Curatorial Collections
OVERVIEW: The nearly 8,000 original and family objects dating from the
17th through 21st centuries that comprise the curatorial collection of Historic
Hudson Valley provide a comprehensive view of the region’s material culture.
More specifically, the collection holds significant items associated with the
people who once lived and worked at our historic sites.
17th through 21st centuries that comprise the curatorial collection of Historic
Hudson Valley provide a comprehensive view of the region’s material culture.
More specifically, the collection holds significant items associated with the
people who once lived and worked at our historic sites.
Visit
Objects on display at the historic sites can be seen during
public tours or special events from May through December.
For additional information on site openings and admission,
please see Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving’s Sunnyside – Historic Hudson Valley, and Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson.
Objects housed at the Regional History Center of Historic
Hudson Valley are available for scholarly research by
appointment only. Please contact the Archives & Collections
Manager at [email protected] to discuss your
interests and schedule a visit.
Search & Explore
Collection Highlights
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COURTSHIP IN SLEEPY HOLLOW/ICHABOD CRANE AND KATRINA VAN TASSEL SS.64.73 Large white table-top figural sculpture: on wide bench with tall back sits, at left, Ichabod Cran... [more...] -
Chair, corner VC.59.184 Corner chair, commode form: cresting rail forms flattened curved arms; crest above rail, at cente... [more...] -
Cookie mold VC.60.24 Cookie mold; crude carvings of sixteen figures, animals, and objects, in pairs; representations i... [more...] -
Cream pitcher SS.62.166 Creamer with tall ear-shaped handle: curved, rather shallow lip; bossed rim; vase-shaped body on ... [more...] -
Cruet and frame SS.62.178 a-k Cruet set, wooden base with five slots for glass bottle cruets with silverplate caps: all of the ... [more...] -
Doll SS.62.622 Tiny doll: turned wooden head and body, articulated arms and legs of wood; painted white on visib... [more...] -
Etui VC.59.835 a-c Etui; vase-shaped; screw top; screw bottom; perhaps originally thread case; now contains 28 ivory... [more...] -
Handkerchief box SS.2002.38 a-c Flat square box, A-lid,B-bottom,C-yellow paper liner: A-lid, very decorative, pink, gold and whit... [more...] -
Jug PM.64.19 Commemorative handled jug with bulbous body: slender multiple reeded neck glazed in manganese pur... [more...] -
Needlework picture VC.59.261 Panel of canvaswork worked in wool and silk thread in the tent stitch depicting the biblical scen... [more...] -
Piano SS.61.12 Piano, "square" type (actually rectangular in shape): rosewood veneered case, with lid hinged in ... [more...] -
Plate SS.89.41 One of a set of twenty green and gilt plates, floral painting in reserves: slightly scalloped edg... [more...] -
Seal SS.73.1 Signet ring, heavy flat circular brass seal with script "WI" in reverse: seal, with beading borde... [more...] -
Shoes VC.58.945 a-b Shoes, lady's: soft kid top, white, with white satin bow and trim; totally flat leather sole; lin... [more...] -
Sofa, toy SS.62.642 Miniature doll's sofa, ogee-curved veneered crest: s-curved arms; arms, back, seat upholstered to... [more...] -
Sunnyside SS.79.34 a-b a. Painting: View of Sunnyside from the southeast: path on the left cuts through gnarled trees to... [more...] -
THE CHILDREN OF JOHN B. AND ANGELICA SCHUYLER CHURCH PM.65.867 Group of four portrait miniatures in ovoid frames with bows of pinchbeck gold at top, branches be... [more...] -
Teapot VC.58.650 Teapot, pear-shaped: domed lid, with dentil decoration about edge, three pair of impressed encirc... [more...]