Fallingwater tour season begins Saturday, but inside remains closed

Outdoor tours at Fallingwater will begin for the season soon, but those wanting to see inside the famous Fayette County home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright will have to keep waiting because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The 58th tour season begins Saturday.

Tickets are limited because of social distancing precautions.

Tours of the home’s exterior and grounds will be available. The Speyer Art Gallery, Fallingwater Museum Store and the facility’s cafe will be open, but the interior of the house itself will be closed to the public, according to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which operates Fallingwater.

“Fallingwater’s interior guided house tours are still unavailable at this time due to covid-19 restrictions, but a gradual transition back to interior tours will take place as soon as circumstances allow,” the WPC said in a statement.

The site is open every day except Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Dec. 1, and with limited hours through December.

Admission will be free to Fayette County residents on March 14 and Nov. 14 for 2021’s Fayette County Appreciation Days.

Full details about available tours can be found at fallingwater.org.

Wright designed Fallingwater in 1935. Construction of the waterfall-spanning home in Mill Run was complete in 1939.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization added Fallingwater and other Frank Lloyd Wright sites to its World Heritage List in 2019.

Fallingwater closed last March because of the pandemic, reopening for outdoor tours in June.