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Museums
rich local history is showcased at many
Westchester museums. Among these are
the Peekskill Museum, located inside
the Victorian-style Herrick House, and
the Ossining Historical Society Museum, which
contains Native American and military artifacts.
The Yonkers-based Hudson River Museum,
considered the largest cultural institution in
the county, features six galleries, a 19th-century
mansion and a planetarium. Modern and
contemporary art enthusiasts will find plenty
to see at the Neuberger Museum of Art, which
houses works by Georgia O’Keefe and Jackson
Pollock, and the Hudson Valley Center for
Contemporary Art, which features exhibits from
well-established and emerging artists.
Westchester hosts dozens of exhibitions
annually, as well as lectures, symphonies, films,
workshops, and concerts.
Arts & Culture
A Sampling of Soothing Sights & Sounds
Westchester County blends internationally acclaimed arts and cultural outlets with local charm for an
always-entertaining experience.
TRIVIA:
• Rye Playland, a shoreline amusement park that has been delighting county residents and visitors for more than
80 years, is being refreshed with a small water park, a fieldhouse, ballfields andmore.
• Seventy-five years ago, Our Townauthor ThorntonWilder wrote “The Merchant of Yonkers” about a wealthy
Yonkers businessman in search of a wife. In 1964, the play was adapted as Hello, Dolly! and earned the Tony
Award for Best Musical.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Neuberger Museum of Art
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Historic Sites
alk the well-trodden paths of Westchester’s
earliest luminaries and tour some of the more than
150 locations listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
Stop in the legendary village of Sleepy Hollow to visit
Philipsburg Manor, where a historic house, water mill and
trading site date back more than 300 years to when Frederick
Philipse of Yonkers was granted a royal charter for the land.
Just eight miles southeast sits the Jacob Purdy House, which
was used as General George Washington’s headquarters in
1778. History buffs should also visit the Thomas Paine Cottage
in New Rochelle. For Paine’s service as author of Common Sense
and a Revolutionary War hero, the New York State Legislature
presented him with the cottage and 320-acre estate in 1784.
Leland Castle, a 19th-century Gothic revival structure, was
once the residence of Simeon Leland, a New York City hotel
proprietor. It is now located on the campus of the College
of New Rochelle. Serving as another local architectural
achievement, Kykuit is the 40-room John D. Rockefeller
Estate, with scenery overlooking the Hudson River.
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