Guided Tours

The following tours are offered during regular hours Friday-Sunday. Tour price includes General Admission. 

Tours start at 11:00 am. 
(Must Be Booked by 10:30 AM the Day of Your Visit.)

 

RESERVE TOUR TICKETS
HISTORY TOURS

History Tours (1 hour)
These tours take you through all the nooks and crannies of Opus 40, our 6.5 acre bluestone earthwork sculpture. 

Tours will be led by one of our trained stewards or John Cederquist who has served on the board of Opus 40 and as one of our Executive Directors. He is an enormously valuable and inspiring repository of knowledge and his tours are full of history, anecdotes and love. John grew up nearby and spent his childhood playing on site while Harvey Fite worked.

 

Cost is $35 including cost of admission. 
Available on select Open Days at 11:00 AM. Must Be Purchased by 10:30AM day of.
Everyone over two years old needs a ticket.

 

Guests participating on a tour should be prepared to navigate uneven terrain & steep inclines, and sharp drops. Please note: strollers and wheeled chairs are not permitted on the sculpture.

Private Tours (90 mins – 2 hours)

Private tours can be arranged on request for groups of fifteen people or more. We offer general tours and specialty tours, with stonemasons, geologists and more. To secure your desired availability, we request that tours be arranged than one month in advance, whenever possible. 

 

To arrange private tours, please inquire here.

Opus 40 frequently hosts special educational field trips and tours, offering immersive educational experiences in the arts and natural sciences.  Our main domains of knowledge include the fine arts, the natural sciences (eg. geology, ecology, biodiversity of local flora and fauna), building construction science (eg. dry stone masonry and occasionally carving), and the history of construction and industry in the region. Our favorite educational visits are ones that are paired with the ongoing domains of research at Opus 40, be it related to bluestone material science and the conservation of the monument, historic buildings and carved sculptures, or the site development focused on landscape design and the forested ecology of the High Woods area.

 

Our site-specific curricula are flexible and easily adapted for education at many levels: from elementary education, to high school, all the way up to undergraduate courses, graduate level research programs, and adult education. We coordinate with educators to meet the specific learning objectives of the group, matching a specialist educator where ever possible. 

 

Note: For younger student groups, one chaperone is required for every six children under 12, or every 10 adolescents between 13 and 17. All visiting groups must adhere to Opus 40’s safety rules, without exception.

 

To schedule an educational field trip or tour, please contact info@opus40.org.