Damage from Hurricane Sandy
November 2, 2012
The museum received approximately 3 feet of water on the main level and several inches on the Green Room/East Gallery level. There was significant damage to the Gift Shop and merchandise. Everything was elevated at least two feet off of the floor, using the Hurricane Irene flood level of 10 inches as a guide, but [...]
Hudson River Day and the Kingston Home Port and Education Center Website
July 20, 2012HRMM is pleased to announce the launching of a new website for the Kingston Home Port and Education Center, a joint project between HRMM and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. to construct a building designed to serve as the winter home port for the sloop Clearwater and for summer educational programming and events for HRMM. Visit [...]
Clothesline Art Show now taking entries
June 16, 2012In conjunction with River Day, July 21st, the Hudson River Maritime Museum is now accepting student art entries for the annual Clothesline Art Show. Students of all ages are invited to submit two-dimensional artworks (8.5″x11″ up to 12″x18″) for display along the historic steam tug Mathilda during River Day on Saturday, July 21st. This year’s theme [...]
Kingston Home Port Project
January 19, 2012Coverage of the Clearwater and the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s joint press release about the Kingston Home Port grant: YNN reported the grant on air featuring a terrific video of repairs being made to the sloop. Click here to view. The Wall Street Journal Click here to view. News 10 ABC, Capitol Region Click here to [...]
Clearwater Receives $400,000 Grant
January 19, 2012Clearwater Receives $400,000 from New York State for Kingston Home Port Project Awarded Grant for an Education and Boatbuilding Center at the Hudson River Maritime Museum New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has awarded a $400,000 grant to help cover the cost of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Hudson River Maritime [...]
Shipping News
January 5, 2012
“Shipping News” of the Rondout vol. 3 no. 1 2012 Inside the Hudson River Maritime Museum Visiting a museum is something that becomes a habit. Each time you go into the galleries, you see something that you hadn’t seen or known before; it’s similar to reading a classic book again or listening to a favorite [...]
Joanne Michaels Book Signing
November 29, 2011Saturday, December 3 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm Hudson River Maritime Museum Gift Shop A special book signing and discussion with local Hudson Valley author Joanne Michaels on the occasion of her new publication “Hudson River Towns – Highlights from the Capital Region to Sleepy Hollow Country”. Receive a FREE gift with every purchase of [...]
Shipping News
October 18, 2011“Shipping News” of the Rondout vol. 2 no. 42 2011 “The Face of Work in the Hudson Valley” exhibition has been extended until Sunday, November 13. The Museum will continue being open daily from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm. This exhibition spans approximately 150 years of prints, photographs, artifacts and vintage film — telling the [...]
Lecture Series: “Follow the River”
September 13, 2011WHAT “Follow the River” Lecture Series “Land, Labor and Leisure: Indian Life in the Lower Hudson River Valley in the 17th and 18th Centuries” WHEN Wednesday, September 21 at 7:00 pm WHERE Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY HRMM’S Green Room DETAILS Warwick Town Historian and NYU Professor of History, Dr. Richard [...]
July continues to be a busy month
July 11, 2011
Visiting vessels, speakers and a classic maritime film series — and even a Hudson River catfish inhabiting our display tanks in the East Gallery. Drop by — we’re open daily from 11 am to 5 pm and on Wednesdays in July and August until 8 pm.