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Holiday Gift Idea - Boatbuilding & Captains License Courses at Hudson River Maritime Museum

12/12/2022

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Kingston, N.Y. - The Wooden Boat School at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, is excited to offer a robust list of courses perfect for every boat enthusiast. Starting Friday March 17th, Captain Ken Roberts will host a Six Pack through 100 Ton Master Captain’s License course. This class takes place over 11 days and will provide the training and testing requirements to apply for a US Coast Guard License.
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Come build a canoe!
What better way to spend the summer with a week-long course building your very own canoe! From June 10-15, Instructor Rich Cerruto will lead students in building skin-on-frame double paddle canoes. This lightweight canoe only weighs 30 lbs and will be constructed with a wooden frame and stretched with a nylon "skin". Each student will leave with a completed canoe ready for the water.  Easily car-topped, they are perfect for casual paddlers and beginning boatbuilders alike.
 
If you are looking for the most unique way to bond with your loved ones, why not build a boat together? Families and friends are encouraged to join us for a weekend of private group instruction where teams of 2-5 people will build a complete row boat that is ready for paint. This private group course is offered June 23 & 24, and there is possibility to arrange alternative dates upon request. The boat is yours to take home at the end of the class.
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The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related communities. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard its floating classroom, Solaris. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information.
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Contact: Becky Sellinger, Wooden Boat School Manager & Instructor, bsellinger@hrmm.org
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Hudson River Maritime Museum Seeking Winter Wear Donations for Mitten Tree Drive

12/3/2022

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​KINGSTON, N.Y. – Hudson River Maritime Museum is collecting winter accessories as part of the museum’s annual Mitten Tree drive. For over a decade, the museum has collected new or handmade winter wear. The items are hung on a 10’ wooden tree structure located in the museum's main exhibit gallery. Donations will be brought periodically to People's Place, Kingston, NY beginning with their Project Santa event and continuing throughout the winter months.
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​Donations sought include gloves, mittens, hats, scarves, socks, hand warmers, and umbrellas. Items can be for all ages and can be brought to the museum store which is located at 50 Rondout Landing in Kingston. The store is open Thursday-Sunday, 11:00am-5:00pm and a designated box will be available on the front porch to accept donations when the store is closed. 
​The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related industries. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard Solaris, the 100% solar powered tour boat and floating classroom. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information.
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Staff and volunteers at Hudson River Maritime Museum are seeking donations of winter accessories for the organization’s annual Mitten Tree drive to benefit People's Place, Kingston, NY.  
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Museum Hosts Lecture on D&H Canal Workers “Stories of Marginalized Workers on the D&H Canal”

12/2/2022

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KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the upcoming lecture “Stories of Marginalized Workers on the D&H Canal,” by Bill Merchant, held both in-person at the museum's Wooden Boat School, and virtually via Zoom link on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 7:00 PM.

​The construction of the 108-mile-long Delaware and Hudson (D&H) Canal required about 5000 laborers working in hard and dangerous conditions.  During its seventy-years in operation, the Canal created an important source of work for the laborers needed to move the many thousands of tons of goods and resources along it annually. Some workers found economic opportunities and independence, but others were exploited and subject to poor working conditions.

In this hybrid lecture, historian Bill Merchant, will give a presentation on the marginalized workers on the D&H Canal. Learn about the lives and diverse experiences of the people of color, women, immigrants, and children who built and worked on the Canal.

Bill Merchant is Deputy Director for Collections, Historian and Curator of the D & H Canal Historical Society Museum, High Falls, NY He was previously President of the board. He also serves as President of the Delaware and Hudson Transportation Heritage Council, is Chair of the Marbletown Preservation Commission, and is on the board of the Century House Historical Society, where he chairs their collections committee and is their historian.
Tickets are $7 for the general public and free for Hudson River Maritime Museum members.. 

About the Follow the River Lecture Series
For more than a decade the Hudson River Maritime Museum's "Follow the River Lecture Series" has hosted historians, authors, and maritime experts for engaging illustrated talks on a variety of regional history and maritime subjects. In recent years, many of the lectures have also been recorded and are available on our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0Ax5JVtHZtjuPLgwZJp-MgthLQcrWtD
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Museum Announces Winter/Spring Lecture Series

12/1/2022

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KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce upcoming Follow the River Lecture and Film Series for the Winter/Spring 2023 season. Come – or log in – to learn about tugboat stories, tragic fires, the work on the D&H canal, the Lenape experience in the 1700s, early Hudson River art and beautiful modern day photographs of local birds and insects.  

January 4, 2023 -  D&H Canal Museum historian and curator Bill Merchant - "Stories of Marginalized Workers on the Delaware & Hudson Canal".
February 8, 2023 – Author Daniel Levy discusses the destruction and rebuilding of New York City with highlights from his book "Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York."
March 8, 2023 – Scholar and ethnoecologist Justin Wexler presents the Lenape experience in the Hudson Valley in the 1700s.
April 12, 2023 – Indigenous historian Heather Bruegl (Onieda/Stockbridge Munsee Mohican) – "The Land Doesn't Forget"
May 10, 2023 – Frank Beres shares his beautiful close-up photographs of local birds and insects
June 7, 2023 – Author and boatbuilder Hilary Russell presents "From Sail to Steam to Diesel" with stories of  Russell tugboats & shipyard. Thad Kubis reads colorful "Captains Tales".

Lectures will be held once a month on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. both in-person at the museum's Wooden Boat School, and virtually via Zoom Link.  All lectures are $7 for the general public, and FREE for museum members. For more information and to register, visit www.hrmm.org/lecture-series.

About the Follow the River Lecture Series
For more than a decade the Hudson River Maritime Museum's "Follow the River Lecture Series" has hosted historians, authors, and maritime experts for engaging illustrated talks on a variety of regional history and maritime subjects. In recent years, many of the lectures have also been recorded and are available on YouTube. For more information about upcoming lectures and to access recordings of past lectures, visit www.hrmm.org/lecture-series. The series is sponsored by Rondout Savings Bank.
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The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related communities. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard its floating classroom, Solaris. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information.
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      • Mary Powell
      • Rescuing the River
      • Online Exhibits
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  • Boat Tours
    • All Boat Tours
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    • Lighthouse Tours
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    • Tasting History
    • Special Guest Tours
    • Ecology Tours
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        • Maiden
        • Eleanor
        • John J Harvey
        • Kalmar Nyckel
        • Impossible Dream
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