Hudson River Maritime Museum
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| Established | 2007 |
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| Location | Kingston, NY, USA |
| Type | private: history, transportation |
| Visitor figures | 20,000[1] |
| Director | Russell Lange (acting)[2] |
| Curator | Allynne Lange[2] |
| Website | http://www.hrmm.org |
The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a maritime museum dedicated to the Hudson River.
It is located on Ferry Street in Kingston, New York, USA, along Rondout Creek near the city's old waterfront, just east of the John T. Loughran Bridge.
Its collections are devoted to the history of shipping, boating and industry on the Hudson and its tributaries, such as the Rondout, where Kingston grew prosperous early in the 19th century as the northern end of the Delaware and Hudson Canal. The city was the busiest port between New York City and Albany.
The museum was founded in 1980, but did not move to its present property, an old boat shop, until 1982. Its exhibits include various small craft, artifacts of river steamships such as the Mary Powell, a research library, ice-harvesting tools and maps, paintings and sketches from past eras. The 1898 steam tugboat Mathilda, still working, is displayed in the yard next to the museum. In the summer months boat trips are available to nearby Rondout Lighthouse, where the creek drains into the Hudson. Boats putting in at the dock have ranged from the Clearwater to various Coast Guard cutters offering shore leave to their crews.[1]
It is open noon-6 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays from April to October. Admission is US$5 for adults and US$4 for children.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b About the Hudson River Maritime Museum (March 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
- ^ a b Staff, Officers and Trustees. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ Hours and fees. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
[edit] External links
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