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Presidential library and museum in Hyde Park, New York, focused on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Roosevelt era.
4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538 · Hyde Park, NY
This museum sits in Hyde Park and is devoted to the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its exhibits present the Roosevelt years, including the New Deal and World War II, using interactive displays, audio-visual theaters, and rarely seen artifacts. The library also serves as a research center holding the records of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, and it runs education and public programs alongside its archives.
The closest stops to Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
Tour Springwood, FDR's birthplace and lifelong home, then walk to the Rose Garden where Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are buried.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Steps awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Tour Val-Kill, the cottage home Eleanor Roosevelt owned and lived in after FDR's death, and walk its 181 acres of trails in Hyde Park.
1.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Historic Hudson Valley mansion in Hyde Park, New York, run by the National Park Service.
Transit: reachable by public transit
1.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
See Hudson River School landscapes, Rembrandt and Dürer prints and modern works by Picasso and others for free at Vassar College's art museum.
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A living history museum in the Hudson Valley that flies and displays antique aircraft from the early days of aviation.
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Contemporary art museum on the Bard College campus, housing the Center for Curatorial Studies collection.
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