tour will be held in September 2024 for $25 per person. The date of this tour will be announced in the summer of 2024, so watch this space for the date and time of our offerings. In the meantime, click on the teasers below:

History of the Tiffany Windows from the American Revolution

WTEN Community News - Tiffany’s Treasures

“The Industrial Sites of South Troy.” Offered on September 30th, 2023, this tour was focused on the explosive industrial growth that made Troy the ‘Silicon Valley of the 19th century:’ iron and steel, bells, railroading, valves, fabrics and so very much more.

“Origins of the Modern Horseshoe” tour will be held on November 4th, 2023, from 12:00noon-4:00p.m. Henry Burden was the first person in history to make horseshoes by machine and by the Civil War was producing 51 million shoes a year. We will begin with an overview here at the museum and then take a walk up to the famous “Niagara of Waterwheels” site. Please pre-register for the tour. $15.00 per person.

This walk involves a fairly active climb, so sensible walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing are an absolute must. Please note that it gets COLD in the woods in November.

“The Birthplace of the Iron Industry.” The tour will not be held in 2023. Troy’s Wynantskill stream is considered to be one of the birthplaces of the American iron industry. Come take a walk along the channel that saw two of the most important iron producing companies in the antebellum US: Erastus Corning’s Albany Iron Works, and Henry Burden’s Troy Nail Factory and later Burden Iron Works.

This walk involves a fairly active climb, so sensible walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing are an absolute must.