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Arts in the Afternoon

Brown Bag Lunch and Watercolor Series

Writing Workshop and Reading

First Sundays Gallery Tour

Hike the Palisades at Palisades Interstate Park, NJ

Family Day, Holidays and Exhibition Openings

Science & Astronomy Programs

Arts in the Afternoon

Held various Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 – 3 pm. Light refreshments follow each program.

Wednesday May 8
A Musical Panorama With Dave Ruch
1:30 pm

On banjoes to bones, Dave Ruch presents the Hudson Valley through the songs and stories of its sailors, lumberjacks, domestics, Native Americans, farmers, and escaped slaves.

3 pm
Take a Docent Tour of The Panoramic River.

Brown Bag Watercolor Series

Wednesdays 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8Purchase Tickets
12 - 1:30 pm

More than a view from the window! Create a landscape panorama of the Hudson River with artist Alison Moritsugu. Using our imaginations and reference sources, we paint into our panoramas what is not seen as we look on today’s Hudson. Come to one or all.
Limit: 20 participants.
Cost per session: Nonmembers $20 (includes Museum admission); Members $10.
Purchase tickets here or the Museum Lobby Desk during hours open to visitors.
Advanced purchase strongly recommended.

Writing Workshop and Reading

writing workshop with Stacey Kahn

Sunday, April 14
3 - 5 pm

Picture a river cruise, a walk through history, you following in the footsteps of famous writers past. Oh the places you’ll go in this writing workshop with Stacey Kahn, designed to explore your thoughts as you explore the Museum’s exhibition The Panoramic River.

3 pm - Writing Workshop
4 pm - Read Your Work

Coffee and light refreshment provided.

First Sundays Gallery Tour

February 3, March 3, April 7, May 5
1:30 pm
First Sundays Gallery Tour

Tour The Panoramic River with Museum Docents. Discuss highlighted 18th-century paintings and their similarities to Hudson River School paintings you see in the Museum’s Permanent Collection.

Hike the Palisades

Saturday, May 4Purchase Tickets
12:30 - 4 pm

Meet at the Museum at 12:30 pm for private bus transport to Alpine, NJ. Join Eric Nelson, Historic Interpreter, and hike in the Palisades Interstate Park (easy to moderate trail) from 1:30 to 3pm. Discover panoramic views of the Hudson from the same elevations that artists sought to create their Hudson River School masterpieces. Then, visit the Park’s NJ Grows Native event to purchase local flowers and refreshments. Return to Museum at 4 pm.
Limit: 26 participants. Cost: Nonmembers: $40; Members: $25.
Purchase tickets here or the Museum Lobby Desk during hours open to visitors.
Advanced purchase strongly recommended.