Events and Tours for Visitors  
The Cohen-Bray House sponsors  tours on the 4th weekend of every months and several annual celebrations when the house is opened and may be toured.

   Fourth Sunday Tours:

Through the year, house tours for the public are offered at 2:00 P.M. on the fourth Sunday of each month.  Please call first for reservations, fee information, and to leave your telephone number.  Tours are not held if less than 5 visitors have signed up and you will be called the morning of your tour if it is to be cancelled.

   Other Tours:

Special tours for interested groups including school children are welcomed and can be arranged by calling in advance to arrange reservations, times, fees.  or 510 527-5209.

   The Annual Mother�s Day Tea and Tour MAY , 2006:

Held each Mother�s Day in the afternoon, this is a wonderful way to spend the day with anyone�s Mom. Tea, a tour of the house, and music in the garden are features.  Call (510) 843-2906 for reservations, times, and fee information.

   Post-Christmas Tea and Tour DECEMBER 18, 2023:

A formal tea is held a few days after Christmas each year when the family has decorated the house in traditional Victorian Christmas finery.  Tea is served in the dining room and proceeds into the nearby Redwood Room, transformed for the event into a Christmas tree forest.  A house tour completes the event.  Call (510) 843-2906 for reservations, times, fee.

   The Twelfth Night of Christmas Celebration:

Every Twelfth Night a gala evening celebration is held this next date is January 7, 2024.  Wassail greets guests [who may be in Victorian dress if desired], followed by a catered, seven-course meal using a traditional turn-of-the-century menu.  The feast is held in the dining room at the long table, service provided by costumed maids, often members of the family.  After dinner, carols are sung and the Christmas tree is lit with candles during a chorus of Silent Night, in a family ceremony that has occurred every Christmas without exception in this house since 1884.  Reservations are a must.  Call (510) 524-5780 for information regarding times and cost.