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Celebration of Woodworking

Celebration of Woodworking:
Featuring the Kingston Boat Building Challenge

October 1st, 2022
10am - 5pm, FREE Admission

What Is The Celebration of Woodworking?

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is thrilled to be hosting the Celebration of Woodworking on October 1st, 2022! This event will include artisans and craftspeople sharing their woodworking skills with the public, youth activities, build-your-own demonstrations, the Kingston Boat Building Challenge and more! We are hosting this event in collaboration with the Mid-Hudson Woodworkers.
This event is on Saturday, October 1st. from 10am to 5pm. Admission to the Celebration of Woodworking is free to the public, and includes reduced admission to our museum.
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Hosted by the Hudson River Maritime Museum, along the Kingston Waterfront!

Who's Going To Be There?

A truly unique and amazing demonstration will be provided by Master Birch Bark Canoe Builder, Ken Weeks. Over the course of the festival, he will use indigenous techniques to build a birch bark canoe on site. His workshops will present on indigenous practices such as harvesting and processing different parts of the tree into usable materials for boat building, to make pine pitch, lashing, and birch bark skins.

Other crafters include the Hudson Valley Furniture Makers and the Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Association, as well as local woodworking craft vendors and tool suppliers. 

What is the Kingston Boat Building Challenge?

The centerpiece of the Celebration of Woodworking will be the debut of the Kingston Boat Builders Challenge! Six teams of builders - composed of community members and teams sponsored by local businesses - will compete to build an 8’ rowing skiff. Upon completion, teams will race their skiffs across the Rondout Creek! Proceeds from the Boat Builders Challenge will benefit the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Sailing School YouthBoat program.

Want to Compete? Register your team here!

Check out the 2017 Boat Building Challenge!


Come Watch the Boat Building Challenge

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Want to participate as a boat building team? Sign Up HERE

Sponsor A Team! Click here to become a sponsor!
​Businesses and individuals can choose to sponsor a community member team or sponsor their own business team. Various levels of sponsorship available, including financial and in-kind. Full sponsorship packet available; please contact our Marketing & Membership Manager for more information at jdea@hrmm.org.

Our Sponsors

Hudson River Maritime Museum
50 Rondout Landing
Kingston, NY 12401

​845-338-0071
fax: 845-338-0583
info@hrmm.org

​The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries, and related industries. ​

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  • Home
    • About
    • Board >
      • Join Our Board
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Work With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Join Our Mailing List
  • Visit
    • Hours And Directions
    • Parking
    • Museum Store >
      • Museum Online Store
    • Docking
    • Book A Charter
    • Rondout Lighthouse
    • Facility Rentals
    • 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
      • Walking Tours
    • Lecture Series
    • Speaking Engagements
    • School Programs
  • Boat Tours
    • All Boat Tours
    • Meet Solaris
    • Lighthouse Tours
    • History Tours
    • Tasting History
    • Special Guest Tours
    • Ecology Tours
    • Evening Cruises
    • Private Charters >
      • Visiting Vessels >
        • Maiden
        • Eleanor
        • John J Harvey
        • Kalmar Nyckel
        • Impossible Dream
  • Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Lecture Series
    • RiverWise
  • Boat School
    • Youth Classes
    • Adult Classes
    • Wooden Boat, Sailing, & Rowing Blog
    • Instructors
    • 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
  • Support
    • Member Login
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    • Donate
    • Memorial Donation
    • Donate Items
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    • Green Museum
    • Our Sponsors