Currents

A group of HRM Junior Docents traveled to Massachusetts in late July on an exciting field trip that included visits to UMass Amherst, Amherst College, the Eric Carle Museum, and Mass MoCA. The trip was the grand finale of a series of new initiatives the Junior Docents took part in during the 2025–26 academic year,

Masha Turchinsky, the HRM’s Anita K. Hersh Director and CEO, was recently a special guest on the Behind the Screens podcast, presented by Enormous Production, in collaboration with IntoxiKate’s Kate Schlientz and Westchester Magazine.

With recent hires and well-deserved promotions, the HRM team grows stronger, contributing significantly to the Museum’s ongoing impact and success.

How do you make museums a place where teens feel welcome—not just for one visit, but somewhere they want to return again and again? A generous gift from the Anita K. Hersh Foundation prompted us to explore that question in a new way. We began by asking what draws young people to museums and, just

The HRM was recently awarded a competitive Conservation Treatment Grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network, allowing for the conservation of the oil painting Vesuviana, 1955, by Dorothy Block (American, 1904–1984).

As the academic year comes to a close, we’re proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our Junior Docents, who have organized successful events, explored other institutions, and advocated before elected officials.

This summer, the Hudson River Museum is proud to present two stunning exhibitions that illuminate the depth, beauty, and complexity of Black life and culture across the United States.

The HRM Junior Docents organized a fantastic event that welcomed more than 250 teens across Westchester County and beyond—a new Teen Night record!

Over the past few months, the HRM has welcomed middle and high school groups to explore an exciting array of contemporary art exhibitions and to apply STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) thinking to solve local climate change challenges.