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Join artist Teresa Pereira in painting and collaging a beautiful moon- and star-filled sky, inspired by our current exhibition, The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art. Whether you are new to painting or looking to fine tune your skills, you will learn to paint step-by-step. Refreshments included.

Planetarium Manager Marc Taylor guides you through a tour of A Century of Lunar Photography and Beyond, which looks at a selection of lunar photographs captured by nineteenth-century astronomers, robotic cameras launched into space, and astronauts such as Neil A. Armstrong and Alan Bean during their Apollo missions. Featuring works from NASA, the Hastings Historical

Our movie series continues with two pioneering classics of fantasy in film. First, in Georges Melies’ 1902 short, A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune), a group of astronomers goes on an expedition to the moon. Then, in Fritz Lang’s 1929 Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond), a tenacious scientist blasts off for

Join Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, for a guided tour of The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art. Vookles provides an insightful look at the myriad ways in which the Romantic idea of the moon has held an inexorable pull on American artists.

Maya Lin: A River Is a Drawing has drawn visitors from over 30 states. Don’t miss your chance to see this groundbreaking exhibition before it closes on January 20! In response to strong public interest, the Museum is extending gallery hours from 5 to 8pm on Friday, January 11, with a cash bar in the

Join us on a docent-led tour of our special exhibition Maya Lin: A River Is a Drawing—closing today!

Explore the current exhibition Maya Lin: A River Is a Drawing on a tour led by a Junior Docent. Free for teens, but adults can join, too! Then, don’t miss Teen Studio from 3–5pm.

A conversation at the Hudson River Museum between Exhibition Curator Dr. Miwako Tezuka and Eileen Jeng Lynch, Curator of Visual Arts at Wave Hill, about the ways in which artists engage with waterways. Followed by a tour of A River Is a Drawing with Dr. Tezuka. Admission is free for Wave Hill members. The Hudson

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, some towns were left without power for over six months, and 80% of the value of the island’s crops was destroyed. Small-scale farmers mobilized to help one another rebuild, drawing on networks for sharing resources, manpower, and ecological knowledge. Journalist and book editor Audrea Lim, whose work

This 1982 experimental film, directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke, weaves together a variety of striking footage to examine the beauty of our environment and the effect humanity has had on it throughout the ages. Koyaanisqatsi will be screened at Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers as part of