NEWSLETTER
Staatsburg, N.Y. (2/16/24) — With the Season 2 finale of HBO’s TV series, The Gilded Age, last December and the recent Downton Abbey film “A New Era,” Staatsburgh State Historic Site is presenting a special theme tour exploring the real-life characters and themes at Staatsburgh that parallel these popular shows.
Led by a costumed guide, “The REAL Gilded Age” tour will show how servants and the Mills family conducted a busy weekend of high-society entertaining, comparing Staatsburgh to what viewers saw in the popular period dramas. The 90-minute tour will take place on Saturdays, March 9, 16, 23 and 30 at 11:00 a.m. Reservations for “The REAL Gilded Age” are required and can be made at https://www.Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Admission is $12.00; $10.00 for seniors and students; children 12 and under are free.
Just as viewers saw on The Gilded Age, Staatsburgh’s house parties featured lavish meals and entertainment. A full household staff of uniformed servants catered to every need of the family and their guests. The fictionalized romances of Downton Abbey had their historical counterparts at Staatsburgh: Downton’s American heiress, Cora, married the fictional Earl of Grantham; Staatsburgh’s Beatrice Mills married the actual Earl of Granard.
Visitors to Staatsburgh may also wish to stroll by the Hudson River, follow the site’s self-guided landscape tour, or walk the woodland trails in adjacent Mills and Norrie State Parks. A full list of all Staatsburgh’s programs and events is found on the site’s reservations page: https://www.Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS
Staatsburgh State Historic Site and the Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park are located on Old Post Road in Staatsburg, off Route 9 between Rhinebeck and Hyde Park. The historic site is one of 6 sites and 15 parks administered by theTaconic Region of New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. For more information, call 845-889-8851, or visit Staatsburgh’s websites at, https://www.Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS , www.facebook.com/StaatsburghSHS, and www.staatsburghstatehistoricsite.blogspot.com. Staatsburgh’s events are also listed at parks.ny.gov
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 parks, historic sites, recreational trails, golf courses, boat launches and more, which saw a record 84 million visits in 2023. For more information on any of these recreation areas, visit parks.ny.gov, download the free NY State Parks Explorer app or call 518.474.0456. Join us in celebrating our Centennial throughout 2024, and connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and the OPRHP Blog.
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Contact:
Donald Fraser | Donald.Fraser@parks.ny.gov | 845-889-8851 ext. 338