Learn about our forward-thinking organization and explore the home, studios and landscape of the artist and early environmentalist Thomas Cole (1801-1848).

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 Before Cole’s eyes and on his canvas, the newly formed nation would find a vision of its identity born and its future questioned.

To advance our educational mission and with a generous grant from the Warner Foundation’s Teaching American History Through Art project, the Thomas Cole Site hosted local teachers to learn how Thomas Cole’s American landscape paintings can support them in teaching American history.

Learn about the Cole Fellowship Program from our 2022-23 Fellows.

Watch a behind-the-scenes curator’s tour of our new exhibition, “Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiration,” guest curated by Franklin Kelly, the chief curator at the National Gallery of Art.

Xiye Bastida & The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2022

Elizabeth B. Jacks, May 2021

Join a virtual talk with Betsy Jacks, executive director of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site hosted by Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios in celebration of National Preservation Month. The talk was part of a series, “Home Improvement: Reframing the Stories Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios Can Tell.”

Amanda Malmstrom, March 2021

This special virtual tour brings a feminist lens to the history of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and the narrative of American landscape painting.

Join the Thomas Cole Site, Congressman Antonio Delgado, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and many community members in celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and its prestigious 2021 National Medal nomination. #TC20Thursday

The 2019-20 Cole Fellows present their final research projects.

The 2018-19 Cole Fellows present their final research projects.

Learn about the Cole Fellowship Program from our 2017-18 Fellows.

A look inside the multimedia installation, The Parlors, created by Second Story.

The 2017-18 Cole Fellows present their final research projects.

A National Parks original short introducing Cole and his home.

Rendering of the motion graphics for the Parlors Project, opening May 2017.

Join Matthew Mosca in uncovering Cole’s decorative painting.

A momentous contemporary art exhibition at the Thomas Cole Site and Olana.

Reconstructing Cole’s New Studio, originally built in 1846.

Explore Thomas Cole’s life and legacy as the founder of the Hudson River School.