- Hudson River Maritime Museum
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name = Hudson River Maritime Museum
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established = 2007
location = Kingston, NY,USA
type = private:history ,transportation
visitors = 20,000cite web| url=http://www.hrmm.org/museum/about.htm|title=About the Hudson River Maritime Museum|date=March 2005|accessdate=2007-08-15]
director = Russell Lange (acting)cite web| url=http://www.hrmm.org/museum/officers.htm |title=Staff, Officers and Trustees|accessdate=2007-08-17]
curator = Allynne Lange
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website = http://www.hrmm.orgThe Hudson River Maritime Museum is amaritime museum dedicated to theHudson River .It is located on Ferry Street in Kingston,
New York ,USA , alongRondout Creek near the city's old waterfront, just east of theJohn T. Loughran Bridge .Its collections are devoted to the history of
shipping , boating and industry on the Hudson and its tributaries, such as the Rondout, where Kingston grew prosperous early in the 19th century as the northern end of theDelaware and Hudson Canal . The city was the busiest port betweenNew York City and Albany.The museum was founded in 1980, but did not move to its present property, an old boat shop, until 1982. Its exhibits include various small craft, artifacts of river steamships such as the "Mary Powell", a research library, ice-harvesting tools and maps, paintings and sketches from past eras. The 1898 steam
tugboat "Mathilda", still working, is displayed in the yard next to the museum. In the summer months boat trips are available to nearbyRondout Lighthouse , where the creek drains into the Hudson. Boats putting in at the dock have ranged from the "Clearwater" to various Coast Guard cutters offeringshore leave to their crews.It is open noon-6 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays from April to October. Admission is US$5 for adults and US$4 for children. Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
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