Memberships
As a CCHS member, you’ll enjoy free access to our exhibitions and research library, discounts and special invites on lectures and other events, and free access to dozens of partner museums. Membership is a vital way to provide continued support to our programming.
Core Memberships
All memberships include the following benefits:- Free admission to CCHS properties
- Reciprocal Membership with the Empire State Museums Reciprocal Program
- Unlimited free use of CCHS library and genealogical resources
- Invitation to special events and discounts for special events, lectures and other public programs
Patron Memberships
Patron Memberships include everything in a Core Membership plus reciprocal member privileges to more than 1,300 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museum Program.- Patron Sponsor includes two guest passes
- Patron Benefactor includes four guest passes
Business Member
Core Membership Benefits for two adults and youths under 18 plus recognition on our online Business Supporters page.Business Sponsor
Core Membership Benefits for two adults and youths under 18 and recognition on our online Business Supporters page, plus:- Four guest passes to all of our historic properties
- Private, behind-the-scenes tour of all properties with the CCHS curator
- Two tickets to First Columbians annual benefit and special recognition in the First Columbians program
100 Years of Collecting
Product Details
"100 Years of Collecting"
Vol. 2 of Centennial Editions
In this issue:
- The Migration of Style, Colin Stair & Zoe Groomes-Klotz
- Collecting 100 Years of History, Anna Thompson
- The Historical Society's Properties, Rod Blackburn
- Painted Portraits: Faces of Our History/Heritage, Ruth Piwonka
- Beauty of The Land: Landscapes in the Collection, Lori Yarotsky
- A Century of Soft Goods: Clothing & Textiles from the Collection, Connie Frisbee Houde
- From the Collection: The Objects Speak, Alexandra Anderson
- The Remarkable Gideon Bostwick: the Traveling Man, Jim Benton
- Village & Rural Homestead Archaeology: from the Vanderpoel and Van Alen Houses, Kelli Smith
- Book Review: Revolution on the Hudson – New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the American War of Independence by George C. Daughan, Bob Peduzzi
- Book Review: Farm, Shop, Landing: The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley by Martin Bruegel, Carole Osterink
- Collecting Culture, Lori Yarotsky
- Letter from the Board of Trustees President by Jim Guidera
On the Cover: Terrestrial and Celestial Globes on Stands, J. Wilson and Sons, Albany, NY. Mahogany, plaster, paper, brass, 1828 and 1826. Permanent Collection Gift of James E. Leath and three friends, HH1943.10-11