Blog entries tagged 'Philipsburg Manor'

HHV featured on public radio's Marketplace

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For a story about the growing trend of historic house museums emphasizing the stories of slaves and servants, Marketplace reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte recently visited Philipsburg Manor and Van Cortlandt and spoke with our interpreters and our curator, Kate Johnson.

The story aired nationally during the Aug. 7 edition of Marketplace. You can read the transcript or take a listen to this compelling piece online.

We got all sheepish

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You wouldn't know it from the rain today and yesterday, but the weather @ Sheep-to-Shawl on Saturday and Sunday was pretty stellar. Big crowds and big sunshine. Here's a couple of photographic [...]

20 reasons to visit Philipsburg Manor this weekend

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Do you really need 20 reasons to come to Sheep-to-Shawl at Philipsburg Manor this weekend? Well, we've got them. Specifically, 19 newborn la [...]

Philipsburg Manor director Swims for Life

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Thom Thacker, site director at Philipsburg Manor, is participating in Sunday's Hudson River Swim for Life, helping to raise money to fight blood cancers.

The three-mile Hudson River Swim For Life begins in Nyack and ends at Kingsland Park in Sleepy Hollow.

Besides raising awareness of the Hudson River and promoting swimming as a (literally) cool way to exercise, the Swim for Life most importantly raises dough for the ongoing work of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Green Corn Festival wrap-up

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Great weather and compelling performances were on tap at Philipsburg Manor's Green Corn Festival, which took place over the holiday weekend, Saturday-Monday.

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An environmental job corps grows at HHV, Part II

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So what was the motivation behind launching the Youth Conservation Corps? As fans of the organization know, Historic Hudson Valley has long been committed to environmental conservation.

Now, the YCC is a way to use its historic sites as contemporary learning laboratories with an environmental focus. Goals [...]

An environmental job corps grows at HHV, Part I

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the best-known "alphabet soup" initiatives created by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression, was such a popular work relief program t [...]

The joys of HHV Summerweek, Part I

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It's the sum, sum, summertime. And living is definitely easy in the 21st century...certainly if you go by 18th and 19th century standards. Now, nine- to eleven-year-old history buffs can spend some 21st century days unplugged and outdoors courtesy of Historic Hudson Valley's Summerweek Day Camp.

This is a terrific program [...]

Museum professionals to explore Philipsburg Manor reinterpretation

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Back when New York was a mere colony of Britain, Philipsburg Manor was the seat of a commercial empire founded by one of the most powerful men in the territory, Frederick Philipse. He created Philipsburg Manor to serve as a provisioning plantation for the Atlantic sea trade and as a headquarters for a worldwide shipping operation. At a [...]

New kid-centric tour at Philipsburg Manor

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With its working grist mill, footbridge over the Pocantico River, and little lambs scurrying about, Philipsburg Manor is perennially popular with the younger set. This year, the PM powers that be are offering a new tour geared for children 6-12 and their parents.

The "Hands on the House" tour, offered weekends at 11:30 and 2:30, focuses on the site's Ma [...]

Want to meet this guy?

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OK, I couldn't help posting this. Just in case you are on the fence about coming to Sheep-to-Shawl today (or tomorrow) at Philipsburg Manor, just try and resist this guy, who was snapped last week by one of our primary photographers, Bryan Haeffele.

For those of you who haven't been to the site, that's the Philipsburg Manor house in t [...]

Sheep? Sure. But don�t forget the lambs

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Cute animals, scrappy border collies chasing geese and sheep every which way, wool shearing and spinning...what's not to love about Sheep-to-Shawl at Philipsburg Manor ? Well, if it rains the ground gets a bit soggy but other than that...

And of course, check out those newborn lambs. If that doesn't grab ya...

The big event is next weekend. [...]