This place has some amazing facts...check it out

Excellent national historic site full of history, beauty, and learning. Good for the whole family...highly recommend doing a ranger led toyr!!

Really cool tour. They have the actual 66,000 some-odd original pictures there and they keep a vault with all the papers they organized. There are some neat plants and a garden you can walk through.

Many people have jogged through the Emerald Necklace or Central Park (just to name a couple of the hundreds of projects) designed by F. L. Olmstead; fewer might know that Boston is where his latest dwelling is. The house has become a museum and can be visited; a wonderful guided tour will show you all the nooks and crannies of this marvelous home.I suggest asking about the hidden trail in the garden.Enjoy!!

At the end of last year i visited this place, i loved telling a beautiful story.

Take a tour of Olmsteds home and design firm! There is a short film to start your visit. I was surprised to learn how many projects the design firm had a hand in developing across the US! The tour and grounds are wonderful!

Museum of Park Architecture and planning. Well run with Park Rangers taking you through the offices / work stages of the park design etc. There were an interactive part for the class that we brought there, but doubt there is much interaction available for regular visitors. Slightly dated.

The tours guides are knowledgeable and its really awesome to dive into the man who created central park and other amazing parks history.

Studio and home of the man who started landscape architecture in the U.S. wonderful, free tours, and there is undoubtedly some unbelievable techniques they used to run a firm. So cool. Bummer they lost the Olmsted Elm.

Great place. Learnt a lot. Wonderful if interested about Olmsted and his work or if interested in learning more about history within Boston!

Been a fan of Frederick Law Olmsted for a long time. The house and grounds are beautiful. With the landscape being the true gem, the studio was surprisingly very interesting. Park Ranger Mark was great and gave an amazing tour.

We are so fortunate that so much historical attention and detail has been so carefully preserved here, to be shared with current and future generations.

National parks are beautiful and full of great information. This one was in my top 5 ever. The house is amazing, the tour is so informative, the grounds are so artistic and relaxing. I cannot recommend it enough.

Beautiful place to visit

Great tour with lots historical items. Perfect for people who love architecture and landscape!

One of the highlights of the week. Everything was beautifully preserved. The rangers were super knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend a ranger-led tour. If you have kids (or even if you dont!), ask about the jr ranger program. Parking can be limited, but is free.

One of the best National Parks in the system. The Olmstead house and studio gives the individual a real sense of the importance, forward thinking and implementation of the man and his work.

Very interesting museum / historic site operated by the National Park Service. Good way to spend a couple hours learning about an important landscape architect who contributed to our national park ethos.

Very interesting tour. Kids got their Junior Ranger badges and we all stayed comfortable despite the high temps

I loved all the history but I think is because I’m soo into architecture, you will love it too!

Good place to learn about history but staffs were not approachable.

Make sure you go when youre are offered or youll miss out on seeing the majority of the home. We didnt know this ahead of time

What an incredible place!While many Americans have never heard of Frederick Law Olmstead, almost every American knows of or has experienced one of the parks he designed. The house/office reflects both his unique style and functionality.I would highly highly recommend a visit if you like parks, landscaping, or cool houses.

Beautiful grounds and the archival rooms were magnificent!

This is a lovely trip to take in Brookline. Our guide, Adriana, was so thoughtful and nice... The Frederick Olmsteds House and Office is a incredible place for knowing about the history os the architecture and landscape. It is amazing seeing all the work he and his colleagues did, all documents, photographs and blueprints still meticulously archived and are being digitized by the National Park staff. Its a very good place for visiting!!!!

A beautiful home and workplace with the perfect landscaping for the home and workplace. A great way to view the leading edge work and methods that were flowing from the leading landscape designer ever.

Tiny for a national park site, but important. Only the grounds were open but that is Frederick Law Olmsteads claim to fame. For any lover of landscape design, this is sacred ground. The small gardens, especially the sunken garden in front, are gems showing maximum use of a small space. The surrounding suburbs are also lovely and add to the trip. Not obvious driving by, so use your gps or map. These are old gardens, so not wheelchair accessible.

Love Olmsted and love the way the material is thoughtfully presented. Great 7 minute film and exhibitions. Opportunity to see the wonderful house in which he lived and started the first landscape design school in America.

Fascinating tour of the business offices of the landscape firm. Excellent experience. We learned a lot!

Free tours are offered throughout the Summer that cover the grounds and Museum.

Gain a top percentile understanding of public landscape design. Also an appreciation of the public parks of Boston.

If you love garden architecture then you will love this place. History alone is great. Anyone who has a garden they love can learn so something about how American landscape design was will love this place

Obviously Americas founder of landscape architecture would have beautifully landscaped grounds. Go check it out for free! Especially beautiful in the springtime : )

Very nice environment tours are informative and its free what more could you ask for?!

Not just landscape architecture. You can learn how to organize complicated works.

Great place!

Very interesting, but go on the right day when they are open.

Nice site, interesting short tour. Not enough background for the context and motivations behind FLOs work.

Informative tour.

Huge fan of Mr Olmsted! One can totally see why this space and land was home. Such simplicity makes it a total gem.

Everyone should visit! FLO has done so much for this country through his amazing work as a landscape architect.

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Beautiful gardens and museum with an amazing library.

Spectacular.

The grounds are really nice to walk around in.

Beautifully landscaped and historic

Excellent tour and resource for park and Olmsted enthusiasts!

Beautiful place.