Columbia County Historical Society
  • VISIT CCHS
    • Cultural Heritage Exhibit
    • VISIT >
      • Historic Properties
    • SIGN UP >
      • TOUR REGISTRATION
      • Group Tours
    • Dutch Farming Heritage Trail
    • ROAD TRIPS
  • LIBRARY
    • Research Request
    • Resources | Archives
    • LIBRARY Reading Room
    • Local Historians & Historical Societies
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • Cultural Heritage Exhibit
    • PERMANENT COLLECTION
    • 100 Years of Collecting
    • New York Portraits
    • Daguerreotypes
    • HandMade Tools
    • Federal Style
    • Columbia County Schoolhouses
    • Caned Construction
    • Washington Irving & Ichabod Crane
    • Delft Ware
    • Floral Motif
    • Shaker Baskets
    • Electric Park
    • A Study of Style
    • Elegance & Strength
    • Fragments of the Past
    • Runway Style: Historic Fashion in Miniature
    • Supreme Sacrifice: WWI
    • Civil War Panorama: Columbia County
  • ABOUT
    • CAREERS
    • LOGO
    • History & Heritage Magazine >
      • ADVERTISE
    • WEDDINGS | EVENTS
  • GIVE
    • JOIN >
      • COMMITTEES
    • DONATE NOW
    • SPONSORSHIPS
    • GivingTuesday2021
    • PLANNED GIVING
    • Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse Rejuvenation
    • Day of History
    • VOLUNTEER
    • Business Supporters
    • JOIN OUR BOARD
  • EVENTS
    • Spring LECTURE Series 2022
    • First Columbians - 2021
    • Helluva Town Book Talk
    • Gallery of Wreaths - 2021
    • Winter LECTURE Impeachment
    • First Columbians - 2019
    • First Columbians - 2018
    • First Columbians - 2017
    • First Columbians 2016
    • Birthday Party | Annual Meeting
    • First Columbians - 2020
    • Below Stairs 2015
    • Headless Horseman visits Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
  • SHOP

K-12 Field Trips

Columbia County Historical Society offers fun and educational guided tours that fulfill learning standards for K-12. Tours can be scheduled alongside a visit to the Martin Van Buren homestead, Lindenwald down the road.  Please contact info@cchsny.org to discuss the curriculum needs of your group. 
Schedule a Field Trip Today!

Fourth Grade  Program 

'Day of History' Field Trips Are Fully-Funded
for Columbia County 4th Graders

Location:  CCHS Rural Properties:
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse & Luykas Van Alen House

2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook NY

Open: May - October
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes (three 30 minute stations)
Public and Private Schools participate.

Curriculum: 4th Grade -
  • Social Studies Standard 1
  • The Arts Standards 3&4
  • ELA Standards 1&3
  • MST Standard 5
Picture
Contact info@cchsny.org for scheduling and information about transportation reimbursement.
1737 Luykas Van Alen House
Students learn about everyday life among the Hudson Valley Dutch during the 18th century
 including their customs, religion, architecture and politics. 
Picture
Station 1: Architecture and Farm Life
Picture
Station 2: The Dutch Colonial Family
c. 1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
Students experience early 20th century life with hands-on activities and historic lessons. 
Picture
Station 3: Early 20th century Schooling
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.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
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, 5 Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, NY 12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops@cchsny.org
Picture
Picture
Picture

Picture
Museum Association of New York
  • TripAdvisor