Museums and Historical Societies in the Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley Museums

& Historical Societies

"The Hudson Valley's Community Connection"

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Columbia County

American Museum of Firefighting

Harry Howard Ave

Hudson, NY

518-828-7695

Firefighting equipment, memorabilia

Columbia County Museum

Kinderhook, NY

518) 758-9265

Shaker Museum & Library

Shaker Museum Rd., off Rt. 13, one mile south of Old Chatham

518-794-9100

Shaker furniture, crafts, agricultural and industrial tools.

Robert Jenkins House & Museum

113 Warren Street

Hudson, NY 12534

(518)828-9764

1811 Federal style home, whaling lore, military artifacts.

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Dutchess County

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum

Rt. 9, Hyde Park

845-229-9115

Displays of lives and careers of President and Mrs. Roosevelt

Mid-Hudson Children's Museum

75 North Water Street

Poughkeepsie

845-471-0589

More than 50 educational activity centers. Open year-round, daily except Monday

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Orange County

Bull Stone House - link

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fam - link

Museum of the Hudson Highlands - link

Gomez Mill House - link

Harness Racing Museum, Goshen. 845-294-6330, link

Interactive Museum - link

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum - link

Maybrook Railroad Museum -Refurbished railroad caboose. The village library contains artifacts, films, videos, and photographs of the past. Also, a g-scale model train layout. FREE. April-Oct. Sat & Sun, 1-4. Route 208E

Maybrook 12543 845-427-2591

Museum Village - One of New York's largest living history museums with costumed interpreters demonstrating crafts in a 19th century village setting. 1010 Route 17M Monroe 10950 845-782-8247 - link

Neversink Valley Area Museum - link

Orange County Farmer's Museum - Located on the Brick House Museum grounds. Vintage farm equipment, blacksmith shop, saw mill and visitor's center. Sat-Sun 10-4.Route 17K Montgomery 12549 845-457-2959

Orange County Firefighter's Museum - link

Sands Ring Homestead - Built in 1760, one of the oldest Dutch Colonial homes in the Hudson Valley. A living history museum hosting tours, community events, and colonial workshops. April-Nov. Contact for tours and events. 180 Main Street Cornwall 12518 845-534-4829

Storm King Art Center - link 500 acre world-renowned outdoor sculpture park and museum known for its harmonious, yet dramatic interaction between sculpture and the surrounding landscape. Guided tours daily at 2PM, family programs, concerts, and hikes. Handicap accessible tram tours. Apr thru mid-Nov, Wed-Sun 10-5:30. Extended hours Memorial Day to Labor Day. Closed mid-Nov thru Mar.Old Pleasant Hill Road Mountainville 10953 845-534-3115

Washington's Headquarters -Video/Info

Newburgh Historical Society - link

Sugar Loaf Arts & Crafts Village - link

Purple Heart Museum - link

West Point - Historic American Videos View Videos

West Point Military Academy link

West Point Museum - link

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Putnam County

Boscobel

A House Museum of the Federal Period

1601 Route 9D

Garrison, NY 10524

845-265-3638

Boscobel is situated on a bluff on the east bank of the Hudson River . The house museum and surrounding grounds and gardens are situated on 45 acres. They offer visitors panoramic views of the Hudson Highlands and the Hudson River

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Rockland County

Rockland Historical Society & Jacob Blauvelt House - Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956

(845) 634-9629 www.rocklandhistory.org

Holocaust Museum

Havestraw Brick Museum

Rockland Lake State Park Museum

Bear Mountain Museum

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Ulster County

Bevier House

Rt. 209, 3.5 miles south of Kingston

Stone house, period rooms, stoneware, antique tools. Civil War items

Ellenville Museum

Terwilliger House

45 Canal Street

Ellenville, NY

845-647-5530

Permanent collection of local history, glass and pottery, changing local art exhibits

Delaware & Hudson Canal Museum

Mohonk Road

High Falls, NY

845-687-9311

Run by the D&H Canal Historical Society. Exhibits, library, archives. Mem. Day-Labor Day

Hudson River Maritime Museum

One Rondout Landing

Kingston, NY

845-338-0071

On Rondout Creek in historic waterfront district. Exhibits, small and large boat collection, educational programs, waterfront festivals

Gomez Mill House

Marlboro, NY

845-236-3126

Opus 40 and Quarryman's Museum

7480 Fite Road

Saugerties, NY

845-246-3400

Environmental sculpture; museum of tools

Rondout Lighthouse

One Rondout Landing

Kingston, NY

845-338-0071

Historic 1913 lighthouse on Hudson River at mouth of Rondout Creek. Accessible by tour boat from

Hudson River Maritime Museum dock

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

(formerly the College Art Gallery)

State University of New York at New Paltz

75 South Manheim Blvd. New Paltz, NY 12561

Shandaken Historical Museum

Academy St.

Pine Hill

845-254-4460

Senate House Museum

312 Fair St., Kingston

845-338-2786

Trolley Museum of New York

89 E. Strand, Rondout Landing

Kingston, NY

845-331-3399

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Westchester County

The Hammond Museum

PO Box 326

28 Deveau Rd

North Salem, NY 10560

914.669.5033

The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden was founded in 1957 as a not for profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and the arts, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and West.

Lyndhurst 10 mi SE

635 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY - Video & Information

Pound Ridge Historical Society

255 Westchester Ave

P.O. Box 51

Pound Ridge, NY 10576

914-764-4333

The society maintains a museum/library

"The purpose of this Society shall be to bring together those people interested in history and especially the history of Pound Ridge and environs. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding of our state and nation, and promotes a better appreciation of our American heritage."

Somers Historical Society

P.O. Box 336

Somers, NY 10589

(914) 277-497

Description:: Non-profit organization promoting Somers History

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