Filoli Center

Visitor services/public engagement: filoli welcomes over 500,000 visitors annually and has 25,000 members as of end of 2024. Visitors can explore on a self-guided tour of the estate natural areas, and gardens and learn through interpretive information about how filoli represents many important aspects of california history. Filoli strives to be inclusive and welcoming to a diverse audience from the bay area and internationally. In 2024 filoli added multiple ticketed events, resulting in filoli welcoming nearly 500,000 visitors, a number that has doubled in recent years and continues to grow.

Clock tower shop: filoli's clock tower shop offers visitors access to the historical clock tower building, which served as the garage and service courtyard when filoli was a personal residence. The clock tower shop sells products that enhance the visitor experience, made from filoli's garden and orchards. The shop also sells merchandise from muckross in ireland, which has a historic tie to filoli's first family, the bourns. Visitors can also purchase plants and flower bulbs that are grown in filoli's formal gardens, with interpretive information on how filoli cares for them available from staff.

Public programs: filoli presents a variety of public programs to engage diverse audiences and provide opportunities for learning and engagement. In 2024 filoli offered public programs throughout the year, including, nightfall, holidays at filoli, summer nights, pride, teas, art walks, ballroom performances and stories in bloom.membership: in 2024 filoli welcomed a record number of member households, with almost 25,000 at year-end. Filoli offers memberships for seniors over 65 years at a discounted annual fee, and also provides free household memberships to all families who participate in filoli's youth programs. Filoli members enjoy free general admission and discounts on tickets to events like holidays at filoli.learning & engagement: filoli offers learning opportunities through a variety of programs, including a preschool program and college internship program. Filoli offers daily talks to visitors on a variety of topics that change throughout the year, including horticulture, collections, architecture and nature. Filoli also shares learning opportunities with the community through blogs and social media posts.

Preservation/house and collection: this historic estate was built in 1915-1917 and remains one of the only continuously operating country estates in california.filoli maintains a full exhibit of period pieces which are displayed throughout the first floor of the 54,000 square foot mansion, depicting life within a california estate at the turn of the 20th century. The collection includes upwards of about 5,000 artifacts some of which are on loan from the national trust of historic preservation. Two curators maintain the collection, both in terms of preservation and display. Filoli became an accredited museum by the american alliance of museums in 2021 and adheres to the collections management and other standards as required.