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.
Big Truck Day
Jun 21, 2025 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: 117 Harry Howard Ave, Hudson, NY 12534 Do you love BIG trucks like we do? Then this is the event for you! Learn all about big trucks and even sit in the truck cabs! Fire trucks, all types of utility trucks, a school bus, and many more vehicles will be visiting the Museum for the day, so come check out all the BIG truck action! More...Create and Cook: Family Cooking & Art Workshop at Olana
Jun 21, 2025 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Location: 5720 Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534 Get creative in the kitchen and art studio at Olana State Historic Site! Join The Sylvia Center Chefs and The Olana Partnership educators for a fun, family-friendly program focused on cooking food and making art inspired by Olana’s landscape and history. More...Gallery Explorers: A FREE Family Program at and Art Making in the Afternoon Olana
Jun 21, 2025 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: 5720 Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534 Experience learning, looking closely, and conversation as a family during this series of special museum gallery tours at Olana State Historic Site. More...Navigating Wealth & Poverty: The Varied Economies of the 19th Century Black Community at Staatsburgh
Jun 21, 2025 2:00 PM Location: 75 Mills Mansion Dr, Staatsburg, NY 12580 We examine how the Black community, focusing on the 19th century, engaged in all those economic levels locally. More...
In The Garden Acoustic Concert: Pena Project: Flamenco Guitar & Dance
Jun 22, 2025 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Location: 4097 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, NY 12538 Beatrix Farrand Garden, 4097 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, on FDR National Historic Site, will offer a free acoustic concert IN THE GARDEN on Sunday, June 22, 1:30-3 :00 Free Acoustic Concert - Pena Project: Flamenco Guitar & Dance More...
The Mayor’s Garden: History of the Ten Broeck Mansion Gardens & Workers
Jun 25, 2025 to Sep 24, 2025 Location: 9 Ten Broeck Place Albany, NY 12210 Embark on a special tour as we delve into the rich history of the 1798 Ten Broeck Mansion and its grounds, uncovering its deep-rooted connections to Albany and the surrounding region. This tour explores the contributions of workers, including African American Master Gardeners (a historic term), and their pivotal roles in developing the Hudson Valley estates. Discover the diversity of plants imported from around the world while exploring the historic 1764 boundaries of the site, including visits to the former orchard and archaeological locations of key landscape features from the 18th and 19th centuries. Learn about Thomas Worth Olcott, a noted banker in Abraham Lincoln’s close circle, and his passion for horticulture, along with the lives of the gardeners who created the famed gardens at the Ten Broeck Mansion. Operated by the Albany County Historical Association as a community-centered museum and gardens, the Ten Broeck Mansion has welcomed the public for 77 years, showcasing the enduring relevance of this historic site to our community. Focus tour available on select Wednesdays from June - September. See our website for full schedule and registration. More...Harmonies on the Hudson Concert Series featuring The Hammerhead Horns at Clermont
Jun 26, 2025 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Location: 1 Clermont Ave, Germantown, NY 12526 The Hammerhead Horns will have you dancing and singing on your feet to energetic percussion, plunger driven brass and blues soaked vocal renditions of music by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters and more! More...
Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk
Jun 28, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Location: 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY Join herbalist Dina Falconi and explore the plants in and around the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield. Learn to identify these plants using basic sensory skills and discover how they are used for food & medicine. This walk will include practical information on harvest and preparation. More...
Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester: A Living History Family Day at Philipse Manor Hall
Jun 28, 2025 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701 Join us for this special outdoor living history family day. Experience the performances of the lives of diverse women of revolutionary Westchester, enjoy live period music, dancing, 18th century hands-on crafting and demonstrations, period games, and more as you mingle with the costumed performers. More...
Daring Revolutionary Women - Real & Legend at Stony Point Battlefield
Jun 28, 2025 1:30 PM Location: 44 Battlefield Road, Stony Point, NY 10980 This illustrated lecture by Site Interpreter Susan Overgard will highlight a few of the American and British women that performed brave deeds for their side, while also dispelling a few legends that sprung up after the war. More...Drawing from the Landscape: A Great Estates Garden & Landscape Event at Staatsburgh
Jun 29, 2025 10:00 AM Location: 75 Mills Mansion Dr, Staatsburg, NY 12580 Learn from experienced Hudson Valley artist and teacher, Mira Fink https://www.mirafink.com.Take a short walk around the grounds of Staatsburgh State Historic Site and by the Hudson River to take in the beauty of the landscape. More...The Livingston’s Landscape Walking Tour: Uncovering the relationship the Livingstons had with the land and those living on it at Clermont.
Jun 29, 2025 2:00 PM Location: 1 Clermont Ave, Germantown, NY 12526 Join us at Clermont State Historic Site for a guided landscape walking tour. More...
Native Plants, Invasive Species & Solutions at the Ten Broeck Mansion
Jul 19, 2025 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Location: 9 Ten Broeck Place Albany, NY 12210 Join Us for an Engaging Workshop at the Ten Broeck Mansion with Kristopher Williams, PRISM Coordinator. Discover the ecological impact of invasive species and the essential role of native flora in revitalizing our environment. This program features a 30-minute educational session followed by a guided walking tour through the Ten Broeck Mansion's historic grounds, and demonstration of tools and techniques for invasive species management. More...
The Erie Canal: America’s Gateway Tour
Sep 16, 2025 to Sep 20, 2025 Celebrate Erie Canal’s Bicentennial in historic style as you journey from New York City to Buffalo on this guided tour. More....jpg)