Please note: Oatlands is closed to the public until June 10, 2020.
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Oatlands

Historic House and Gardens

Tour

Tours

Oatlands has many opportunities for you to enjoy the gardens and grounds as well as participate in guided educational tours for individuals, groups and schools.

Please check this website to get the most up-to-date information before coming to Oatlands.

When you buy a ticket for one guided tour at Oatlands, you are eligible to purchase an additional ticket for an already scheduled guided tour for the same day for just $5.

Daily Grounds and Trails Passes (self-guided):
10am — 5pm daily

Please note: In an effort to preserve and protect historic collection items, photography inside the Mansion is strictly prohibited.

Hours

Mansion Tours Thursday – Sunday

Tours Every Hour 11:00 – 3:00pm; 20 cap per tour

The 1 pm Tour is focused on Enslavement

Advanced Ticket Purchases Encouraged 

For Private Tours – click here

20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane
Leesburg, VA 20175
Tel: 703.777.3174

Available Public Tours: Mansion Tour Buy Tickets Interpretive guides lead tours of the first floor of the Oatlands mansion and discuss the lives of the families who owned Oatlands, the history of the house, and choice pieces of the large collection of furniture, portraits, and decorative objects in the mansion. Visitors are encouraged to take a self-guided tour of the second floor where interpretive materials give information on the use of the rooms and the objects inside. The mansion, built in 1804, is not air-conditioned. Be sure to plan time to enjoy the gardens and grounds before or after your tour. Trails, Garden & Grounds
(self-guided) Buy Tickets Enjoy a self-guided tour of the walled garden and grounds. The enclosed garden features beautiful terraces, plantings, a rose garden, statuary, bowling green, tea house and historic dependencies. Walk the grounds and trails to see more of the property and historic buildings.

Please note: Access to the garden & grounds is included with the purchase of a guided Mansion Tour or Enslaved Tour.
Enslaved Tour (1:00 only) Buy Tickets The Oatlands we know today would not have been possible without the enslaved people who lived and worked here. By 1860 the Carters were the largest slave owners in Loudoun County with 133 enslaved men, women and children. Learn about their lives while walking with an Interpretive Guide. This is an outdoor tour, please plan and dress appropriately for walking and the weather.

Want to take the Mansion Tour and the Enslaved Tour on the same day? Purchase an additional guided tour for just $5 at checkout when you purchase one guided tour.

Private and Special Occasion Tours: Garden Tour Inquire about a Garden Tour Tour the garden with an experienced guide who will relate the full history of the 4.5 acres from it's beginnings in the early 19th century to it's transformation into a pleasure garden.

Learn about the different areas of the garden and how they evolved over the years as well as the current philosophy of the garden, plantings, trees and structures.

This tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours and will be outside. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

$15 per person ($150 minimum to hold tour for 10 people or less)

Space is limited to 20 people. Please contact us to schedule a private tour or check back to see when scheduled tours are open to the public. Architecture Tour Scheduled! Buy Tickets Learn more about the architecture at Oatlands with a special tour of the buildings and property.

Oatlands offers examples of elegant Classical architecture, unique early 19th-century outbuildings, and a rustic carriage house that was state-of-the-art when built in the early 1900s.

This tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours and much of it will be outside. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

$15 per person ($150 minimum to hold tour for 10 people or less)

Space is limited to 20 people. Please contact us to schedule a private tour or join us for one of these public tours:

Saturday August 1 | 10am
Saturday October 3 | 10am Art History Tour Coming Soon From early American Portraits to pottery, enjoy a tour focused on the art at Oatlands, which includes examples from many different periods and styles along with some interesting anecdotes.

The extended Eustis family in particular had a great impact on the art world and ties to the 'Monuments Men' and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

This tour lasts approximately 1 hour and takes place inside the Mansion. Please be advised of accessibility issues as there are stairs to get into the Mansion and we will be visiting the second floor.

$15 per person ($150 minimum to hold tour for 10 people or less)

Space is limited to 20 people. Please contact us to schedule a private tour or check back to see when scheduled tours are open to the public.

Group Tours Inquire about a GroupTour Tour the garden with an experienced guide who will relate the full history of the 4.5 acres from it's beginnings in the early 19th century to it's transformation into a pleasure garden.

Learn about the different areas of the garden and how they evolved over the years as well as the current philosophy of the garden, plantings, trees and structures.

This tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours and will be outside. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

$15 per person ($150 minimum to hold tour for 10 people or less)

Space is limited to 20 people. Please contact us to schedule a private tour or check back to see when scheduled tours are open to the public. Paranormal Tour Coming in October 2020! Learn more about Oatlands after dark! As we walk to the Mansion by lantern (or flash) light, you will get a view of Oatlands after dark that is rarely seen.

Your tour will take you from the Carriage House to the Mansion where you be guided through the interior of the house and hear about strange happenings, history, and paranormal research that has been conducted on site.

This tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Part of the tour will be outside and in the dark. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a flashlight, if possible. Bring your camera and see if you can capture an orb!

$15 per person ($150 minimum to hold tour for 10 people or less)

Space is limited to 20 people. Please contact us to schedule a private tour or check back to see when scheduled tours are open to the public.