Join us for a campus tour and discover Bard! We are now offering limited in-person campus tours, self-guided walking tours, audio-guided driving tours, and live virtual tours.
Before making plans to visit Bard College, please review and follow information in the New York State Advisory Guide found here.
While our live virtual tours cover the central hub of Bard’s 1,000-acre campus they don’t encompass its outermost reaches, where you’ll find extraordinary facilities and stunning views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. These videos let you explore these areas, at your own pace.
Bard College students and alumni/ae talk about their favorite spots on campus. Take a look at the best places to work and play in Annandale, from the historic Blithewood mansion to the iconic Frank Gehry–designed Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. These locations are not part of the campus tour, so we encourage you to explore them on your own.
Since in-person group tours do not allow for social distancing and would exceed state limits on the size of social gatherings, we will only be hosting live virtual group tours via Zoom.
We, in the Bard Admission Office take this time to acknowledge the original inhabitants of this land. The land upon which the campus stands is the ancestral home of Native peoples now identified as the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, Delaware Nation, and Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma. These grounds were expropriated from indigenous populations by European settlers through deceitful transactions and violence. Our work as educators and stewards of this beautiful land is grounded in an understanding of where we’ve come from and whose ground we walk on. With the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and other historically marginalized groups in mind, we embark on this campus tour and all of our Admission work, taking on the task of building intentional equity in our Admission processes and within our community, through access to education and support of positive and peaceful action, while inviting and supporting others to do so as well.
We encourage you to use the virtual map below to learn more about the buildings, amenities, and topography of the Bard College campus.
Montgomery Place, a 380-acre estate adjacent to the main Bard College campus and overlooking the Hudson River, is a designated National Historic Landmark set amid rolling lawns, woodlands, and gardens, against the spectacular backdrop of the Catskill Mountains. Montgomery Place has a Federal-style mansion, a farm, and 20 smaller buildings. Exhibitions, concerts, performances, and conferences take place throughout the year, often integrated with Bard College courses.