The top floors of Clayton, the former home of the Frick family, have been seen by the public until right now.
They’ve been off limits throughout the past 35 years, the period of time in which the home has operated as a museum and historic landmark; since it was opened to the public in 1990, no regular tours of the house ventured higher than the second floor. But these parts of the home wouldn’t have been open to the public at any other point in the house’s history, either; guests would not have been welcome in what were private spaces and staff quarters in the Fricks’ time — and certainly not after the Frick family relocated to New York.
If you visit these floors, which are being opened as part of special tours until the end of 2025, you won’t just be taking part in a new offering from t