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Woodworking, Boat Building, Traditional Crafts & More

COVID-19 & Our Campus
To learn about how COVID-19 has affected our campus and the changes we have made, read the statement on our homepage at www.hrmm.org.

The Wooden Boat School offers a variety of introductory and advanced courses to help facilitate growth in woodworking, boat building, and traditional crafts. Some courses require some woodworking and/or machine tool experience.  Click on the images below for more information and to register for classes.


Foundations of Woodworking, Spring 2022

The Foundations of Woodworking series is an extensive introduction into working with wood as a material, the tools used, their maintenance, and safety. The series is designed to be taken as a whole, however classes can be taken individually based on experience, and at the instructors discretion. If you have any questions please contact Becky Sellinger, Wooden Boat School Coordinator at bsellinger@hrmm.org.
Understanding Wood: May 3, 2022
Woodworking Tools- Their Use and Care: May 4-5, 2022
Basic Joinery: May 10-12, 2022
Machine, Tool, & Shop Safety: May 17-18, 2022
Advanced Joinery: May 24-26, 2022

May

Pen Turning: May 14, 2022
Workbench Build: May 27 & 28, 2022

June: Nuts For Knots

A knot-tying workshop by high wire artist Philippe Petit
Sunday, June 5 10:00AM-11:30AM
Sunday June 5, 1:00PM-2:30PM

June: Women and LGBTQIA + Woodshop Night

Women and LBGTQIA+ Woodshop Night: June 2
Women and LBGTQIA+ Woodshop Night: June 9
Women and LBGTQIA+ Woodshop Night: June 16
Women and LBGTQIA+ Woodshop Night: June 23
Women and LBGTQIA+ Woodshop Night: June 30

June: Paint the Seven Sentinals

Paint the Stony Point Lighthouse: June 5, 2022
Paint the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse: June 12, 2022
Paint the Little Red Lighthouse: June 19, 2022
Paint the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse: June 26, 2022

June

Electric Guitar Restoration: June 3 & 4, 2022
Furniture Restoration and Repair: June 11 & 12
Family Skiff Build, June 11 & 12, 2022
Build Your Own Skin on Frame Canoe: June 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 2022
Ship in a Bottle: June 18, 2022
Build Your Own Adirondack Chair: June 20 & 21, 2022
12 Volt Doctor: June 25, 2022

July

Paint the Rondout Lighthouse: July 10, 2022
Build Your Own Ukulele: July 15-17, 2022
Paint the Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse: July 17, 2022
Paint the Saugerties Lighthouse: July 24, 2022
Cheese Slicer & Charcuterie Board: July 29 & 30

August

Skin on Frame Kayak: August 6-11, 2022
Scrimshaw Pocket Knife: August 13, 2022

September

Dovetail Tool Tote: TBD
Adirondack Chair: TBD

October

Build Your Own Guitar: October 30-January 8
For more information, please contact Becky Sellinger, Wooden Boat School Coordinator, bsellinger@hrmm.org
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50 Rondout Landing
Kingston, NY 12401

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  • Home
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Board >
      • Join Our Board
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Facility Rentals
    • Work With Us
  • Visit
    • Hours And Directions
    • Parking
    • Museum Store >
      • Museum Online Store
    • Docking
    • Book A Charter
    • Rondout Lighthouse
    • Area Attractions
  • Museum
    • Lighthouse Film
    • RiverWise >
      • Documentary Films
    • Museum at Home
    • Exhibits >
      • New Age of Sail
      • Warning Signs
      • Mary Powell
      • Rescuing the River
      • Online Exhibits
    • Lecture Series
    • Walking Tours
    • School Programs >
      • Hudson River Stewards
      • YouthBoat
      • Sea Scouts
      • Homeschool Day 2022
    • Museum Mates
    • Group & Bus Tours
  • Boat Tours
    • All Boat Tours
    • Meet Solaris
    • Lighthouse Tours
    • History Tours
    • Special Guest Tours
    • Ecology Tours
    • Evening Cruises
    • Private Charters
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Exhibit Opening
    • Lecture Series
    • Black History Conference
    • Visiting Vessels >
      • Maiden
      • Eleanor
      • John J Harvey
      • Kalmar Nyckel
      • Impossible Dream
    • RiverWise
    • Riverport Women's Sailing Conference
    • NE Grain Race
    • Sail Freight Conference
  • Boat School
    • Wooden Boat, Sailing, & Rowing Blog
    • Youth Classes
    • Adult Classes
    • Instructors
    • Maritime Training
    • RWBS Library
    • Restoration
  • Sailing
    • Sailing School
    • Adult Sailing
    • Youth Sailing Program
    • Student Resources
    • Sea Scouts
    • Sailing Instructors
  • Rowing
    • Learn to Row
    • Rowing Instructors
  • Research
    • Research Requests
    • Research Library Catalog
    • Collections >
      • Digital Collections
    • History Blog
    • RiverWise
    • Submerged Resources Project
    • Pilot Log
    • Hudson River History >
      • Henry Hudson
      • The Hudson River
      • Sloops of the Hudson River
      • Robert Fulton
      • Hudson River Steamboats
      • New York Canals
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