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100 Years of Collecting
 1916 - 2016
"You are the Ancestor of the Future."
​                                                                                      -- CCHS Membership Book, 1931 
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Since its founding, Columbia County Historical Society has grown considerably with the acquisition of numerous collections objects, four historic properties, and the development of an active research library.  One hundred years after our founding, CCHS remains relevant to our original mission of being formed for “benevolent, charitable, literary, and historical purposes, to cultivate friendship among the members and to stimulate interest in the history and geography of Columbia County, and to collect and preserve documents and other data relating to said County.” 
"Plans have been made and partly perfected, to gather a vast amount of historical record material from every part of the county, which will be classified and filed for historical reference. Buried in the records of the county of various towns and churches and local societies is a wealth of historical information now not accessible because widely scattered."                                         --William Wait, Historian 
                                                            Columbia County Historical Society, 1931

100 Years of Collecting surveys the history of the Columbia County Historical Society. The exhibition includes CCHS Institutional History - featuring early documents and significant artifacts that describe a transition from social club to an organization centered around a coherent, strong cultural focus.
Some of the Historical Society’s early acquisitions are on view for the first time in many years; other institutional documents and objects will be on exhibit for the first time.  In addition, new acquisitions, old favorites and often overlooked objects will be on display in our recently revitalized gallery spaces.

Exhibition Generously Sponsored By

​Susan & Henry Livingston 
Paul Cassidy & Vernon Evenson
Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation

Brian Ruhl

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All Photos  ©2017 CCHS, All Rights Reserved. 
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CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c.1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c.1850).
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. 
The Columbia County  Historical Society
is ​a private 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization
Chartered by the  Board of Regents
State Education Department, The University of the State of New York

Copyright © 2022,  Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, Five Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, New York  12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops @ cchsny.org
The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia, New York
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.
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Museum Association of New York
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