Hudson River Museum Named “Best Art Gallery” in 2025 Best of Westchester Awards
YONKERS, NY, July 8, 2025—The Hudson River Museum is proud to announce we have won a Best of Westchester award for the eighth consecutive year. For 2025, the Museum has been awarded the Readers’ Picks for Best Art Gallery. Best of Westchester is Westchester Magazine’s annual survey of the best that Westchester has to offer, from food and drink, beauty and shopping, to fun and leisure.
“All of us at the Hudson River Museum are thrilled to once again be named a Best of Westchester winner,” stated Director and CEO Masha Turchinsky. “We are especially proud to be recognized eight years in a row. This year’s award for Best Art Gallery demonstrates that our visitors appreciate the variety and quality of art we are committed to presenting at the HRM. Our current exhibition, Smoke in Our Hair: Native Memory and Unsettled Time, lauded as a New York Times Critic’s Pick is a fitting example of bringing the best to our community.”
Smoke in Our Hair, curated by Sháńdíín Brown (Diné), highlights some of the most influential Native artists working over the last sixty years, drawing from the collections of Art Bridges, the Forge Project, and the Gochman Family Collection. The exhibition explores the nuanced layering of past, present, and future in works by twenty-two artists—Native American, Alaska Native, First Nations, and Métis—who carry forward the artistic lineages of their ancestors while simultaneously sparking new visions of the future. This exhibition will be on view at the HRM through August 31, 2025.
We are also excited for the start of our Summer Amphitheater Series, with FREE performances on Friday evenings, July 11–August 8, at 8pm. There’s something for everyone, including live jazz, tap dance, afro-latin fusion, and even a falconer ready to share the natural wonders of birds of prey. Plus, explore all our exhibitions this summer during special extended hours. Join us for Free First Fridays the first Friday evening of every month for free admission, special performances and programs, including a Karaoke and Game Night (July 11), and Yoga & Art (August 1). We will also be offering special extended hours this summer every Friday from 5–7pm, July 11–August 8. Enjoy outdoor games in the courtyard and catch The Sky Tonight planetarium show at 6pm.
Press contact:
Jeana Wunderlich
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Samantha Hoover
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Photo by Steven Paneccasio.
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The Hudson River Museum is a preeminent cultural institution in Westchester County and the New York metropolitan area. The Museum is situated on the banks of the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, with a mission to engage, inspire, and connect diverse communities through the power of the arts, sciences, and history.
The HRM offers engaging experiences for every age and interest, with an ever-evolving collection of American art and dynamic exhibitions that range from notable nineteenth-century paintings to contemporary art installations. The campus, which recently expanded to include a West Wing with exhibition galleries and sweeping views of the Hudson River, features Glenview, an 1877 house on the National Register of Historic Places; a state-of-the-art planetarium; an environmental teaching gallery; and an outdoor amphitheater. The Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting these multidisciplinary offerings, which are complemented by an array of public programs that encourage creative expression, collaboration, and artistic and scientific discovery. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM), an honor awarded to only 3% of museums nationwide.
Hours and Admission: The Hudson River Museum is open to the public Wednesday–Friday, from 12–5pm, and Saturday–Sunday, from 11am–5pm. On Free First Fridays, the Museum is open and free of charge on the first Friday of the month, from 5–8pm. Learn more and purchase tickets at hrm.org/visit.
General Admission: Adults $13; Youth (3–18) $8; Seniors (65+) $9; Students (with valid ID) $9; Veterans $9; Children (under 3) FREE; Members FREE; Museums for All* $2, *SNAP/EBT card with photo ID (up to 4 people). Planetarium tickets: Adults $7; Youth (3–18) $5; Seniors (65+) $6; Students (with valid ID) $6; Veterans $6; Children (under 3) Free. Glenview tours: Adults $7; Youth (3–18) $5; Seniors (65+) $6; Students (with valid ID) $6; Veterans $6; Children (under 3) Free. The Museum is accessible by Metro-North (Hudson Line—Yonkers and Glenview stations), by Bee-Line Bus Route #1, by car, and by bike. If you plan on taking Metro-North Railroad to Glenwood Station and want to leave your car behind, you can save on discounted round-trip rail fare and discounted admission by getting an MTA Away package. Learn more here.
