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Upcoming
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Loeb
Art Center
The
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center introduces an exhibition, The Invisible
Revealed, Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection. It will
be held January 16th through March 14th, 2004.
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New
on the Web
An
American Loyalist
This book deals with the ordeal of Frederick Philipse III and
is now available on our website for you to view.
Susan
Warner Journals
We have made available a piece of Susan Warner journals. This
is an ongoing project and we will be adding more soon.
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This Month's Featured Website |
The New York State Museum is a major research and educational institution.
It is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in
the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through
the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's
past, present and future. The Museum shares this knowledge through
exhibits and other means with wide and diverse audiences. It encourages
these audiences to take delight in learning by participating in
the discovery process central to its work. |
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This Months’s Featured Historic Site
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The
Museum's collections have evolved from the original holdings of
the Yonkers Museum, which was founded at City Hall in 1919, and
relocated to the Yonkers Museum of Arts and Science in 1924. During
it's early years, the Museum attempted to be much more global in
its programmatic approach. Collection materials were placed on permanent
display in galleries devoted to natural history, earth science,
local and world history, and fine arts. In 1937, H. Armour Smith--an
avid collector of fine art, Americana and documentary materials--became
director. Smith advocated changing the Museum's name to The Hudson
River Museum--to acknowledge that its collections documenting the
Hudson River Valley were of primary importance to the Museum's goals.
In 1956, the transfer of the stuffed elephant Tip, a popular display
since 1929, to the Elephant Hotel in Somers, New York, was indicative
of the changes that had occurred in the Museum's perception of its
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This Month’s Featured Historic Town
of the Hudson River Valley
Rhinebeck
| Rhinebeck
is a beautiful, historic area nestled in the lush, rolling hills
of Dutchess County, in the scenic Hudson River Valley. With 437
sites listed on the National Historic Register, Rhinebeck comprises
one of the largest historic districts in the United States. Rhinebeck
boasts eight miles of an area known as The Sixteen Mile Historic
District composed of thirty contiguous riverfront estates associated
with the landed aristocracy in the Hudson Valley during the eighteenth,
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They also love to celebrate
the holidays in Rhinebeck. Some of their celebrations include the
annual tree lighting ceremony with a Santa Parade and tours and
such of the historic houses, decorated for the Yuletide Season.
Visit their Calendar
of Events for more information. |
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If
you would like to support the work of the Hudson River Valley Institute,
call 845-575-3052 to learn more about the Patriots’ Society, or
visit
www.hudsonrivervalley.org/patriotsSociety.php.
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