Candlelight Tour

  •  December 21, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 21, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 21, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 21, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 21, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 20, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 20, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 20, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 20, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 20, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 19, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 19, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 19, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 19, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 19, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 15, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 15, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 15, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 15, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 15, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 14, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 14, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 14, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 14, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 14, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 13, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 13, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 13, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 13, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 13, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Candlelight Tour

  •  December 12, 2019
     5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  •  December 12, 2019
     5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  •  December 12, 2019
     6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  •  December 12, 2019
     6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  •  December 12, 2019
     7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience John Jay’s historic Bedford House as it takes on the glow of candlelight to celebrate the holiday season. These unique guided tours of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focus on holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are not refundable.

The Candlelight Tours are offered on select Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in December at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour. Tours leave promptly as scheduled from the Ballroom. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Holiday Shop

  •  December 21, 2019
     10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Browse our expanded selection of merchandise, including many gift items featuring images of John Jay’s Historic Bedford House, Bedford Farm, and the newly installed historic wallpaper found in John Jay’s Office. Books for history lovers; John Jay Homestead Christmas ornaments; 18th & 19th century toys and games; note cards and housewares are also available. The holiday gift shop is located in the Ballroom of the Main House.

Holiday Shop – Clearance Sale

  •  December 28, 2019
     10:00 am – 2:00 pm

All holiday merchandise is 15% off. Browse our expanded selection of merchandise, including many gift items featuring images of John Jay’s Historic Bedford House, Bedford Farm, and the newly installed historic wallpaper found in John Jay’s Office. Books for history lovers; John Jay Homestead Christmas ornaments; 18th & 19th century toys and games; note cards and housewares are also available. The holiday gift shop is located in the Ballroom of the Main House.

Holiday Shop

  •  December 14, 2019
     10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Browse our expanded selection of merchandise, including many gift items featuring images of John Jay’s Historic Bedford House, Bedford Farm, and the newly installed historic wallpaper found in John Jay’s Office. Books for history lovers; John Jay Homestead Christmas ornaments; 18th & 19th century toys and games; note cards and housewares are also available. The holiday gift shop is located in the Ballroom of the Main House.

Holiday Shop

  •  December 7, 2019
     10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Browse our expanded selection of merchandise, including many gift items featuring images of John Jay’s Historic Bedford House, Bedford Farm, and the newly installed historic wallpaper found in John Jay’s Office. Books for history lovers; John Jay Homestead Christmas ornaments; 18th & 19th century toys and games; note cards and housewares are also available. The holiday gift shop is located in the Ballroom of the Main House.

The Founders Lecture with Henry Louis Gates, Jr

  •  October 18, 2019
     6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lecture tickets have sold out.

Join us for an evening with Henry Louis Gates, Jr at our Annual Founders Lecture!

6:00 Reception | 7:00 Lecture

Scholar, author, filmmaker, journalist, cultural critic, mentor and institution builder, Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has authored or co-authored twenty-four books, created twenty documentary films, and received fifty-five honorary degrees. He was a member of the first class of Fellows of the MacArthur Foundation, and the first African American scholar to be awarded the National Humanities Medal. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

His most recent projects are the PBS documentary Reconstruction: America After the Civil War, released in April, and the related book Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow.

Thank you for your support of Friends of John Jay Homestead!

Lecture tickets have sold out.

Barn Dance

  •  September 14, 2019
     5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us for the 22nd Annual Barn Dance this Fall! Featuring pig races, a pizza truck, music by local bands, and a campfire, this festive fundraiser for Friends of John Jay Homestead supports our education programs and all that we do.

Holiday Tour

  •  December 28, 2019
     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  •  December 28, 2019
     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Please note that all members of your party are required to have a ticket for admittance, even if there is no fee associated with their ticket. Tickets are transferable, but not refundable.

The Holiday Tour is offered Thursday through Saturday at 1pm, 3pm throughout the month of December.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour to watch our orientation video shown in the Glass Porch of the Historic House Museum. Tours leave promptly as scheduled. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Holiday Tour

  •  December 27, 2019
     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  •  December 27, 2019
     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Please note that all members of your party are required to have a ticket for admittance, even if there is no fee associated with their ticket. Tickets are transferable, but not refundable.

The Holiday Tour is offered Thursday through Saturday at 1pm, 3pm throughout the month of December.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour to watch our orientation video shown in the Glass Porch of the Historic House Museum. Tours leave promptly as scheduled. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Holiday Tour

  •  December 26, 2019
     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  •  December 26, 2019
     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Please note that all members of your party are required to have a ticket for admittance, even if there is no fee associated with their ticket. Tickets are transferable, but not refundable.

The Holiday Tour is offered Thursday through Saturday at 1pm, 3pm throughout the month of December.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour to watch our orientation video shown in the Glass Porch of the Historic House Museum. Tours leave promptly as scheduled. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Holiday Tour

  •  December 21, 2019
     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  •  December 21, 2019
     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Please note that all members of your party are required to have a ticket for admittance, even if there is no fee associated with their ticket. Tickets are transferable, but not refundable.

The Holiday Tour is offered Thursday through Saturday at 1pm, 3pm throughout the month of December.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour to watch our orientation video shown in the Glass Porch of the Historic House Museum. Tours leave promptly as scheduled. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.

Holiday Tour

  •  December 20, 2019
     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  •  December 20, 2019
     3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the holiday season at John Jay Homestead with a guided tour of John Jay’s historic Bedford House focused on the holiday traditions and decorations of the 1820s.

The number of tickets available for each tour is strictly limited. We strongly recommend you purchase your tickets in advance. Please note that all members of your party are required to have a ticket for admittance, even if there is no fee associated with their ticket. Tickets are transferable, but not refundable.

The Holiday Tour is offered Thursday through Saturday at 1pm, 3pm throughout the month of December.

***Please make sure you are purchasing tickets for the correct day and time***

We recommend that you arrive 15 to 20 minutes in advance of your tour to watch our orientation video shown in the Glass Porch of the Historic House Museum. Tours leave promptly as scheduled. You may not join a tour once it is in progress.