Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands

05/29/2026

🌿 The Annual Garden Tour is almost here!

Join the Newburgh Historical Society for a self-guided tour of private and community gardens in and around Newburgh.

Easy details:

🌸 Sunday, June 7
⏰ Garden Tour: 11 AM to 3 PM
📍 Starts at the Captain David Crawford House, 189 Montgomery Street
🪴 Plant Sale: 10 AM to 1 PM
🎶 Live Music: 11 AM to 12 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 day of
🌧️ Rain or shine

Proceeds support the Society’s programs and preservation efforts.

More info: newburghhistoricalsociety.org
Or call 845-561-258

05/21/2026

History, cocktails, and a story of preservation. 🏛️🍸

Join us Thursday, May 21 at 7 PM at the Crawford House for a free public lecture with Karen Pena, Interpretive Programs Assistant at Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site.

Karen will present “To Salvage or Abandon: The Story of Saving the Hasbrouck House,” exploring how the Hasbrouck House, once headquarters to General Washington, was saved from ruin and preserved as a historic house museum in the mid-nineteenth century.

📅 Thursday, May 21
⏰ 7 PM
📍 The Crawford House
🍸 Cocktails and mocktails
🎟️ Free to the public
💛 Donations requested and appreciated

Come sip, learn, and spend the evening with us.

05/20/2026

Wednesday is Hudson Valley Gives! Help support us!

I’m ready to support Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands on May 20, 2026 during Hudson Valley Gives. Learn more about Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands and all the other organizations participating in Hudson Valley Gives.

05/20/2026

Wednesday, May 20th is 💚🩵
Support grow our youth programs, protect our archives, and gift the past to our future!

https://www.hvgives.org/organizations/historical-society-of-newburgh-bay-and-the-highlands

05/14/2026

📅 Thursday, May 21
⏰ 7 PM
📍 The Crawford House
🍸 Cocktails and mocktails
🎟️ Free to the public

Join us Thursday, May 21 at 7 PM at the Crawford House for a free public lecture with Karen Pena, Interpretive Programs Assistant at Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site.

Karen will present “To Salvage or Abandon: The Story of Saving the Hasbrouck House,” exploring how the Hasbrouck House, once headquarters to General Washington, was saved from ruin and preserved as a historic house museum in the mid-nineteenth century.

💛 Suggested donation: $10, sliding scale welcome

Come sip, learn, and spend the evening with us!

04/20/2026

🗓️ Archive Workshop: 19th Century Text Messages
🕚 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍 Crawford House

Step into the art of communication before smartphones and screens. Join Marjorie Politi for a hands on workshop exploring beautiful handwritten postcards, notes, and letters from 1880 to 1920 using examples from our archive. Participants will also have the chance to practice calligraphic cursive writing and create their own postcard or notecard to take home. ✒️💌

Perfect for anyone who loves history, handwriting, and a little old fashioned charm.

04/20/2026

📍 Crawford House
📅 Sunday, April 26, 2026
🕐 1-4 PM
🍷🧀 Wine and cheese reception

🎻 19th century music by Fidelis Duo (2-3PM)

🎨 Step into the many lives of Thomas B. Pope at this year’s exhibit at the Crawford House.

Best known as one of Newburgh’s Hudson River School painters, Pope was far more than an artist. This exhibition explores his life and times through paintings from the HSNBH collection, select works on loan from private collectors, and artifacts, documents, and ephemera that help paint a fuller picture of a man deeply woven into a changing Newburgh.

Fireman, Civil War veteran, liquor store owner, photographer, journalist, magician, ice yachting enthusiast, and active community member, Thomas B. Pope lived many lives and left a lasting mark on our city.

With deep gratitude to HSNBH volunteers Kate Klein and Ava Rogers for curating this exhibit with such care. ✨

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04/13/2026

🌳✨ Step into the new Great Trees of Newburgh map and join Kathy Lawrence and Environmental Justice Fellows for a virtual walking tour of some of Newburgh’s remarkable trees.

Learn the historical, cultural, and botanical stories behind these living legacies and why protecting them matters. Then join us at the Crawford House for cocktails, mocktails, and community. 🍸🍹

📍 Crawford House
🎟️ Free to attend
💚 Suggested donation: $10

03/24/2026

📚✨ 2 Harriets on the Hudson: Overcoming the Odds ✨📚

Join us this Women’s History Month for a powerful afternoon honoring Harriet Jacobs and Harriet J. Terry — two remarkable women whose lives continue to inspire. 💫

📅 Sunday, March 29, 2026
🕧 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
📍 Calvary Presbyterian Church, 120 South Street, Newburgh, NY

Expect history, reflection, conversation, and community. Light refreshments will be served. 🤎

🎟️ Free and open to the public