Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame 240 Main Street • Goshen 10924 • 845-294-6330 Drive a sulky to the finish line in the 3D simulator. Riveting state-of-the-art and interactive exhibits. Call and judge a race. Theaters tell the fascinating history of America’s first sport. Home of the largest collection of Currier & Ives trotting prints. Changing art exhibits. Group tours, conference and private party facilities. Fully handicap accessible. Daily 10-5. VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER. www.harnessmuseum.com Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Wildlife Education Center 25 Boulevard • Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520 • 845-534-7781 The education center offers living exhibitions of native animals next to a 100-acre natural area with well-marked walking trails. Year round. Fri-Sun 12-4. Outdoor Discovery Center 100 Muser Drive • Cornwall 12518 • 845-534-5506 The Outdoor Discovery Center features trails and “Discovery Quests” through different ecosystems. SpringOct. Sat & Sun 10-4. www.hhnm.org Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum 94 Broadway • Newburgh 12550 • 845-569-4997 Changing exhibits of original manuscripts and documents from the world’s largest private collection. Monthly exhibitions of local and national artists in all media. FREE. Mon-Sat 10-4. Sun 12-4. www.karpeles.com Maybrook Railroad Museum 111 Schipps Lane • Maybrook 12543 • 845-427-2717 Refurbished railroad caboose. The Village Hall contains artifacts, films, videos, and photographs of the past. Also, a g-scale model train layout. FREE. April-Oct. Sat & Sun, 1-4. Minisink Heritage Museum 20 Roy Smith Drive • Westtown 10998 • 845-726-4148 Early farm equipment, memorabilia and artifacts. Located in the Minisink Town Hall. Tues 10-2.
Montgomery Village Museum 142 Clinton Street • Montgomery 12549 845-457-7576 Exhibits on past businesses, schools and churches, historic maps, as well as other displays on local history. Open by appointment. Motorcyclepedia Museum 250 Lake St • Newburgh 12550 • 845-569-9065 Largest motorcycle museum in the U.S. with over 500 motorcycles built from 1897 to the present. Rare vintage bikes and more than 100 Indians on exhibit. Fri-Sat, 10-5. Sun 10-5. www.motorcyclepediamuseum.org Museum Village 1010 Route 17M • Monroe 10950 • 845-782-8247 One of New York's largest living history museums with costumed interpreters demonstrating crafts in a 19th century village setting. A complete mastodon skeleton dug up near the area is displayed in the Natural History Building. Special events including Haunted Tours. Group tours. Picnic facilities. April-November. Call for hours. www.museumvillage.org National Purple Heart Hall of Honor 374 Temple Hill Road • Route 300 • New Windsor 12553 845-561-1765 Dedicated to the stories of Purple Heart recipients. Film, interviews, exhibits, and the Roll of Honor, an electronic database of recipients from the Civil War through Afghanistan. Open year round, Tues-Sat 10-5. Sun 1-5. www.thepurpleheart.com Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation 26 Hoag Road (off Route 209) • Cuddebackville 12729 845-754-8870 Located in the D&H Canal Park with a self-guided walking tour of the canal, exhibits on the canal and early film making, special exhibits, and events. Hiking, fishing and picnicking. Apr–Oct. Fri–Sun, noon–4. Park open dawn to dusk daily. www.neversinkmuseum.org
Orange County Farmer’s Museum 850 Route 17K • Montgomery 12549 • 845-457-2959 Located on the grounds of Brick House Museum. Vintage farm equipment, blacksmith shop, saw mill and visitors center. Mid-May to mid-Oct. Sat & Sun 10-4. http://ocfarmersmuseum.org Orange County Firefighters Museum 141 Clinton Street • Montgomery 12549 • 845-457-9654 Firefighting memorabilia from the area housed in a 1913 fire house. Exhibits include a hand drawn 1872 engine, 1810 hand drawn pumper, and 1872 horse drawn steamer. Sat 1-4, year round. www.ocfm.us
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Pines Museum 19 Wilcox Road • Slate Hill 10973 • 845-355-5713 Memorabilia, genealogy information, family histories and hands-on exhibits housed in a 1700s home. Restored kitchen and parlor containing displays related to the region. Feb-Dec. Wed 1-4. Port Jervis Fire Museum 8 Orange Street • Port Jervis 12771 • 845-856-4581 A large collection of fire apparatus and memorabilia in an old fire station. May-Oct, last Sat of the month, 1-4pm. Facebook: Port Jervis Fire Museum, Port Jervis, NY West Point Museum 2110 New South Post Road • West Point 10996 845-938-3590 Military uniforms, flags, weapons and military art of both American and European derivation. Museum galleries include history of the Academy, US Army, and Warfare from Egyptian times to Desert Storm. Daily 10:30-4:15. www.usma.edu/Museum
SPIRITUAL CENTERS Ananda Ashram 13 Sapphire Road • Monroe 10950 • 845-782-5575 Yoga retreat, spiritual, and educational center offering daily meditation programs with Yoga-Vendanta studies, chanting, and readings as well as daily Yoga and Sanskrit instruction. Lodging available. www.anandaashram.org
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National Carmelite Shrine 70 Carmelite Drive • Middletown 10940 • 845-343-1879 National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel situated on 60 pastoral acres. Chapel, shrines, gardens, cloister walk, picnic grove, and gift shop. Daily 8:30 to 4:30. www.ourladyofmtcarmelshrine.com
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