Historical

An early American funeral. Hours: 4pm and 5:15pm. Admission: $6/adults, $3/members & children.

Bronck Museum, 90 County Rt. 42 (just off Rt. 9W), Coxsackie NY 12051
Celebrate the artist Albert Bierstadt with a tasting from local and award-winning breweries along with German Food, music and fun.  Hours:  4-7pm.  Admission:  $25/person.

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Historian Janny Venema explores the village of Beverwijck in the 1650's and 1660's.  Starts at 2pm.  Free admission.  Program at the Vedder Research Library.

Historian Shirley Dunn will explore the relationship between the first European settlers and Native Americans.  Starts at 2pm.  Free admission.  Program at the Vedder Research Library.

The pleasures and perils of the night life in times past.  Period refreshments and entertainment.  Starts at 7:30pm.  Admission: $7/adults, $3.50/members & children.

Bronck Museum, 90 County Rt. 42 (just off Rt. 9W), Coxsackie NY 12051
Cold season tour by a costumed guide. Celebration of Martinmas, St. Nicholas and St. Lucia days. 3 tours beginning at 11am, 1pm and 3pm each day.  Admission: $7/adults, $3.50/members & children.

You are invited to an afternoon of birthday fun for the entire family!  Food, music, face painting, "Barn Raising," new exhibit opening. Hours:  12:30-4pm.  Free admission.

Bronck Museum
Exhibit and sale of traditional American crafts, live music, wagon rides, silent auction. Hours: 12noon-5pm. Free admission.

Featuring "pop up" art galleries in unique locations around the hamlet of Palenville.  Local, regional, and national artists are participating, all celebrating Palenville's historic role as one of the key birthplaces of American Art.  Visitors will be able to walk to most locations where...

High Peaks Tour of Homes fundraiser for the GCHS. Sites are located alond Rt 23A from Haines Falls to Lexington. Headquarters at the Ulster and Delaware Railroad Depot in Haines Falls and at the Methodist Church in Lexington.  Hours:  10am-4pm.  Advanced tickets:  $25/person....

A guided hike on the Hudson River School Art Trail which brings you into the magnificent landscapes that inspired Thomas Cole and other luminaries of 19th-century landscape painting.  This is a moderate hike so expect to be on the trail for at least 4 hours.  Please bring a bag lunch,...

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Hike on the Hudson River School Art Trail which brings you into the magnificent landscapes that inspired Thomas Cole and other luminaries of 19th-century landscape painting.  This is a moderate hike so expect to be on the trail for at least 4 hours.  Please bring a bag lunch, water and...

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Guided hike on the Hudson River School Art Trail which brings you into the magnificent landscapes that inspired Thomas Cole and other luminaries of 19th-century landscape painting.  This is an easy hike but expect to be on the trails for at least 2 hours.  Please bring water and a snack....

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Hudson Athens Lighthouse
Tours to the historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse leave the Athens Riverfront Park at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30. As visitors arrive at the lighthouse,  they climb the stairs and enter the interior where they will go on a private tour and can take in breathtaking views of the Hudson River and...

Celebrate Independence Day with Windham Mountain and the Town of Windham!  Enjoy the parade through town starting at 7:00 p.m. followed by BBQ, DJ (7:30p.m. - 10:30p.m.) and activities at the base lodge. Fireworks display will begin at approximately 9:00 p.m. Rock'n Mexicana will be offering...

Windham Mountain, Clarence D. Lane Road, Windham NY 12496
The KRT is a 1.5 mile section of the abondoned Ulster & Delaware Railroad between the Mountain Top Historic Society property in Hains Falls and the DEC land at the end of Laurel House Road.  The trail will be open to public use for non-motorized, multi-use activities starting on June 1st....

Mountaintop Historical Society, 5132 Route 23A, Haines Fall NY 12436
On Saturday, June 1, at 1pm, Dr. Kevin Avery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will give a lecture at the Zadock Pratt Museumin Prattsville to kick off an exhibit of cultural significance to the region entitled Kaaterskill Clove: Where Nature Met Art. Dr. Avery's talk will focus on original Hudson...

Dr. Avery's lecture will concern chiefly the images of Kaaterskill Clove by the artists who worked there, especially Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand, Sanford Gifford, Jervis McEntee and others, in the context of the locale's contemporaneous reputation in the literature of Irving, Cooper, Bryant and...

Come celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Cole's wife, Maria Cole.  Please visit website for details/updates.

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Reunite with old friends at our beautiful location in Greenville, NY for a rousing "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans!"  Annual Memorial Service at 12noon on Saturday, July 27, 2013.  Join us as we salute our fellow Vietnam Veterans, and pay tribute to our missing and deceased comrades who...

Join a costumed guide for a trip back in time 350 years to the Dutch "colonie" of New Netherland.  Tours at 1, 2, & 3pm.  Admission:  $6/adults, $3/children.

Laurie Dahlberg, professor of art history and photography at Bard College, explains Bierstadt's use of stereographs then leads participants in making their own stereographs of the landscape.  Starts at 2pm  $9/non-members, $7/members.

Thomas Cole Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill NY 12414
Swing back to the Prohition Era...the days of Legs Diamond!!!    Antique vehicle exhibit, arts, crafts, gifts, food and entertainment.  Petting zoo, pony rides, Something for everyone!  Hours: 11am-6pm. Free admission. Come see The Dented Fenders Barbershop Quartet, Kitty Kelly...

The perfect event to bring the entire family and experience history LIVE right here in Round Top at the Mountain Brauhaus.  The 2 day event will include displays of historical equipment and information, short tactical reenactments, vendors, and great food. Musical entertainment Saturday...

Crystal Brook Mountain Brauhaus, 430 Winter Clove Road, Round Top NY 12473