Group Tours

Group tours are welcome year-round at Hildene with reservations.

Upon arrival at the Welcome Center, a restored turn-of-the-century carriage barn, your guests will experience the Lincoln family’s legacy through its home, history, gardens, working landscape, farm, and ongoing preservation efforts.

Self-guided tours include the Lincoln family home and carriage barn, the Formal Garden and Cutting and Kitchen Gardens, a restored 1903 Pullman railcar “Sunbeam,” the Many Voices exhibit, the goat dairy at Hildene Farm, and the The American Ideal: Abraham Lincoln and the Second Inaugural exhibit. Tours of the home and Pullman railcar offer docent introductions and availability for questions.

For group tour rates, booking information, specialty options, or to reserve a date for a group visit, please click here to contact Group Tours, or call 800-578-1788.

Group Tour Lunch at Hildene

Use of Hildene’s post and beam lunch Pavilion or Beckwith Room may be reserved in advance when available for a fee of $50. Our caterer offers a pre-order lunch buffet or boxed lunch options.

If you wish to have a catered lunch, please get in touch with Erik Peckel Catering at epeckel.snow@comcast.net (preferred) or call 802.353.6172.