First Fridays: Living Legacies, An Exclusive Curator-Led Tour with Marie Penny

First Fridays: Living Legacies, An Exclusive Curator-Led Tour with Marie Penny
Friday, January 2
10 – 11am
$25 per person
Location: Inside the Main House, includes second floor exhibitions.

Explore the legacy of exhibitions at Planting Fields, beginning with a 20-minute presentation that highlights the stories Planting Fields Foundation continues to preserve and share. The presentation will offer background on Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti–Webel’s Designs for the Coes and explore why the historic second-floor rooms of the Main House serve as the ideal setting for our exhibitions.

Afterward, enjoy an exclusive curator-led tour with Marie Penny, the Foundation’s Michael D. Coe Archivist, through our second-floor exhibitions. See Legacy of Landscape: Innocenti–Webel’s Designs for the Coes, featuring historic photographs, sketches, slides, and film that showcase the innovation of one of the nation’s leading 20th-century landscape architecture firms. Then continue to A Living Archive: Sam Van Aken’s Botanical Legacies, part of Catalyst 2026: The Planting Fields Stand where cyanotypes, herbarium specimens, and other works reveal the dynamic intersections of art, science, and horticulture.

This guided experience offers a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and discover the stories that bring art, landscape, and history to life. Please note, that this program does not include a tour of the Main House. You can book that here. 

More about First Fridays
This monthly series dives into the various themes that make up Planting Fields, with exclusive behind-the-scenes walking tours and workshops led by Planting Fields Foundation and New York State Parks staff, who are experts in their respective fields. From wellness and Olmsted landscape features to the life-stories of Coe family members and their unchallenged spectacular horticultural, historic and personal collections, participants of this series will see this site with a new lens. Each month a new theme is explored with at least one staff expert serving as your guide. This series will take place on the first Friday of each month.

Additional Information & Accessibility
For any additional information, including accessibility inquiries, and other questions, please contact Kayla Cheshire, Communications and Marketing Manager at kcheshire@plantingfields.org

All ticket sales final. Outside tours will continue in the case of light rain. Should weather become inclement, tour participants will be notified and the tour will be rescheduled.

48 Hour Cancellation Policy: Should you need to cancel; you will be credited the amount towards a future 2026 First Friday event.

By registering for this event, you consent to Planting Fields Foundation photographing and filming during the event. These images may be used for promotional purposes, including social media, on our website, newsletters, grant requests, reports. As it may not be feasible to identify individuals who may wish to opt out, your registration implies your consent to be photographed. If you have any concerns, please contact us at kcheshire@plantingfields.org