Hudson River Museum

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According to its website:

The Hudson River Museum, [is] a preeminent cultural institution in Westchester County and the New York metropolitan area. Situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, the HRM’s mission is to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.

The Museum offers engaging experiences for every age and interest. Tour the permanent collection and dynamic exhibitions of American art that range from nineteenth-century Hudson River School paintings to contemporary art installations; and explore Gilded Age decorative arts in the period rooms of our historic home, Glenview, built in 1877, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Excited by science and astronomy? Find out about the mysteries and discoveries of the cosmos in our state-of-the-art Planetarium—the only public planetarium in Westchester County. Learn all about the Hudson River in Hudson Riverama, a hands-on, environmental teaching gallery that explores the history and ecosystem of this majestic river.

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Taken with a Sony RX100 M3

A Visit to Mount Gulian – Baron Von Steuben

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These weekly excursions focus on visits to Revolutionary War Sites, and this gentleman was our reason for visiting Mount Gulian.

In this badly faded painting we see Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben), a former Prussian officer who served as Inspector General and a Major General of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He taught the army the essentials of military drills, tactics, and discipline. He served as Washington’s chief of staff in the final years of the war. His “Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” served as the standard US drill manual until the war of 1812. Von Steuben made Mount Gulian his headquarters from 1783-1784.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

A visit to Kingston – Murals

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Kingston certainly has some impressive murals. These are just a few that we bumped into. There are many more.

Above “Artemis emerging from the Quarry” (2013) by artist, Gaia.

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“Pronkstilleven” – a Dutch term meaning “still life”. Also by artist, Gaia. The two figures are artist, John Vanderlyn and Sojourner Truth, both of whom have connections to Kingston.

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Matt by Nils Westergard.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.