Frank Lloyd Wright’s spectacular Fallingwater reopened to the public for its 63rd tour season and 90th anniversary, featuring popular and immersive tour experiences and special events commemorating the iconic house’s landmark year.

Fallingwater’s reopening also coincides with the completion of World Heritage Preserved, a three-year comprehensive preservation project. The beginning of the tour season began with private celebrations honoring the successful conclusion of the three-year project.

Fallingwater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 for the Kaufmann family, who owned the Pittsburgh-based Kaufmann’s Department Store, was opened to the public as a museum in 1964. Fallingwater is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, one of three cultural World Heritage sites in Pennsylvania and the only one in Western Pennsylvania, and is designated a National Historic Landmark and a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Treasure.

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The new tour season features the guided architectural tour and in-depth guided tours. In addition to those tours, several other types of experiences, including special family tours and guided grounds tours, are available. Advance ticket purchase is required, as tours are scheduled and limited in size.

Helping to enhance the visitor experience, Fallingwater Museum Store and Fallingwater Café have also reopened. The exhibition at Speyer Gallery, The Kaufmann Films: A Legacy in Motion, is an interactive experience of rarely seen archival films from the Kaufmanns. These facilities are located in Fallingwater Visitor Center.

After 90 years, Fallingwater remains as one of Wright’s most widely acclaimed works and, with its dramatic appearance cascading down a hillside, has evoked wonder and imagination for generations. Visitors will have several opportunities to celebrate this important architecture through an array of special in-person and online events and experiences throughout the year.

Events and experiences this season will include music filling Fallingwater’s Living Room when James Ray Polk and The Mississippi Sawyers present An Evening of Music in Architecture on June 6. June 12–13, visitors can embark on an immersive experience in Fallingwater’s Living Room that awakens senses and deepens appreciation for the art of fine chocolate with chocolatier Christopher Curtin of Éclat Chocolates. And, on Sept. 26, Fallingwater and MCG Jazz collaborate to celebrate Pittsburgh Jazz Legends and Fallingwater’s 90th anniversary with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra at MCG Jazz music hall.

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The Fallingwater 90th Anniversary Gala on Aug. 29 will be an enchanted evening of art and nature. This summer event will be filled with art, nature, live jazz and delicious food.

Fallingwater’s tours are offered daily — except Wednesdays — from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through Nov. 30. In December, tours take place on weekends and each day from Dec. 26 to 31. Tours can be reserved on the Fallingwater website or by calling Fallingwater Visitor Services at 724 329 8501.

Fallingwater Institute offers immersive programs to educate and inspire current and future creators and thinkers, shaping the next 90 years of architecture and design. A variety of programs, including on-site residencies and virtual workshops and classes, are available to high school and college students, teachers, design professionals, and other professional learners through Fallingwater Institute. Institute participants gain a deeper knowledge, understanding and analysis of Fallingwater and Wright’s ideas of organic architecture by exploring sustainable design practices through hands-on exercises and immersive experiences. Working independently and as teams, participants are challenged to think creatively to solve design problems.

In addition to tours, visitors can learn more about Fallingwater’s history and collections through the continuation of the popular 2025 exhibition at Speyer Gallery, in the Visitor Center. The Kaufmann Films: A Legacy in Motion offers visitors a rare opportunity to see the masons laying the first stones of Fallingwater through seldom-seen film footage captured by the Kaufmanns.

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Through short films and other items from the Fallingwater Archives, visitors will glimpse private moments with the Kaufmanns’ friends, stroll with Wright and explore summer weekends with Kaufmann’s Department Store employees.

For the 90th anniversary year, Bill Strickland, Alastair Gordon and Charles Renfro will each gather in front of the fireplace of Fallingwater’s Living Room with Fallingwater director Justin Gunther for one of three evenings of engaging conversations. Register for this in-person conservation series today.

Fallingwater also takes tour reservations for Wright at Polymath Park, a collection of two Wright-designed houses and two from Peter Berndtson, a Wright apprentice. These homes, not owned or operated by Fallingwater, provide examples of Wright’s Usonian-style architecture and his visionary design techniques. Polymath Park is located in Acme, Pennsylvania, approximately 22 miles from Fallingwater. Tour tickets and more information for Fallingwater and Wright at Polymath Park are available by calling Visitor Services.

Fallingwater is located in the Laurel Highlands in Mill Run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, about 90 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh.