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    Hudson River Maritime Museum

    4.3 (15 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Patty L.

    Such a well-thought out and insightful museum. We went to see Peter Eagleton's Art Show of Working Ships. Amazing show and great exhibits!

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    Suzanne A.

    This was a nice small museum. It was informative with lots of displays. We went into the gift shop to ask a question. The staff person was friendly and able to answer our question. She told us about the museum. Since it was 10 minutes til closing, she told us to walk through! The museum focuses on the Hudson River culture. It includes displays on the river from its early days as a working river up to the current with an exhibit on how climate change is affecting the river. The museum has several rooms with replicas of a boat hull, the river lighthouse, ferry seats and more. There are also boat tours available spring through October. There is a river trail that you can walk for miles, a wood boat workshop, and boats in the river. If you are in the Hudson Valley, I would highly recommend!

    A very Wyeth-esque scene, I thought
    Mike P.

    Relaxing, charming and interesting afternoon. We took the Rondout Lighthouse tour offered through the Hudson River Maritime Museum and loved it. The boat trip is relatively short, calm and quiet. The Solaris is a solar powered boat, so that was cool to experience. If you want to see more of the Hudson river itself the museum offers many different boat tours of varying lengths. Most of our time on this tour was spent at and INSIDE the lighthouse. We highly recommend it. Our tour guide Greg was very knowledgable and you get to spend some time exploring the interior of the living quarters as well as ascending a steep set of stairs up to, and out ONTO, the lighthouse tower itself. Greg had many stories to tell which made the place come to life. As an aside, the waterfront area of Kingston is extremely pleasant, with a nice waterfront walking path and several wonderful restaurants of varying price range. There is free municipal parking only a few yards away from the Maritime Museum and plenty of metered parking. All in all, a wonderful relaxing afternoon. We will be back.

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    Trolley Museum of N Y - Trolley ride

    Trolley Museum of N Y

    4.0(5 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    My wife and I first came here during the pandemic but we only looked around quickly, but for my…read morebirthday we decided to come back with our toddler. As a railfan hopping to learn about trolleys, I was very disappointed with the whole experience. First off, their phone message said that they opened at 11AM so when we arrived a little early and couldn't get in I was confused. I called them from the parking lot and someone answered, told me they were in a Board meeting, the message was wrong, and that they didn't actually open until 12. So, we killed time in the area. Second, to get to the "museum" you have to climb steps. A lot. I am young and didn't mind but this isn't an easy musem to access. And once you are inside, it is underwhelming. It was pretty dark overall inside. They have a gift shop of sorts, with stuff for sale scattered all over. A G scale trolley track was along the ceiling but it wasn't running. A non-operational section of an O scale layout was in the back corner but it was torn up and in disarray and featured diesel engines, not trolleys. A part of a donated transit bus cab was available for kid cameo pictures. A movie was playing in a back corner, near a storage bin for some Brio trains. And they had some displays on the wall. As a train museum it was bad, but as a Trolley museum it was worse. I didn't learn much of anything about trolleys, and most of what was inside including the toys for sale were just general train things. Third, moving outside they have a collection of transportation equipment in various stages of display and decay. I counted two transit buses, five different types of rapid transit/subway (two you could go into, that was neat), one whitcomb diesel engine, and a couple random pieces of stuff. Including the vehicle we rode in, there were two "trolleys" total that I could see and one of those was a PCC car. From what I could see, they are a transportation museum, not a trolley muesum. Fourth, the ride. They said it ran every hour on the hour. We boarded at 12:15 and then went the short distance into town. We sat in town about 10 minutes (we were told they were training a new crew member) and then we rode back to the museum and stopped again. Finally, we trundled out to the end of the pier and arrived at 1PM. We got off and had a picnic lunch and picked up the next trolley at 2PM. The ride was just okay. I don't know a lick about Kingston and would loved to have heard someone tell us about the area we were passing through; or the history of trolleys in the area; or a bit of information about trolley we were riding (like why it had belt driven wheels, or why it wasn't running on overhead catenary, etc.) Or why we should care about the museum and/or the area itself. The three emplyees standing in the front of the car blocked all view out the front... which arguably is just as interesting as out the sides. In sum, if this is supposed to be a trolley museum it should be a MUSEUM about TROLLEYS. The first part requires there to be a public education element. If it is only supposd to be a form of public transportation from the village to to the pier that is fine with me... it is a neat idea. But that isn't a museum. And, if its focus is supposed to be trolleys (as its name implies) it is struggling with that. I know why they don't have overhead catenary and why the car was running on diesel, but does the public? Do they (museum and/or public) care about this distinction? I dunno, but after driving an hour to get here I was disappoitned. Now, the staff were very friendly. They let Harrison pet their dog inside the museum (!), they let him stomp on the foot bell lever in the trolley, and they made him feel welcome. And they thoughfully opened the trolley windows during the ride and the breeze felt great. But those were the highlights of the visit.

    The Trolley Museum was very interesting and the Trolley ride was so much fun! The staff is great…read moreand very well informed. Amy was very helpful and friendly and made it fun!. The museum is very child friendly and the ride is very entertaining. It is a great way to spend an afternoon. We will definitely go back.

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    Trolley Museum of N Y - Mattapan- Ashmont T line from Boston, MA. I've been on the ones still in operation today.

    Mattapan- Ashmont T line from Boston, MA. I've been on the ones still in operation today.

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    Trolley Museum of N Y

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    International Museum of Dinnerware Design - PICNIC installation Jan 2026

    International Museum of Dinnerware Design

    5.0(2 reviews)
    1.2 mi

    I was in Kingston, New York recently and visited the newly-opened, fascinating and educational…read moreInternational Museum of Dinnerware Design (IMoDD). Establish in 2012, with pop-up exhibits in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the IMoDD's mission is to collect, preserve, and celebrate masterpieces of the tabletop genre created by leading artists and designers worldwide. The museum invites visitors to step back in time and experience the nostalgia of gathering around the dinner table. Located in a wonderful building on Broadway, the IMoDD is currently presenting two exhibitions. The first is a curated exhibition of Dining Grails where there are more than 100 fabulous tabletop objects by leading industrial designers and contemporary artists such as Eva Zeisel, Russel Wright, Roy Lichtenstein, Eddie Dominguez and Pop-up book illustrator Robert Sabuda. Another exhibition, Dining Memories offers a chance to remember cherished dining experiences through intimate vignettes such as picnics, Mid-Century TV dinners, diner moments, tea aboard the Queen Mary, the art of highchair fine dining, and more. Their "á la carte gallery" allows visitors to try the "tablecloth trick" - pulling a tablecloth out from under a table full of dishes! The IMoDD gift shop is stocked with books, vintage dinnerware and other items to take home as a reminder of your visit. Support small museums and visit the wonderful International Museum of Dinnerware Design!

    This small and unique collection is worth a stop in Kingston. Permanent pieces varied from…read moretraditional to avant garde and the special exhibit showed more than a dozen themed installation works.

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    International Museum of Dinnerware Design
    International Museum of Dinnerware Design

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    Rondout Lighthouse - accidentally uploaded this photo to the wrong business page and am now correcting my previous action (taken from train platform@Rhinecliff

    Rondout Lighthouse

    4.0(1 review)
    1.0 mi

    A very sturdy…read morelighthouse The first lighthouse built in this area was back in 1838. The ship traffic was increasing dramatically as steamboats became more popular and a lighthouse was definitely needed. Unfortunately the wooden structure wasn't up to the massive ice floes and storms that hammer this area and was soon in very poor condition . So a new and much stronger lighthouse was built with stone and reinforced concrete pilings. Over the years the ice once again proved too much for even this stronger light. Parts were removed and brought over to the Bristol lighthouse in Rhode Island and eventually the rest of the second lighthouse was demolished in 1953. In 1915 a third and even stronger lighthouse was built. It had a 4th order Fresnel Lens, a 1,000 pound fog bell and stood over 48 feet high. It served the shipping of the area well for decades. It was automated in 1954 but even this light took a pounding for the storms, cold and massive ice floes and was eventually abandoned and left to the wind, ice and elements. Fortunately a group of lighthouse lovers decided to do something about it and started a restoration project in 1984 and rebuilt and furnished the light and house to it's 1930 look. They certainly did a lovely job and the light is now as in excellent condition. The lighthouse is presently a museum and tours go out there on occasion to give a glimpse of what it was like living in a lighthouse surrounded by water. An impressive lighthouse that will continue to please and educate people for a long, long time.

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    Rondout Lighthouse - Huge river

    Huge river

    Rondout Lighthouse - A unique design

    A unique design

    Rondout Lighthouse - Nicely restored

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    Nicely restored

    Staatsburgh State Historic Site - Mills Mansion

    Staatsburgh State Historic Site

    4.6(17 reviews)
    5.0 mi

    The Staastsburgh Estate grounds are simply beautiful, expansive and extremely well maintained. The…read morelong canopied tree-lined paved driveway winds its way up to the mansion and down to and along the Hudson River. There is a smaller unpaved road that leads to the carriage house and around to several gardens and eventually up to the front entry way of the mansion. We didn't go inside as we had spent 40 minutes walking the grounds but plan to do so on a future visit.

    A Wedding at Mills Mansion, Staatsburg, NY…read more There are places where history doesn't just exist--it breathes. Mills Mansion at the Staatsburg State Historic Site is one of them. Perched above the Hudson River, surrounded by sweeping lawns and timeless architecture, the scenery holds a quiet grandeur that makes every wedding feel both intimate and monumental. I had the privilege of photographing a wedding there, and it was an experience that will stay with me for a long time. The mansion itself feels cinematic in scale, yet human in its warmth. Inside, sunlight drifts through tall windows, painting slow-moving patterns across the floor. Outside, the wind off the river carries laughter down the terrace steps, mingling with the rustle of old trees and the faint hum of the day. It's a space that invites stillness and awe all at once--a perfect stage for love stories that feel like they've been unfolding for generations. This is undoubtedly on my list of top 10 places to get married in the Hudson Valley. I love it here.

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    Staatsburgh State Historic Site - Mills Mansion with gorgeous fall foliage

    Mills Mansion with gorgeous fall foliage

    Staatsburgh State Historic Site - Fall foliage on non paved trails

    Fall foliage on non paved trails

    Staatsburgh State Historic Site - David, our amazing tour guide.

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    David, our amazing tour guide.

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