HRMM Announces New Lecture - Once Ancient Oceans: How Geology Shaped New York Waterways

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Abby Drayer / Museum Educator / [email protected]

Program Title: Once Ancient Oceans: How Geology Shaped New York Waterways
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Date & Time: Wednesday January 14, 2026 - 7pm
Location: Hudson River Maritime Museum - 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY
Pricing: $10/non member - $5/ HRMM members

Presentation Topic: Before the first dinosaurs, before the first mammals, just as the very first forests were beginning to form on Earth, the land that makes up New York state today was covered by an ancient ocean. How did the geology formed by this ancient world, nearly 400 million years ago, shape life and commerce along the Hudson River throughout the 1800’s and into the present? Join us and find out!

Bio of Speaker: Abby Drayer is a Museum Educator and the Solaris Programs Coordinator at the HRMM. They have a background in Physics and Acoustics, and are currently taking graduate courses on Marine Bioacoustics.

​The Follow the River Lecture Series is sponsored by Rondout Savings Bank.

Find more information and registration details at hrmm.org or here.