Wow what a beautiful place to take the family. This zoo is very well hidden and was near empty when…read morewe visited. You would never know it's there unless you purposely look for it. Free entry but pay to park certain times of the year.

Pros: 1) Great add-on activity pre/post-hike…read more 2) Lots of cute animals that are pretty close-up. 3) Low cost for admission (it's donation based) 4) You can see the staff feeding the animals, if you time it right. Cons: 1) Quite a few of the animal enclosures were closed. 2) The amenities in the zoo and museum look so dated. (Some don't even work) My wife and I gave our donation upon arrival. However, I noticed many, many, many people walk right past the donation box without even care in the world. I get it, money is tight nowadays. However, if we want these sites to look nice we really should pitch in. Just leave a dollar per person, and it will add up. I really enjoyed my time there, and the workers were really friendly. Pro tip: 1) Don't take your pets into the zoo. We saw a lot of these people. 2) Don't blast music on your bluetooth speaker while walking in the park. That's why we invented headphones, papi.

We attended the great Jack o'lantern blaze and it was gorgeous. (Sadly for us, it was drizzling but…read moreit did not ruin the experience fortunately) Very nice display of thousands of carved pumpkins on different teams with great lights effects It was like going back into our childhood. Marvelous. We are lucky we went end of September but, I am afraid it will get pretty crowded during October. A must to see in Sleepy Hollow Country

Gorgeous pumpkin exhibition. I could have stood in the star tunnel all night! Easy to find, park…read moreand move around. I would eat before going, even at 10 pm the lines were very long!

Went to their christmas event. It was super cute they definitely put their heart into it. It was…read moresuper easy to drop off the present to the elfs so your kiddo.got a gift from Santa

My family and I took a ride on the First Gift Express this past weekend and we had a wonderful…read moreexperience. Customers are instructed to bring their own pre-wrapped personalized gifts for Santa to distribute to their children. My wife discreetly passed along our sons' gifts when we arrived. The train station is all decked out with Christmas decorations as well as a model railroad display. While waiting for our train, we all enjoyed some cookies and hot chocolate while watching "The Polar Express". Dressed in our best Christmas pajamas, we all had a fun time riding the train through the rail yard as we spotted all of the various decorations. Our sons were delighted to see the Clauses and were so surprised to receive their first gifts: a model car kit for our older son and an Elmo smartphone for our older son. I myself received a lump of coal from Santa. He was nice enough to exchange it for some edible chocolate coal, under the condition that I get back on the "Nice List" by Christmas.

*** 5,500th review ***…read more I don't know what took me so long to check out the Hudson River Museum. The views, alone, would be reason enough to visit. I was initially drawn to the impressive dollhouse, but there are also so many other cool paintings, sculptures, and photographs here. The museum building itself is very bright and welcoming. Check out the courtyard, too, where there were some lawn games over the summer. We also explored the education center, which seems to have an ongoing activities for kids. Next time I visit, I'll check out the planetarium!

Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." It saw the creation of a modern…read moreindustrial economy, a national transportation and communication network. In the HBO drama "The Gilded Age," the characters are keenly aware that they live in interesting times, and this establishment was featured as Mrs. Astor's home. Built for millionaire banker John Bond Trevor and his family, Glenview Mansion has been painstakingly restored by the Hudson River Museum, which is a hidden gem located in Yonkers. Guided tours are offered to six fully restored rooms (Great Hall, Sitting Room, Parlor, Dining Room, Ebony Library, and Billiard Room), which my partner and I had the pleasure of today at $20 per adult and can be purchased on their website. Since his primary residence was in NYC, this 19th-century seasonal home was used from April to December each year and sits on a 23-acre estate. The owner commuted into his office on Wall Street in New York City, about 23 miles away. Upon entering the mansion, it showcases late Victorian with the colorful tiles on the floor, the high ceilings, and the furniture and fixtures such as the Tiffany and Co. grandfather clock, a Victorian recliner chair, or the storybook tiles over the fireplace in the Great Hallway. The original home featured a wraparound balcony that could be accessed through the Sitting Room, but it was later removed in order to lower maintenance costs. Besides the mansion, the museum is a complex of galleries that present changing art exhibitions, a permanent Hudson River School collection, a planetarium, an amphitheater, and educational spaces for all ages. The staff was friendly. The interior was very well kept and organized. With great views of the Hudson River, this is a relatively short day trip, which we can recommend.

An awesome place. I'm too young to fully appreciate the Woodstuck experience, but nonetheless,…read morethis place is filled with all sorts of information and history. Its on the smaller side, but they manage to fit a lot into the small space. Don't forget to go downstairs too, as there is a small selection of items there as well.

I like to do special places for reviews that end in 50 or 100. The museum is worthy of this review…read more The museum itself is five stars plus, but some of the ways they run it end up taking away three stars.... PROS: The museum itself. It's an amazing place. There are two sets of exhibits. Upstairs, and downstairs. The exhibits tell a wonderful story. There are not a lot of artifacts, but they telll the story through photos, audio, a couple of films, and stories of people who went through the experience. It's a wonderful way of telling the story. We met a docent, who actually attended the festival as a 16 year-old. She lived close by, and her dad actually drove her and her friends to the festival. Well, as close as he could get anyway. Her and her friends had to walk the rest of the way. That's a cool Dad, and she had some great stories After you go through the museum, you can actually go out and overlook the concert site itself. You can just imagine what it must've been like. The price to get into the museum is reasonable, they offer a senior discount, and military/veterans get in for free... CONS: Some of the ways they run the place. While the price to get in is reasonable, don't bother with the gift shop. We saw a T-shirt that had a nice design. However, The T-shirt was thin and the design, you could tell was cheaply made and applied. . They wanted $49 for this T-shirt, and that was after the military/veteran discount. Instead, we went to the Woodstock country store, just outside of the museum grounds, and got much nicer shirts, for quite a bit less money. Another problem is, they don't have an umbrella stand for when it's raining. Some of the floors are stone, and that leaves you with a big slipping hazard. The biggest negative of all is the handicapped accessibility. First of all, there is a circle driveway that you drive into to drop people off. There is handicapped parking as part of this circle driveway. I asked the lady at the box office if we were allowed to use this with our placard, and she said no. I had to grab a wheelchair, go get my partner, wheel her back to the lobby, and then have her wait while I went across the street to park. It turns out we could've parked in that handicapped space after all. She was mistaken. Some of the other ways that the place is not handicapped friendly is first of all, there is no automatic door opener for the handicapped. If you're pushing somebody in a wheelchair, (fortunately, they do offer them for free, ) you have to hope that somebody is nearby to hold the door for you while you push the wheelchair through. The Area outside the entrance to the museum, as well as some of the floors on the inside, are uneven stone. Again, hard to push a wheelchair. Finally, some of the door thresholds, even the one to get into the handicapped bathroom, (which fortunately has a chair for the attendant to sit), are high. It is very hard to push a wheelchair over those thresholds. It's a wonderful museum, it's too bad. It's a bit more challenging for people with disabilities. Somebody needs to do something about it.

Went on the weekend on a Saturday with my grandson and daughter. Don't let the size fool you it was…read morepacked with so many activities. We were there almost 4 hrs! I would come again. Only complaint is that I am in a wheelchair and the ramp going in was not cleared wide enough of the snow and the one part was ice.

What a wonderful children's museum! With many hands-on exhibits and a pretend-play town. Located on…read morethe Poughkeepsie waterfront, it was a great stop for us to cool down and for my kiddo to take a fun break after we did Walkway Over the Hudson. There are two levels: the first floor is geared more toward younger kids and has several play areas including a fire station/fire truck with dress-up costumes, play-pretend market and cafe, a maker studio, a play room with a train track, foam blocks and some structures, and a couple of other exhibits. The second floor is suitable for both younger and older kids and is STEM focused, with exhibits that demonstrate scientific principles in a fun and educational way. My toddler was so excited to explore everything and could have spent hours in here. I'd say it's best suited for kids under 10. The website says up to 12yo but honestly I think the tweens of today would be quickly bored. Admission is $13 whether for kids or adults (under 1 free). The museum wasn't very crowded, and has seating all around for parents to sit and watch while the children played.