Outgoing
Thomas Cole National Historic Site 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
Thomas Cole National Historic Site 2
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Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Catskill

Walk the same halls where Thomas Cole invented American landscape painting. His preserved home and studio sit amid the Catskill views that sparked the Hudson River School, with rotating exhibitions of 19th-century masterpieces.

historic home museum
Hudson River School
19th century art
intimate scale

Tips

🖼️"stepping right into one of Cole's paintings"
🏞️"the true treasure is the property and landscape"
🌉pair with Olana via the Rip Van Winkle Bridge

Thomas Cole National Historic Site

218 Spring St, Catskill, NY 12414, USA

Upcoming at Thomas Cole National Historic Site

Thursday, Jun 11
Thomas Cole 101: An In-Depth Introduction to the Art of Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole 101: An In-Depth Introduction to the Art of Thomas Cole

June 11 at 10am

Step into Thomas Cole's actual studio for five mornings of immersive art history. Scholar Alan Wallach guides you through the Hudson River School founder's landscapes and allegories in the very rooms where he painted them.

Friday, Jun 12
America 250 at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site

America 250 at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site

June 12

Walk through the home where Thomas Cole invented American landscape painting. The 2026 "America 250" exhibition brings together Cole's luminous wilderness canvases, his student Frederic Church's work, and contemporary artist Cynthia Daignault's 360-painting road trip across America. The views of the Catskills from his porch feel like stepping into one of his paintings.

Saturday, Jun 13
Handmade Curio Container Workshop

Handmade Curio Container Workshop

June 13

Channel your inner 19th-century collector and craft a handmade curio container for your own treasures. After touring Thomas Cole's historic home to see his original Box of Minerals and Artifacts, you'll head to the Storehouse to build a keepsake box worthy of your favorite found objects.