Stroll through the wooded grove and greet the town cobbler as you pass his shop. Visit the town printing office and watch a 19th century printing press at work. Over 25 buildings are open to the public at Museum Village, and each one replicates life as it was in Orange County over 150 years ago. Travel back to simpler times at the Farmers Museum. This charming village recreates 19th-century life with authentic settings and costumed spinners, weavers, a blacksmith and a broom maker, among others.
Museums focus on the canal, cheese making and carriages.
Visitors can enjoy a church, canal shop, store and tavern. Amble down country roads to pioneer farmsteads and Victorian mansions. Join a log cabin family in preparing daily meals or sit in the family parlor of one of the town homes. Experience the past as you kick up your heels at a 19th-century hoedown or help with the village chores. The Hudson River valley, legendary for its panoramic beauty, is replete with architectural wonders, fairy-tale gardens and sprawling estates built by famous Americans.