News Release

2024 Summer Hours for Martin Van Buren NHS

Visitors get a ranger led tour of Lindenwald.

NPS

News Release Date: May 16, 2024

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Release Date: May 15, 2024
Contact: Annette Rousseau, Program Manager
Email: [e-mail]

2024 Summer Hours for Martin Van Buren NHS

KINDERHOOK, New York – Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will open for summer programs and tours on May 24, 2024. The Visitor Center will be open seven days a week from9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Eastern National Bookstore is open after tours only. The bookstore is cashless.

Guided tours of Lindenwald, Martin Van Buren’s home, are offered daily at 10 a.m., 1 p.m.,2 p.m., and 3 pm. Tours last 45 minutes and cover the interior of the home, the Van Buren family, and history of the site.

Rangers also offer a First Floor House Tour at 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. This shortened tour visits the first floor of the house and lasts a half hour.

Limited spaces for tours are available. First come, first served. Sign up for the tour at the visitor center. Sign-up opens a half hour before each tour. Tours are free.

Park grounds remain open daily from dawn to sunset. Follow the three-quarter mile wayside loop starting near the parking area to learn more about Martin Van Buren’s post-presidency home.

For more information, call Martin Van Buren National Historic Site at 518-764 -1041 or check our website at www.nps.gov/mava

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