Guided Tours
Each monthly tour highlights features of recent projects. We will also give you a special glimpse of items never displayed before from our collection. If you become a member of our non-profit organization you will receive a discount on tours, events, emails and our newsletter.
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We are very proud to show you our house. Please be aware that this is home—not a museum with a high volume of visitors. Because of the fragile contents of this 1883 house, we are only open to the public for a guided tour once a month on the fourth Sunday from 2:00–3:45 p.m.
We are able to open on other days and times for private group tours, private teas, photo shoots, outdoor receptions and more.
Time capsule
This beautiful house will take you back in time to when the Cohen Family lived here. This is the complete collection of everything the family chose to save since the house since the house was completed in 1884. The furnishings which were wedding presents to Emma and Alfred Cohen are still in their original locations. The original carpets have been copied by the Camron Stanford House museum in Oakland and reproduction manufacturers like Bradbury wallpapers and Mt. Diablo papers have copied our papers Emelita's Frieze is a favorite and is named after Emelita Cohen who lived in this house for 90 years. We are a study center for the area's history, decorative arts and gardens of the 19th century. Graduate students use their work on our collections for their academic careers.
You are welcome to take photos; all royalties go to the house. Please #cohenbrayhouse in social media. Like us on Facebook and Instagram.
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For protection of the house: We ask that none of the items in the house be handled unless it is given to you by the tour guide. All tours will have a tour guide, no self-guided touring, this is not a museum. The house at this time does not have a handicap ramp and there are eight steps up to the front door. The bedrooms are all on the second floor and the attic and tower room are on the third floor.
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If you are more comfortable wearing a mask, feel free to do so. The tour guide will not be wearing a mask.
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If you need assistance, please be sure to contact us in advance to let us know:
(510) 326-0506 or email Patricia@cohenbrayhouse.org