Collection Highlights
The Hudson River Museum’s permanent collection contains nearly 18,000 objects, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, textiles, graphic design, historical objects, and ephemera. In addition, the Museum also has an extensive collection of documentary photography and archival materials.
Among the selection of 150 highlights below are works by Hudson River School artists James Renwick Brevoort, Samuel Colman, Jasper F. Cropsey, and Asher B. Durand, and such notable artists as Red Grooms, Hiram Powers, and Sylvia Sleigh. Recent acquisitions include works by Derrick Adams, Ebony Bolt, and Robert Zakanitch.
The Hudson River Museum recently launched SC Hudson River Museum, a free app that allows you to experience 10 of our collection highlights with super high-resolution zoom and unique storytelling features. Read more on Currents.
Paintings
Azalea (Portrait of Helen Abbe Howson)
Azalea (Portrait of Helen Abbe Howson)
1885
The Side Paddlewheel “Francis Skiddy”
The Side Paddlewheel “Francis Skiddy”
1859 Currently on view
Works on Paper
Sculptures
Model for Proposed Painting of Constellations on the Hudson River Museum Planetarium Dome
Model for Proposed Painting of Constellations on the Hudson River Museum Planetarium Dome
Late 1990s Currently on view
Botanical Dreams in the Concrete Jungle
Botanical Dreams in the Concrete Jungle
2017 Currently on view
Decorative Arts, Costumes, & Textiles
Hunterdon County Signature Quilt
Hunterdon County Signature Quilt
ca. 1860–90 Currently on view
Bicentennial Quilt
Bicentennial Quilt
1976 Currently on viewWestchester Unity Quilt
Westchester Unity Quilt
1993–4 Currently on view
Photographs
Duke Kahanamoku with His Redwood Surfboard
Duke Kahanamoku with His Redwood Surfboard
ca. 1925Aileen Allen (Left) and Another Woman with Surfboards
Aileen Allen (Left) and Another Woman with Surfboards
ca. 1925Swimming Pool at Tibbetts Brook Park [Yonkers]
Swimming Pool at Tibbetts Brook Park [Yonkers]
1991
Untitled (Peter Beard with dog) in Red Book #124
Untitled (Peter Beard with dog) in Red Book #124
Girls Sunbathing from the Domestic Rituals series
Girls Sunbathing from the Domestic Rituals series
1979–83
