Museum Hours
10 a.m. to 5 p.m* Daily
* see specifications on the "Plan Your Visit" page
Closed Independence Day,
Memorial Day, Easter,
Christmas, Thanksgiving,
New Year’s Day
Admission
Adults: $5
Children: $2
(age 5 and older)
Family: $10
(2 adults and 2 children)
Children under age 5: FREE
Museum and FASNY Members: FREE
The Museum also
participates in the Empire State Reciprocal Program and NARM. Members of these programs will also receive FREE admission.
117 Harry Howard Ave.
Hudson, NY 12534
518.822.1875
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Fire in the Valley!
Dutch Colonization and Contribution to Fire Safety in the Hudson Valley
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This
exhibit explores the Dutch experience and their contributions to fire
safety in their New World colony of New Netherland, which included the
Hudson River Valley area.
Discover
why the Dutch came here, how they lived here and how they interacted
with the Native American people already living here. Learn about Peter
Stuyvesant or "Peg Leg Pete,” the Director General (or Governor) of the
Dutch colony of New Netherland. Stuyvesant arrived at the colony in
1647, and became the organizer of the first volunteer firemen in what
would later become the United States of America. Discover objects the
Dutch would have used in their daily life at the touch table in the
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the only method available to the Dutch to fight fires: the bucket
brigade. Explore what it would have taken for the Dutch to fight fires
using this method by participating in the bucket brigade interactive in
the exhibit. Discover the devices the Dutch used to fight fire,
including leather buckets and wooden fire rattles and examine these
artifacts on exhibit. |
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