PHM from Home
Online Resources
Below, you’ll find an expanding list of history and museum-related activities for you to enjoy from the comfort and safety of your own home.
Coloring Pages for Children & Adults
Coloring–for children and adults–can be incredibly relaxing!
Our new coloring pages feature historic scenes from the Hudson Valley
and Cold Spring. Browse and download individual pages here:
http://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/coloring-pages/
Or instantly download here: PHM Coloring Pages
Digital Collections & Local Links
– Putnam History Museum Online Collections Database
– PHM’s Area Research Guide
– Putnam County Historian’s Blog
– Boscobel Online Collection
– Hudson River Valley Historic Newspapers Online
– Putnam Valley Historical Society Photo Collection
– Kent Historical Society Digitized Photos
– Southeast Museum: Town of Southeast & the Village of Brewster
– Town of Carmel Historical Society Photo Collection
– New York Heritage (Collections throughout NY)
– Library of Congress (one of our favorites!)
– National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Digital Exhibitions
– PHM: Treason! Benedict Arnold in the Hudson Highlands
– PHM: The World of Anna & Susan Warner
– PHM: Hello Again, Dolly!
– PHM: Forging the Highlands, WPF Bicentennial
– Hudson River Valley Heritage
– Southeast Museum: Historic Schoolhouses of Southeast
– New York State Museum
– New York Archives Partnership Trust
– New York Public Library
– The Morgan Library & Museum
– New-York Historical Society
– New York Transit Museum
– Tenement Museum
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Virtual Tours
– – PHM’s WPF Virtual Tours (Micro-series)
– Scenic Hudson’s West Point Foundry Preserve Tour
– Lyndhurst Mansion
– Google Art & Culture
– National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Hudson Valley &
New York History Blogs/Websites
– Empire Explorer, Discovering New York’s Hidden Histories
– Historic Hudson Valley “History at your Fingertips”
– New York Almanack
– Mohonk Preserve “Nature Nuggets”
– Hudson Valley Magazine
– Chronogram: Hudson Valley Art, Culture, and Spirit.
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Remote Learning Resources
– New-York Historical Society: Discover dynamic education programs & curriculum resources about the history of New York & the nation.
– National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places.
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