Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to make their vision our reality. Route involves a few stairs. 60 minutes. Tickets $15 (Members $10). Tickets available for purchase onsite; $15 (Members $10). Includes use of tour audio equipment; arrive early for check-in. For directions or to make a reservation, please call 212-794-6564.

Please arrive at the meeting location 15 minutes before the start of the tour to allow time for check in and audio equipment set up. For the courtesy of other guests, those arriving after the start time cannot be accommodated.

Ticket sales are final. Tours take place rain or shine, except in extreme weather conditions (heavy rain, sustained winds of 30mph or more, snowstorms, and a wind chill below 25 or heat index above 95 degrees).

Groups of seven or more must schedule a Custom Tour three weeks in advance at tours@centralparknyc.org or 212-360-2726.

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