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.
Curator’s Tour: Exhibition Tour of Cynthia Daignault’s "Light Atlas"
Oct 2, 2026 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Location: 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY 12414 Join Amanda Malmstrom, Thomas Site Associate Curator, for a guided tour of the special exhibition "Light Atlas" by Cynthia Daignault. More...
Dalmatian Day 2026
Oct 3, 2026 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Location: 117 Harry Howard Ave, Hudson, NY 12534 Join us on October 3, 2026, from 10:00 am–3:00 pm for a FREE event: The Bob McKinney Memorial Fire Prevention Event: Dalmatian Day 2026! More...
Hudson Valley 250 & Beyond: Corridor of Commerce Day
Oct 3, 2026 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Location: 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, 12401 Join the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and Hudson River Maritime Museum for a festival celebrating one of the most influential waterways in America! More...
Beatrix Farrand Garden Association
Oct 3, 2026 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY New Gardener’s Workshop: Discover the joy of nurturing nature at home! More....jpg)
Sunday Salon Lecture: "Nature, Music, Joy, and Loss: Thomas Cole’s 'The Pic-Nic Party' as Elegy" with Terry Carbone, Ph.D.
Oct 4, 2026 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Location: 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY 12414 Join art historian Terry Carbone, Ph.D., for a discussion about Thomas Cole’s "The Pic-Nic Party." More...
Revolutionary Roundtables: Pop-Up Exhibits & Public Engagement
Oct 6, 2026 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Location: Philipse Manor Hall SHS: 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701 Revolutionary Roundtables is a five-part, half-day workshop series designed to help museum and historic site professionals strengthen interpretation, visitor experience, and public engagement. Through participatory exercises, site-based exploration, and collaborative problem-solving, each session offers practical tools for improving how collections and historic spaces are presented and experienced. Timed to coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary, the series invites participants to experiment with new approaches to storytelling, digital tools, collaboration, and flexible interpretation while remaining grounded in the real-world constraints and opportunities facing collecting institutions today. Participants will leave with fresh ideas, strategies, and actionable plans they can implement at their own sites. More...
Tours of Historic Reher's Bakery
Oct 10, 2026 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Location: 101 Broadway Join us for Path Through History Weekend! Step back to 1959 and tour an immigrant Jewish bakery and retail shop that served Kingston’s Rondout community for 80 years. More...
Tours of Historic Reher's Bakery
Oct 11, 2026 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Location: 101 Broadway Join us for Path Through History Weekend! Step back to 1959 and tour an immigrant Jewish bakery and retail shop that served Kingston’s Rondout community for 80 years. More...
History Storytime & Craft - Reher Reads for Kids
Oct 12, 2026 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Location: 101 Broadway, Kingston, NY Join us for this special installment of Reher Reads for Kids for Path Through History Weekend! More...Ice Yachting at Poughkeepsie: Before and After the Railroad bridge
Oct 18, 2026 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Location: 80 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie NY 12601 Brian will talk about the early origins of Ice Yachting on the Hudson River. Stories will be shared of Poughkeepsie sailors like Aaron Innis and John A. Roosevelt, whose ice yachts Haze and Icicle were national champions. Ice yacht races on the river were watched by thousands off the Poughkeepsie waterfront, with skippers vying for silk pennants and silver cups for the title of fastest ice yacht in the world. Brian will share the efforts to preserve these historic crafts and how they are still sailed and raced today More...
Re-Thinking Fall Clean Up
Oct 24, 2026 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Location: 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY Rethinking the Fall Garden Cleanup Presented by Ashley Gamell, Dir of Horticulture at Beatrix Farrand Garden More...
Re-Thinking Fall Clean-Up Garden Talk at the Beatrix Farrand Garden
Oct 24, 2026 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Location: 4097 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park, NY 12538 “Re-Thinking Fall Clean-Up” with Ashley Gamell: Part of Beatrix Farrand Garden Series of Garden Talks More...Flight Lab: Gliders & Paper Planes
Oct 25, 2026 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Location: 80 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie NY 12601 Design, build, and test your own flying creations! Experiment with hoop gliders and paper airplanes to see how shape, balance, and wing size affect flight. Try different designs and see whose aircraft can glide the farthest or stay in the air the longest. More...
Curator’s Tour: Exhibition Tour of "Thomas Cole: An American Visionary"
Nov 6, 2026 to 12:30 PM Location: 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY 12414 Join Amanda Malmstrom, Thomas Site Associate Curator, for a tour of the special exhibition, "Thomas Cole: An American Visionary." More...