Lecture Presentation/Book Signing at the museum, April 30, 1 pm
By Margaret B. Schram, author, Hudson’s Merchants and Whalers: The Rise and Fall of a River Port, 1783-1850 "

"Margaret Schram brings historical rigor and a great narrative sense to her new book on Hudson's role in the whaling industry.---- Albany Times Union, 5/23/04

Admission $4.00, museum members, free
Please call for reservations, 845-338-0071, extension 13 — space is limited.

Lecture Presentation/Book Signing at the museum, June 8, 7 pm
By Professor William B. Rhoads, Professor of Art History at the State University of New York at New Paltz and author of Kingston New York: The Architectural Guide

"There is not one building pictured or discussed in the walking tour portion of this splendid and useful book that the people of Kingston can afford to lose, rich though they be in architectural heritage. Not one!" NYSOPRHP Deputy Commissioner, John Winthrop

Admission $4.00, museum members, free
Please call for reservations, 845-338-0071, extension 13 — space is limited.

In 1823, the Northern Canal connecting Lake Champlain to the Hudson River was completed. The sailing-canal boat was designed to sail from lake ports to the entrance of the canal, and upon reaching the canal, the masts were lowered, the centerboard raised and the vessel was pulled through the canal.

The 88-foot, 1862 canal schooner replica, Lois McClure, was built and launched in Burlington VT. by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. The museum's Grand Journey Tour 2005 is retracing the historic route through the Champlain Canal and stopping at ports along the Hudson River.. The Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston is the Lois McClure's first port of call on the river.

The Grand Journey Tour is sponsored by the farm families who own Cabot Creamery Cooperative, primary 2005 Tour Sponsor.

Lecture Presentation/Book Signing at the museum, July 16, 1 pm
By Russell Bellico, editor, Life on A Canal Boat, The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861 - 1889

Captain Bartley was the owner of three Lake Champlain canal boats. He kept a fascinating day-by-day journal of his life and the people he encountered on the canals and waterways of the Northeast. He traveled from Ottawa in the North, to Buffalo in the West, and South to Philadelphia, chronicling dramatic life-threatening tales and mundane daily life stories, while describing in intimate detail the life of a canal boat family crisscrossing America during a period of extraordinary change.

Joanne Michaels, former editor of Hudson Valley Magazine and host of The Joanne Michaels Show, is author of The Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains, An Explorer's Guide (5th edition), a popular and comprehensive guide to the Hudson Valley and Catskills for over 15 years. She co-authored, along with regional photographer Hardie Truesdale, Hudson River Journey: Images from Lake Tear of the Clouds to New York Harbor and Adirondack High: Images of America's First Wilderness. She also co-authored with Mary Barlie, Let's Take the Kids! Great Places to Go with Children in New York's Hudson Valley. Joanne Michaels lives in Woodstock, New York.

Free admission. Event will be held outside at the gazebo, weather permitting.

HRMM presents Appreciation Night, by invitation only.
Featuring a lecture by Arthur B. Cohn, author of Lake Champlain Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey from Burlington Bay to the Hudson River, at 7 pm

The Lake Champlain-Hudson River Corridor has played host to some of this nations most defining historic events. From its vantage point at Burlington, Vermont, this highly illustrated work takes the reader on a fascinating journey through history. Drawing on a wealth of historic photographs and illustrations, and with new information from Lake Champlain's extraordinary shipwrecks, the nearly forgotten story of the lake's sailing canal boats is revealed.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Barge #79 was built in 1914, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only floating wooden covered barge of its kind restored and ready to receive visitors. It functions as the home of the Hudson Waterfront Museum, a floating classroom, a showboat, and an art exhibition space.

The highlights of the Barge #79's visit will be four Showboat Circus performances (Artistic Director Karen Gersch) which take place aboard Barge #79 and a Sunset Concert featuring Buddy Mondlock and Chris Thompson.

Hudson River Maritime Museum Waterfront Festival
Showboat Barge #79 Schedule at a Glance

Ticket Sales

Advance Ticket Sales are available through Smart Tix.
Call toll free, 1-877-238-5596, or visit their website at www.smarttix.com

Sunset Concert, Saturday Aug. 13, 6 pm: Advance ticket sales are $13 for adults, $6 for children under 12. Same day ticket sales are $16 for adults, $9 for children under 12. Ticket prices include entry to the Maritime Museum.

Showboat Circus, Aug. 14 & 20, 12:30 & 3 pm: Advance ticket sales are $13 for adults, $6 for children under 12. Same day ticket sales are $16 for adults, $9 for children under 12. Ticket prices include entry to the Maritime Museum.

Fireboat John J. Harvey's Kingston Schedule

Lecture Presentation/Book Signing, at the museum, Sept. 10, 1 pm
By Professor Kris A. Hansen, author of Death Passage on the Hudson, the Wreck of the Henry Clay.

It was called a race by some while others denied the accusations. Whatever the truth, the steamboat Henry Clay burned on the shore of the Hudson River at Riverdale taking dozens of innocent lives. Death Passage on the Hudson: The Wreck of the Henry Clay chronicles the catastrophic events that occurred on that July day in 1852 along with its devastating aftermath.

Admission $4.00, museum members, free
Please call for reservations, 845-338-0071, extension 13 — space is limited.