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
Spring Guide 2008
Product Details
Vol. 7, No. 1
Spring Guide Issue
In this issue:
- President’s Letter
- What We Have in Mind for the Center for Columbia County History, Jim Eyre
- He Captured Geronimo, Jim Eyre
- Rediscovering the Hudson, Clinton B. Gaty
- Industrial Landmarks in Columbia County, Peter H. Stott
- Historical and Cultural Attractions in Columbia County • 2008
- Alonzo Cook’s Murderer, Margaret Schram
- Remembering Olde Emporiums of Columbia County, Robert C. Dixon
- The Lawlors – Merchants of Germantown, Marguerite V. Riter
- Book Review • The Kennedys, Jim Eyre
- Profile • Peggy Rockefeller, Jim Eyre
- Random Notes on Our Early Local History Regarding Washington Irving, William Wait
- Lodging in Columbia County
- News of the Columbia County Historical Society
- Description of Hudson in 1809
- Description of Kinderhook, 1842
- A Kinderhook Ghost Story, Albert S. Callan, Jr.
- Restaurants in Columbia County
- Heroic Sailor, Albert S. Callan, Sr.
- Columbia County Historical Society Calendar
On the Cover: The Agawamuck Creek, here spilling through the gorge at High Falls, provided water power for the development of the textile mills in nineteenth-century Philmont. High Falls photo by Steve Benson.