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Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century

With Rob Doyle This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes.…

3 years ago

Virtual Event Space

NEWLY ONLINE: Click image to view Navigating Wealth & Poverty: The Varied Economies of the 19th-Century Black Community Sponsored by…

4 years ago

Two Houses, One Political Divide

Two Rhinebeck Houses Reflect Opposing Political Views in 1860 Nathan Darling led the most aggressive local Republicans, Lincoln supporters and…

4 years ago

Ways to Join & Support

Enroll in free monthly enewsletter Newsworthy To enroll in monthly Newsworthy click the button and find "create an account" at…

4 years ago

Dutchess County’s Knickerbocker Trail

For a very long time, since 1809 to be precise, the best-known Knickerbockers have been the fictional characters depicted by…

4 years ago

Civil War Highlights

Above: early assembly of men volunteering for service in Poughkeepsie in 1861 when the war commenced. The Civil War is…

4 years ago

Black History Featured Collections

Highlights People 1941 VOICES Interviews of Manet Fowler Places AME Zion Church The Walter M. Patrice Collection Things Freedom For…

4 years ago

Dutchess County Soldiers in Shenandoah

DCHS Trustee and Dutchess Community College professor Dr. Michael Boden, himself a long-serving veteran is just back from the Shenandoah…

4 years ago

The Story Behind Poughkeepsie’s Cast Iron Building

https://youtu.be/4FMqjSyOcC8 Meet the woman behind the building of the cast iron building! Meet the titan of the iron industry who…

4 years ago

DCHS Yearbook Encore Editions

DCHS Yearbook Encore Editions are single-topic reprints of articles drawing our our yearbooks which have been published since our founding…

4 years ago