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Copland House
Category: Historic Sites, Music
Copland House is a unique creative center for American music based at Aaron Copland’s restored, longtime home. A National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of the White House “Save America’s Treasures” program, Copland House is the only composer’s home in the United States devoted to nurturing and renewing America’s vibrant musical heritage through ...
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Friends of Philipse Manor Hall
Category: Historic Sites
Friends of Philipse Manor Hall Inc. Office Hours: Apr. 1-Oct. 31, Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Historic Hudson Valley
Category: Historic Sites
Historic Hudson Valley is a network of six historic sites: Washington Irving\’s Sunnyside; Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, a historic site of the National Trust; Philipsburg Manor; Van Cortlandt Manor; the Union Church of Pocantico Hills; and Mongomery Place Historic Estate. We offer an extensive, curriculum-based program for school children; a regular program of guided tours, ...
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Jay Heritage Center
Category: Historic Sites
The Jay Property in Rye is the boyhood home of New York State’s only native Founding Father, John Jay (1745-1829). The Peter Augustus Jay House is being carefully restored and managed by the non-profit organization, the Jay Heritage Center (JHC), for use as a facility for cultural and educational programs and events. Offerings ...
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John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Category: Historic Sites
Friends of John Jay Homestead is a non-profit, educational organization founded in 1977 by local Bedford residents. It is New York State’s day-to-day partner in providing volunteer assistance and critical funding for the purpose of: * Increasing public appreciation and awareness of the history of our nation, our region, and John Jay’s contribution to the founding ...
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Lower Hudson Conference
Category: Historic Sites
Lower Hudson Conference (LHC) serves member museum and history organizations in the Hudson Valley and greater metropolitan NY region through these local, regional and state-wide programs: •Annual Meeting, Field Forum & Awards for Excellence program each October •”Handling History” hands-on collections care, interpretive workshops, led by a faculty of professional conservators, curators and administrators •Documentary Heritage Program ...
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Lyndhurst
Category: Historic Sites
Lyndhurst is America’s greatest example of Nineteenth century Gothic Revival architecture. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, arguably the foremost architect of his day, Lyndhurst was home in succession to a two-time mayor of New York City, a successful merchant, and the infamous robber baron Jay Gould, whose fascinating daughters remained in the house through the ...
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New Castle Historical Society Museum
Category: Historic Sites, Museums
The New Castle Historical Society was chartered to discover, preserve and communicate knowledge of the history of the Town of New Castle. The Horace Greeley House, the Greeley family’s country home from 1864-1872, is the headquarters for the Society’s programs, exhibits, and extensive research resources. The Museum Archives include books, photographs, costumes, maps, ...
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Scarsdale Historical Society
Category: Historic Sites
The Scarsdale Historical Society interprets the historic Cudner-Hyatt House at a period in its history, c. 1888, and offers guided public tours. In addition, the Society mounts changing exhibits that focus on aspects of Scarsdale history in the adjacent 1828 Quaker Meeting House. Curators and museum educators present public, school and camp programs that further ...
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Somers Historical Society
Category: Historic Sites
Somers Historical Society collects, maintains and exhibits material related to local history and to the development of the circus in 19th century America under the guidance of a full-time curator; interprets town-owned historic properties; presents educational programs for its members, local schools and for national, regional and local organizations;operates a small gift shop featuring Somers-related ...
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Tarrytown Music Hall
Category: Historic Sites, Performing Arts, Music
The Tarrytown Music Hall, owned and operated by a 501-C(3) nonprofit organization, is committed to presenting first-class live performances and films to the general public and to providing children of all economic and social backgrounds access to Music Hall programs. It serves more than 80,000 patrons a year from all over the tri-state area and ...
