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October 6, 2011 Kykuit MGC Trip Info
Mystic Garden Club Bus Trip
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Kykuit, Rockefeller Hudson River Summer Estate
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Rockefeller Union Chapel with Chagall windows
The hilltop paradise was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family beginning with philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller. The tour will take you into the main rooms of the 6 story mansion with sweeping views of the Hudson River Valley. There is a surprise underground art gallery. Then the tour continues onto the expansive terraced gardens, grottos and reflecting pools of the grounds completed with famous 20th century sculptures by Picasso, Moore, Calder Nevelson and Smith. House and Garden Grand Tour is a 3 hour tour and we will be walking the entire time. There is some stairway climbing through the house and garden.
Cost approximately $75.00
(Lunch on your own)
We will leave from the Olde Mistick Village parking lot at approximately 6:30 am and
Return about 5:00 pm.