New Robie House Programming, Centennial Celebration and Restoration
New expanded tours and programs at the Robie House include guided tours with special themes designed to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of Wright’s design intent and a more personal experience. The expanded Robie House experiences will highlight in-depth examinations of the museum and objects from the Preservation Trust collection as well as family workshops and social events.
The new Private Spaces In-Depth tour ($45/$55 per person) provides access to the entire building, including the kitchen, servants’ wing and the third floor. The tour also allows guests to take interior photography. For the more casual observer the Robie House will continue to feature guided tours as well as a new self-guided The new curatorial program, Engage with Artifacts ($65/$75 per person), provides rare insight into Wright’s designs and allows participants to interact with the Preservation Trust curators and explore original artifacts. Led by a professional photographer, the Picturing Architecture tour ($80/$90 per person) facilitates the investigation of architecture through the use of photography.
Family workshops at the Robie House engage younger audiences in exercises that encourage appreciation of design and architecture. Designed especially for young adults, the Redrawing Wright program ($25/$30 per person) helps students examine the home’s revolutionary spaces as they engage in free exploration and creative drawing.
Despite its new programming at the Robie House, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust has not committed to a full restoration of the building, including Wright-designed furniture and textiles, as part of its long-range plan for the Robie House. In the fall of 2008, volunteer docents at the Robie House raised concerns over the Trust's unwillingness to commit itself to the full restoration of the building. Four volunteer docents were terminated by the Trust for their continued advocacy on behalf of the full restoration of the Robie House.
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