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Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, NY
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Columbia County Historical Society

Kinderhook historical society running a museum, genealogical library, and historic houses focused on Columbia County, New York.

5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY 12106 · Kinderhook, NY

About Columbia County Historical Society

The society runs a museum and a genealogical library at 5 Albany Avenue in Kinderhook, and its exhibitions cover the county's past and its artists. Its site also lists historic properties it operates, including the Vanderpoel House of History, the Luykas Van Alen House, and the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse, along with walking and farming heritage trails. Researchers, students, and hobby historians can use its archive, and it publishes a scholarly magazine and free downloadable road trip itineraries. Membership gives free access to its historic properties and library.

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    Luykas Van Alen House

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    Restored 18th-century Dutch farmhouse museum in Kinderhook, run by the Columbia County Historical Society.

    1.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

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    Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

    No admission fee

    A National Park Service site preserving the Lindenwald estate of the eighth U.S. president, near his Columbia County birthplace.

    1.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

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    History Buff

    Olana State Historic Site

    No admission fee

    Walk the hilltop estate of painter Frederic Church and tour his Persian-inspired house with long views over the Hudson River to the Catskills.

    14 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums

    USS Slater

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    A restored World War II destroyer escort on the Hudson in Albany, run as a museum and one of the last such ships afloat in the US.

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    History Buff

    Crailo State Historic Site

    Under $25

    Tour a fortified 1707 Dutch brick house across the Hudson from Albany, where a British surgeon is said to have written Yankee Doodle.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    17 mi awayMore like this

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    Albany Center Gallery

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    A nonprofit downtown Albany art gallery showing work by regional artists, with youth workshops, public art, and community events.

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