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LIBRARY HOURS
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
11AM - 4PM
Location: 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY 12106

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Library & Museum Admission
CCHS Members and Students Free
$5.00 Adults
Research Appointment/Research Fee
$ 35.00 Adults
NOTE: 
Staff are available to make copies for visiting researchers. 
Copies are $0.25/$0.15 for members. 
Low resolutions scans can be made of some materials for $1/scan. 
Color copies are $1 each.

WiFi  is available to Library Guests Free of Charge
Barbara P. Rielly Memorial Library​
The Columbia County Historical Society Library holds volumes on Columbia County and New York State history, architecture, and decorative arts as well as manuscripts, photographs and genealogy,. In this archive are books, maps, architectural drawings, diaries, personal correspondence, scrap books, broadsides, business records, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, photographic prints, glass and film negatives, cased images, and albums.
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​For more information about what type of material you will likely find in the collection click here. 

Shelved books and genealogical materials are available without an appointment. For access to other resources such as maps and the historic manuscript and photograph collections, an appointment is required.

This non-circulating library is open to the public for research during regular museum hours. 

You may submit a Research Request or Research appointment online at the button below:
Columbia County Historical Society is Chartered in the first instance (Absolute Charter) by the Board of Regents, State Education Department, The University of the State of New York