Events
Please call the individual sites directly to inquire about the events listed below.
Events must be related to the themes of the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and be heritage, cultural, historical, and/or recreational/trail related.
Staatsburg Village Walking Tour
Jul 27, 2024 10:00 AM Location: 75 Mills Mansion Dr, Staatsburg, NY 12580 This 90-minute walk in the village of Staatsburg will explore the estate’s close relationship with the nearby village and its connection to the Mills family. More...Yonkers Waterfront Walking Tour at Philipse Manor Hall
Jul 27, 2024 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Location: 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701 Why was Philipse Manor Hall built where it was? Why did the Munsee have a village in downtown Yonkers for thousands of years? How did the Yonkers waterfront change over time? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you explore the daylighted Saw Mill River and Yonkers’ Hudson River waterfront. More...Guided Hike: History Hidden in the Woods
Jul 28, 2024 10:00 AM Location: 75 Mills Mansion Dr, Staatsburg, NY 12580 This 90-minute guided hike will lead visitors through the park, exploring the history of three historic estates: from Staatsburgh’s founding as a gentleman’s farm in the 1700s to the development of The Point and Stonehurst estates in the 19th century. More...Black Staatsburg: The Gilded Age Black Community of Staatsburg
Jul 28, 2024 2:00 PM Location: 75 Mills Mansion Dr, Staatsburg, NY 12580 What did the "Gilded Age" mean to the free, Black community of the Staatsburg village? Join staff for a one hour conversation exploring that question through census records, historic maps, and the larger context of race relations during the Gilded Age. More...A Connection of this Kind: The Romantic Friendship of Robert R. Livingston and John Jay at Clermont
Jul 28, 2024 2:00 PM Location: 1 Clermont Ave, Germantown, NY 12526 Robert R. Livingston and John Jay shared an extremely intimate friendship during a significant portion of their lives. This lecture will plumb the depths of that relationship in the context of the time the men lived in. More...
GHHN Workshop: Deep Dive: After the Flood
Jul 31, 2024 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Location: 1601 NY-9D, Garrison, NY 10524 Led by conservator and preservation consultant Donia Conn, this full-day workshop will provide participants with a unique hands-on experience in the wet salvage of historical collections (book, paper, and photographic items to textiles, furniture, and ethnographic objects) that happens after a water disaster (a flood or wet collections after the fire department puts out a fire). More...
Mount Gulian Hosts Historic Garden Tours
Aug 3, 2024 11:00 AM to Aug 4, 2024, 1:00 PM Location: 145 Sterling Street, Beacon, NY 12508 Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon invites visitors to explore its garden and unique horticultural history. Tours of the historic garden are back by popular demand and will be given on Saturday August 3 and Sunday, August 4 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. More...
Clearwater's Folk Picnic
Aug 3, 2024 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: 724 Wolcott Ave, Beacon, NY 12508 Folk Picnic, live music, bring your own instrument, food by @EatChurch More...
Children's Creative Writing Workshop
Aug 6, 2024 9:00 AM to Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 PM Location: 32 Catherine Street, Albany, NY 12202 Does your child love history and creative writing? Sign them up for our creative writing workshop, where they'll learn Schuyler-related history, the basics of historical fiction writing, and write their own short story. More...
The World of Rebecca Franks at Stony Point Battlefield
Aug 10, 2024 2:00 PM Location: 44 Battlefield Road, Stony Point, NY 10980 Site Interpreter Joanne Stein-Kohler has studied the Jewish experience in America in the years leading up to and after the American War for Independence, through the lens of Rebecca Franks, the “Jewish Belle” of Philadelphia that married the captured commander of the British forces here at Stony Point. More...
Poughkeepsie PorchFest
Aug 25, 2024 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM Location: Academy St., Poughkeepsie 12601 Free live music festival with over 35 performers on 25 porches in Poughkeepsie's Southside Historic District. More...
Hold History in Your Hands: White Glove Tour at Mount Gulian
Sep 1, 2024 12:00 PM to Sep 29, 2024, 2:00 PM Location: 145 Sterling Street, Beacon, NY 12508 Mount Gulian Historic Site will offer its exclusive White Glove Tour, which highlights items from the collection that are rarely on display. More...
Pruyn House Old Fashioned Sunday
Sep 8, 2024 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: 207 Old Niskayuna Road Latham, NY 12110 This free event features “old tyme” demonstrations of blacksmithing, tin smithing, sheep shearing, weaving, honey extraction, and more! Vendor booths featuring jams, maple syrup, crafts, and honey, will be in and around the 1850 Buhrmaster Barn. More...