A Message from the Trustees
Dear Friends,
Not everyone knows that we operate as an independent non profit organization, receiving only 9% of our annual budget from the federal government. You heard that right! Even though we are a National Historic Site, it takes generous people like you to make up 91% of the income needed to open our doors.
Please join us in bringing art, history, beauty and joy to thousands of people every year. Thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
Board of Trustees, Thomas Cole National Historic Site
Announcing Major Painting Gift to our Museum Collection from Susan Clark Livingston
Happening Now
Sunday Salons
Winter Tours Starting in January
Grounds Are Open as a Free Public Park
ON VIEW NOW
Immersive Experiences
Explore award-winning digital and immersive experiences throughout the authentic historic interiors of the artist’s home.
Your New Arrival to the Historic Site
Introducing the Cole Center, a new purpose-built stand-alone visitor center, the first architectural building by renowned designer Stephen Shadley.
The building reorients visitors’ arrival to the site, embraces the Catskill Mountains, and references Thomas Cole’s 19th-century architectural designs.
Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole (1801-1848) was an American artist and early environmentalist. He was the founder of the influential art movement known today as the Hudson River School of American landscape painting.
Visit Cole’s historic home and studios in the landscape that inspired it all.
Things to See and Do
Explore Thomas Cole’s historic home, studios, and grounds, hike to one of the places in nature that he painted, see major exhibitions of 19th-century and contemporary art, browse the gift shop, take in a lecture, or celebrate at one of our special events. Learn about all there is to see and do here.
Learn About the Catskills and Hudson Valley
The Thomas Cole National Historic Site is situated between the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, and is surrounded by cultural and scenic attractions in an area known for its history and its beauty.