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
Special Quadricentenniel Celebration: 1609 - 2009
Product Details
Vol. 8, No. 1
Special Quadricentennial Celebration Issue: 1609–2009
In this issue:
- President’s Letter
- The Hudson-Fulton Quadricentennial of 2009, Joan K. Davidson
- The Hudson River Valley Information Map, Reported by Joan K. Davidson
- “Folie A Deux” – A Tale of Two Visionaries, Isabel Livingston and Nan Taylor, Ph.D
- The 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration, Roderic H. Blackburn
- Historic Traffic on the “Great River of the Mountains”, Alexandra Anderson-Spivy
- From Hudson to Van Alen – Why So Long?, Ruth Piwonka
- A Historic Farmhouse in Zeeland, William M. Engelberts
- Book Reviews: “The Spirit of the Place”, Bonnie Eyre
- The General Worth Hotel, Louise Hardenbrook
- Remembering the Mohicans, Interview with Kent Comer and Donald Shriver
- Putting Down the Anchor, Shirley W. Dunn
- “Passing by high Mountaines”, David William Voorhees
- A Relic of the First Steamboat, Diane Schewchuk
- Hudson & Champlain – The Dreamers, Paul T. Veillette
- Columbia County’s Forgotten Immigrants, Dale Nicholson
- Technology & Beauty: The North River Steam-Boat in Art, Ashley Hopkins-Benton
- From the Collections of the Columbia County Historical Society
- Quadricentennial Events
- News of the Columbia County Historical Society
- Quadricentennial Events Calendar
On the Cover: We are very pleased to present Hudson illustrator Arlene Boehm’s concept of the Gala Concert and Fireworks, Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, to take place on Saturday, July 25, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and the Hudson (NY) Quadricentennial Committee.