Currently Available Tuesday – Saturday at 11:30am.
Admission: $20 per person
Student and Military rate (with proper I.D.): $15
The Introductory Tour covers the history of the Arts & Crafts Movement, Elbert Hubbard, and the Roycroft Campus while also exploring our Press Room and artifact collection on exhibit in the Campus Museum. This 1 hour tour is led by a trained docent and is handicapped accessible.
Reservations are required due to the limited space on each guided tour.
Currently Available Tuesday – Saturday at 2:00pm.
Admission: $25 per person
Student and Military rate (with proper I.D.): $20
The Campus Tour is a more comprehensive version of our Introductory Tour; guests will receive an introduction to the Arts & Crafts Movement, Elbert Hubbard, and the Roycroft Campus while also exploring the Campus grounds and buildings with a trained docent. This tour includes the Campus Press Room and Museum so that guests can view our artifact collection on exhibit.
This tour is 90 minutes and handicapped accessible. Most of the tour is outside, please dress for the weather, and there is considerable walking, but there are some places to sit throughout the tour.
Reservations are required due to the limited space on each guided tour.
The Roycroft In-Depth Tour will take you to all the spaces included on the Campus Tour, plus additional interior areas including the First Print Shop, the Chapel and the Salon of the Roycroft Inn. This 2.5 hour tour, led by a master docent, will have visitors examining original Roycroft furniture, stained glass, metalwork and the murals of Alexis Fournier, the meeting hall of the Chapel, and the Press Room of the Second Print Shop. Your docent will also expand on the Hubbard story providing more information on the men and women who help make the Campus a thriving artisan community.
This tour is 2.5 hours long and has limited handicapped accessibility. Certain floors of the Chapel and the tower are only accessible by stairs. Part of the tour is outside, please dress for the weather, and there is considerable walking, but there are some places to sit throughout the tour. From time to time, specific tour space on the Roycroft Campus may be unavailable due to other events or ongoing restoration projects. This tour also includes admission to the Campus Museum and Press Room.
Reservations are required due to the limited space on each guided tour.
This seasonal tour on the Roycroft Campus is based in historical facts as we discuss various rituals and customs that Victorian people during the 19th century believed about death. Some may seem rather silly, some gruesome, and some frightful. From the beginnings of Gothic Horror, the loss of a loved one, to the burial and reaching out to those in the afterlife, come and experience a macabre evening of chills, and see how these ideas have influenced our own contemporary views of “horror.”
This tour is 1.5 hours long and has limited handicapped accessibility. Certain floors of the Print Shop tower are only accessible by stairs. Part of the tour is outside, please dress for the weather. This tour also includes some access to the Campus Museum and Press Room.
Reservations are required due to the limited space on each guided tour.
Featured on every tour, the Press Room is a glimpse into the origins of the Roycroft Campus. This fully functioning late 19th / early 20th century print shop offers a taste of what it was like to to create Roycroft books on original printing presses. See how to set type, compose a page and print on a press from 140 years ago. The Press Room is accessible without a tour on certain days and times (Wednesdays – Saturdays) when printers are working.
Featured on every tour, the Museum is the home of the Roycroft Campus’ historic collection of documents, books, furniture, and artwork; showcasing the Roycroft’s history and Elbert Hubbard’s legacy. Through a combination of rotating and permanent exhibits, visitors can see rare, one-of-a-kind artifacts, and learn more about the people, products, and philosophy that made Hubbard and the Roycroft an important part of the Arts & Crafts Movement. The Campus Museum may be accessible without a tour on certain days and times (Thursdays – Saturdays 12pm-3pm) when volunteers are available for a $5 admission.
If you are interested in exploring our collection for specific research purposes, please send your inquiry to Alan Nowicki at anowicki@roycroftcampuscorp.com or (716) 655-0261 Ext. 102 or click here to explore our digital archive.
We are grateful to the Arts & Crafts Research Fund and the National Endowment for the Humanities for helping us digitize our collection for enhanced research purposes.
If you are unable to make it to the Campus during our regularly scheduled tours or are traveling during the off-season, but would still like to see the Campus we can try and arrange a private tour for you. Please understand that the Campus consists of multiple buildings. All of our tours involve being outside even if it’s walking between structures, so the weather is a major factor, especially during the winter months. The cost is $40 per person for our Introductory Tour, $50 per person for our Campus Tour, and $100 per person for our In Depth Tour. These tours must be made at least two weeks in advance to secure a docent, and will depend on availability. For further questions and to make arrangements please call 716-655-0261 or email info@roycroftcampuscorp.com.
The town of East Aurora has multiple historical sites including the Elbert Hubbard Museum and the Millard Fillmore House. Purchase multiple tour tickets together and save! Combination Tour Tickets must be purchased through the Roycroft Campus. Both tours do not need to be taken on the same day.
The Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum is housed in a craftsman bungalow originally built by Roycrofters. In 1985, Gladys ScheideMantel donated her house to the Aurora Historical Society who now curates the museum. It contains beautifully bound and illuminated books, furniture, copper work, and other Roycroft memorabilia on permanent display as well as oil paintings by Alex Fournier and leather work by George ScheideMantel. The Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum is located at 363 Oakwood Ave, East Aurora, New York, about a half mile from the Roycroft Campus.
You are required to make reservations at both sites: there are different tour schedules and hours of operation at each historic location. For more information on The Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum call 716-652-4735 or visit their website here.
Millard Fillmore, who served as the 13th president of the United States from 1850 and 1853, began his law and political career in East Aurora, New York. Millard Fillmore built the house in 1826 for his bride Abigail, besides the White House, it is the only remaining house of the 13th President.
The Aurora Historical Society acquired the structure in 1975 and began returning it to circa 1826. The house now typifies a small frame dwelling of the Federal Period with much of Millard Fillmore’s hand labor in it. The house is furnished with pieces that belonged to the Fillmores from their East Aurora, White House and Buffalo years. The Millard Fillmore Presidential Site is located at 24 Shearer Avenue, East Aurora, New York, about a half mile from the Roycroft Campus.
You are required to make reservations at both sites: there are different tour schedules and hours of operation at each historic location. For more information on The Millard Fillmore Presidential Site call 716-652-4735 or visit their website here.
If you have a group of ten people or more, you may schedule a tour on any day or time that the Campus is open, at regular or discounted prices. For more information on planning a Group Visit please click here.
Blue Star Museums offer free admission from Armed Forces Day (May 15) through Labor Day (September 6) to active duty military, including Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard, and Reserve members, with up to five family members.
Roycroft Campus Tours are made possible with funding from Erie County, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
