What is Chautauqua Institution?
Located in southwestern New York state, Chautauqua Institution delivers a nine-week summer season packed with programming around four pillars: the arts, religion, education, and recreation. More than 100,000 people attend events at Chautauqua Institution each year.
A dramatic lakeside setting and the beauty of its National Historic Landmark architecture make Chautauqua Institution a thriving community where visitors come to find intellectual and spiritual growth and renewal. It is a summer center, removed from the day-to-day world, where some of the leading thinkers of our time come to speak to the concerns and issues of today in the Chautauqua Amphitheater; a place where music, dance, opera, theater, and the visual arts create the "Chautauqua Mix."
Founded in 1874, Chautauqua Institution contains every era of American architecture dating to the late 19th century.