Hudson River Maritime Museum

A pleasant place to spend time even if you just walk along the waterfront to see the vessels that might be berthed there. There are nice walkways with several signs explaining the history of the area. Parking is metered but plentiful, and there are several eateries in the area.

When on the lighthouse tour, beautiful day, cool boat, and awesome lighthouse. You get to climb all the way to the top and the tour guides were nice and super hyped about boats and lighthouse as they should be.

Small museum but there are lots of cool things to view. At first it seemed like basic videos and displays in the front of the museum but the more interesting exhibits are in the warehouse-like back section. There are restrooms available.

This is truly an amazing museum! It holds all the maritime history of the Kingston area and the Hudson River. We took a solar powered boat ride out to the Rondout Lighthouse. We even got to go into the Lighthouse and walk up to the top! Amazing! Now stewards of the artifacts of the steam era of boats from the last 100 years in the Hudson River. So many artifacts, boat signage, wheels from ships, tons of photos, and even a huge steel tug from 1898. Their biggest artifact! This museum is amazing, just go!

The Hudson River Maritime Museum displays a wonderful collection of maritime history in Kingston, NY. The maritime history it covers spans from the Native Americans to now. The museum is easy to find on the waterfront and also has cruises on a solar powered boat called Solaris. The museum has many marine craft of all kinds ranging from canoes, fishing vessels, sloops, iceboats,, parts of steamships, and even a full tugboat directly outside the museum. There are excellent displays presented, as well as models of many ships that made voyages on the Hudson. The exhibits about life in a lighthouse are also very good. In all, every part of Hudson River history is well presented. It is easy to spend over an hour here taking in all the different displays. The exhibit Hudson River iceboats may be the most interesting. Be sure to look around outside the museum as well, the tugboat must be seen. The museum’s gift shop offers many books about local history as well as museum merchandise. Most items in the giftshop are reasonably priced. If you want to go on the cruise you should book a ticket ahead of time. If just going to the museum it is easy to just walk in and buy a ticket. Definitely an overlooked museum and secret gem in Kingston.

I am a lighthouse enthusiast & take every opportunity to learn more about each one of them! I really enjoyed the Maritime Museum and all of the artifacts as well as all of the interactive activities. I have to say that my favorite was taking the Solaris out to Roundout Lighthouse and learning all about it's history! The captain and crew made it very enjoyable and personable. This is one trip that I am so thankful that I took! When you go make sure you have plenty of time to visit the shops in the village! There is plenty of food choices and places to dine or take it to go. Fantabulous weekend!

We went on the Solaris Rondout Lighthouse Tour and really enjoyed the experience! Great views from the lighthouse and the guides were all very informative. Special shout-out to our guide Abby who was amazing!

We did a wonderful tour on the solar powered boat. It was such a gorgeous day to be out on the water. The staff is extremely kind & accommodating. One thing to note is if youre doing the Lighthouse tour you must be okay with steps that are similiar to a ladder. If not I'm afraid you will not get to the top. The museum entry is included in the ticket. Touring the museum was also really cool. I appreciate all of the history.