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Cultural Heritage in Hudson Valley
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> Bannerman Castle
PO Box 845, Fishkill, NY 12524
Set in the midst of the Hudson River just south of Beacon, Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island more familiarly known as Bannerman Island, is rooted in ancient Indian and Dutch folklore and Revolutionary War tales.
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> Boscobel House and Gardens
1601 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524
Built between 1804 and 1808, Boscobel House is a national historic museum and displays one of the finest collections of decorative arts from the Federal period.
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> Catskill Animal Sanctuary
316 Old Stage Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
A 150-acre refuge in New York’s Hudson Valley, the animal sanctuary has seen more than 5,000 farmed animals rescued from cruelty, neglect and abandonment since 2001.
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> Catskill Mountain Railroad Co.
55 Plaza Road, Kingston Plaza, Kingston, NY 12401
A heritage tourist railroad based in historic Kingston, Catskill Mountain Railroad offers family-friendly train rides that run up to Hurley Mountain and back.
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> Clermont State Historic Site
1 Clermont Ave., Germantown, NY 12526
Originally built around 1740, Clermont Mansion was rebuilt during the Revolution by Martha Livingston and her son, Robert R. Livingston, Jr., one of the Founding Father of the United States.
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> Dia:Beacon
3 Beekman St., Beacon, NY 12508
Beacon is home to one of the largest exhibition spaces in the country for modern and contemporary art, Dia:Beacon’s Riggio Gallery.
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> DM Weil Gallery
208 Bruynswick Road, New Paltz, NY 12561
With more than 3,000 square feet, DM Weil Gallery is one of the largest modern art galleries in New York's Hudson Valley highlighting the dramatic abstract creations of acclaimed painter DM Weil...
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> FASNY Museum of Firefighting
117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, NY 12534
Celebrating three centuries of firefighting, this hands-on museum features more 60 engines, along with an extraordinary collection of firefighting equipment ...
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> Forsyth Nature Center
125 Lucas Ave. Ext., Kingston, NY 12401
This outdoor learning center offers more than 24 native, exotic and domestic animal exhibits, 12 beautiful gardens and a duck pond and a native pond ...
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> Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery, the center is comprised of more than 21,000 works that includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares.
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> Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
An archive as well as a museum, this the first presidential library in the United States and is the only one used by a sitting president – FDR served from 1933-1945.
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> Fred J. Johnston Museum
63 Main St., Kingston, NY 12401
A landmark of uptown Kingston in the Stockade District, this stately classic Federal-style clapboard house serves as a museum with period furnishings.
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> Historic Huguenot Street
81 Huguenot St., New Paltz, NY 12561
This well-preserved historical gem of the 17th century lets visitors experience more than 300 years of history across seven historic stone-house museums...
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> Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Home to the 32nd and longest-serving president of the United States, the Springwood estate was established as a National Historic Site in 1945.
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> Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St., Beacon, NY 12508
The Howland Cultural Center promotes the arts and culture of the area’s artists promote and provides a space where they can exhibit, perform and showcase their unique artistic talents.
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> See Splendid Foliage along the Hudson River
1 E. Strand St., Kingston, NY 12401
Explore the majestic Hudson River aboard the Rip Van Winkle II and enjoy narrated cruises past quaint lighthouses, waterfront mansions, and a magnificent view of the Catskill Mountains.
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> Hudson River Maritime Museum
50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY 12401
This waterfront museum features rotating exhibits along with a fleet of small boats, including an 1898 steam tugboat, and an extensive gift shop.
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> Hudson-Athens Lighthouse
Water Street, Athens, NY 12015
Located in the middle of the Hudson River, the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of only seven remaining lighhouses on the river.
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> Jacob Purdy House
60 Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10603
Used during the Revolutionary War by General George Washington as a headquarters command post, this circa-1720 farmhouse is now the headquarters of the White Plains Historical Society.
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> Jean Hasbrouck House
81 Huguenot St., New Paltz, NY 12561
Built in 1721, the historic Jean Hasbrouck House is designated a National Historic Landmark and considered one of the best examples of colonial Dutch architecture in stone in the United States.
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> Kingsland Point Park
299 Palmer Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Built in 1926, this waterfront park offers hiking trails, ballfields, children’s play areas, benches overlooking the Hudson River, picnic areas, and a newly renovated 1926 bathhouse.
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> Kykuit: John D. Rockefeller Estate
381 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Home to four generations of the Rockefeller family, beginning with the philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, this 40-room historic house and museum is now a National Historic Landmark
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> Locust Grove Estate
2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Majestically seated on a hill overlooking the scenic Hudson River, this National Historic Landmark estate features 200 acres of landscaped grounds with five miles of hiking trails and an historic Italianate mansion.
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> Lyndhurst Mansion
635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis, Lyndhurst Manor is one of America’s finest Gothic Revival mansions.
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> Magazzino Italian Art
2700 U.S. 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516
This 20,000 square-foot museum, designed by Spanish architect Miguel Quismondo, opened its doors in 2017, creating a new cultural hub and community resource within the Hudson Valley.
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> Mid-Hudson Children's Museum
75 N. Water St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Located in the heart of the historic waterfront, the museum offers five exhibit galleries and a outdoor children’s garden focusing on early learning, science, literacy, math, art, music and community.
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> Montgomery Place Historic Estate
26 Gardener Way, River Road, Red Hook, NY 12571
Overlooking the Hudson River, this 380-acre 1840s estate is a designated National Historic Landmark set amid rolling lawns, woodlands, and gardens with the Catskill Mountains as a backdrop.
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> Mount Gulian Historic Site
145 Sterling St., Beacon, NY 12508
This National Historic Landmark is a reconstructed 18th century Dutch manor house on the Hudson River that today is a museum.
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> Old Dutch Church - Kingston
272 Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401
Built in 1852 and located in the heart of Kingston's Stockade district, the Old Dutch Church stands on the site of a 1600s Dutch Colonial village.
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> Old Dutch Reformed Church – Sleepy Hollow
430 Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Founded in 1685 and made famous by Washington Irving's story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” this historic church and churchyard is one of New York’s oldest churches.
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> Opus 40
50 Fite Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
Considered by many to be the Stonehenge of North America, Opus 40 is a world-famous nonprofit sculpture park and museum with more than 60 acres of meadows, forested paths and blue stone quarries...
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> Philipsburg Manor
381 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Dating back to 1693, Philipsburg Manor features a working farm, a stone manor house filled with a collection of 17th- and 18th-century period furnishings and costumed re-enactors interpreting pre-Revolutionary times
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> Pinkwater Gallery
56 N. Front St., Kingston, NY 12401
This singular art gallery in Uptown Kingston features work by abstract artist and fashion illustrator Anne Sanger as well as local artists and makers from the area.
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> Rhinebeck
PO Box 834, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Rhinebeck is a charming, historic town nestled in the scenic Hudson Valley, just east of the Hudson River. With majestic views of the Catskill Mountains, It is easily accessible from NYC, the Berkshires, Connecticut and Upstate NY.
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> Rondout Lighthouse
Mouth of Rondout Creek, west side of the Hudson River, Kingston, NY 12401
The last of three lighthouses marking the entrance to the Rondout Creek, the Rondout Lighthouse is still fully operational as a navigational light and one of only seven remaining on the Hudson River.
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> Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561
Housed at the State University of New York at New Paltz, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (The Dorsky) is one of the largest museums in the SUNY system with more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space distributed over six galleries.
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> Saugerties Lighthouse
168 Lighthouse Drive, Saugerties, NY 12477
Built in 1869, the red-brick lighthouse stands as a landmark beacon on the Hudson River, at the mouth of the Esopus Creek.
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> Learn More about Kingston, New York and the Colonists
296 Fair St., Kingston, NY 12401
The Senate House State Historic site was the meeting place for the original New York State Senate and where colonists shaped a newly created government.
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> Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
540 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
A trip to Sleepy Hollow would not be complete without a visit to the 170-year-old Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and its famous residents, including Elizabeth Arden, Andrew Carnegie, Washington Irving, and William Rockefeller.
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> Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse
299 Palmer Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Also known as the Tarrytown Light and Kingsland Point Light, this historic lighthouse was first lit in 1883 and served to warn ships away from dangerous shoals on the east side of the Hudson River.
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> Stonecrop Gardens
81 Stone Crop Lane, Cold Spring, NY 10516
This public garden offers 15 acres of diverse settings including woodland and water gardens, a grass garden, raised alpine stone beds, cliff rock gardens, and an enclosed English-style flower garden.
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> Stony Point - a Place of Revolutionary History & Theatre
74 East Main St, Stony Point, NY 10980
In addition to its panoramic river views, Stony Point features historic sites and landmarks from the American Revolutionary War including the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site and Lighthouse.
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> Storm King Art Center
1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY 12553
Located in New York’s Hudson Valley, this unique open air art center is a sprawling 500-acre outdoor museum boasting large-scale sculpture and site-specific commissions under open sky.
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> The Art Effect at the Trolley Barn Gallery
489 Main St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
The Art Effect at the Trolley Barn Gallery is the first youth-led gallery in the Hudson Valley.
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> Explore the Greenburgh Nature Center and See the Replica of a Native American Village
99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583
The Greenburgh Nature Center has nature trails, live animals, and replica of a 6,000 year old Native American village.
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> Thomas Cole National Historic Site
218 Spring St., Catskill, NY 12414
Discover magnificent examples of the “school” of art that Thomas Cole, known as the father of America's first distinctive artistic style, began in 1825.
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> Trolley Museum of New York
89 E. Strand St., Kingston, NY 12401
Set in the renovated Ulster & Delaware Railroad yard in downtown Kingston, this waterfront museum features exhibits, features trolley rides, interactive, hands-on activities for kids and theater.
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> Volunteer Fireman’s Hall and Museum
266 Fair St., Kingston, NY 12401
Housed in the original 1857 home of the Wiltwyck Hose Company, the museum features firefighting artifacts, photos and apparatus including an 1845 hand pumper.
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> Washington Irving’s Sunnyside
3 West Sunnyside Lane, Irvington, NY 10533
Visit enchanted Sunnyside, the historic home of author Washington Irving, best known for his short stories, such as “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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> See Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site
84 Liberty St., Newburgh, NY 12551
Overlooking the Hudson River, tour General Washington's Headquarters during the final year of the American Revolutionary War.
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> West Point Foundry Preserve
80 Kemble Ave, Cold Spring, NY 10516
Follow the trails to explore one of America’s most important industrial sites of the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War at this “outdoor museum...”
