VISIT CCHS - Columbia County Historical Society

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OUR MUSEUM & VANDERPOEL GALLERIES
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The Columbia County Historical Society includes a museum and research library, as well as three additional historic properties open to the public.

Columbia County Historical Society
Museum & Library

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The Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library includes three galleries of changing exhibitions, a research library and reading room, manuscript storage, collection storage and administrative offices. The Library is temporarily closed to the public and may be open by appointment in late-2021. Visit our reading room page for more information.

Visit our Historic Properties—more info at link
Multi-site passes are available seasonally for purchase which include admission to the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House, and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse when we are open and during the Visitor Season (July-Oct).

Learn more about our Permanent Collection on our collections page.
For more information about regional and genealogical research at the Museum & Library, please view our research options.

5 Albany Avenue Kinderhook, NY 12106
The Museum Galleries and The Library

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

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Library | Reading Room Admission:
$15.00 Adults (Library Only)
FREE: Students and CCHS Members

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

The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.

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 © 2021, Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY 12106
518 758 9265 | ops@cchsny.org

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