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The Columbia County Museum
The Columbia County Museum, open to the public since 1985, was originally built as a Masonic Temple in 1916. Today it houses the Columbia County Historical Society's offices, research library, collections storage, and exhibition spaces. Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Admission to the Museum and Library: Members, Children 12 and under, and Seniors: Free Tickets include a visit to the James Vanderpoel House c. 1737 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968, the Luykas Van Alen House is a restored house museum representing 18th-century rural Dutch farm life. The house, featuring parapet gables, Dutch doors, and entrance stoops, stands as a testament to traditional Dutch architecture in the Hudson River Valley.
Sunday Noon to 4:00pm June 4th through Columbus Day Members, Children 12 and under, and Seniors: Free James Vanderpoel House - c1820 The James Vanderpoel House, also known as the House of History, is a distinguished example of Federal period architecture. Originally the home of a prominent lawyer and politician, James Vanderpoel, and his family, the house reflects an elegant lifestyle in a prosperous, early 19th-century village. The fashionable Federal style emphasized lightness of proportion, symmetry, and delicate ornamentation. In 2010 the Vanderpoel House hosts Inked Over: How Prints Are Made. An exhibit that explains the printing technologies and processes behind many of the objects on display at the Museum. Admission to the Vanderpoel House includes a visit to the Columbia County Historical Society's Museum and Library to see Inked Over: Our Printed World.
Admission to the James Vanderpoel House / House of History: Members, Children 12 and under, and Seniors: Free Tickets include a visit to the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library
(on the grounds of the Luykas Van Alen House) The Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse is a 19th-century building that served as a school into the 1940s. It takes its name from Washington Irving's schoolteacher in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving's Ichabod Crane character was modeled after Jesse Merwin, the schoolmaster who taught in this school district at the time of Irving's visits to this area in the mid nineteenth century. Sunday Noon to 4:00pm June 4 through Columbus Day
Members, Children 12 and under, and Seniors: Free
Columbia County Historical Society Museum and the James Vanderpoel House: $5 Luykas Van Alen House and the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse: $5 Joint ticket that includes admission to all four sites: $7 Admission to all CCHS sites is always free for members of CCHS, Seniors 65 and older and kids 12 and under. |
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