Why Support HRMM?

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which relies upon donations and memberships for daily operations. The museum does not receive any municipal, state, or federal funding, except through competitive, project-based grants.

Annual donations and memberships:
  • Keep the museum open year-round
  • Support the preservation, storage, digitization, and interpretation of our historic artifacts, documents, and photos 
  • Support low-cost school field trip and education programs
  • Support free and low-cost youth boatbuilding, sailing, and rowing programs
  • Keep our public festivals like Hudson River Day free of charge to the general public
  • Keep our popular lecture series free of charge to the general public
  • Allow us to offer free admission for active-duty military and their families through the Blue Star Program
  • Support annual exhibits and upgrades to our permanent exhibits
  • Allow us to offer free water access to kayakers and canoers
  • Allow us to host the Rondout Rowing Club, Kingston High School Crew Team, the Kingston Sailing Club, the replica Dutch yacht Onrust, and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater as our community partners

Donations toward specific projects help match grant monies and allow the museum to do more than it might ordinarily.

Planned giving ensures your legacy and that of the museum for future generations.

If you have a sailboat or historic vessel that you would like to donate to the museum to be sold and the funds used for general operations or special projects, please visit our boat donations page.

For more information about donating to the museum, please contact us at donate@hrmm.org.