The Real NY Part 11 - Hudson River Museum
Just north of The Bronx in the city of Yonkers is a really nice little museum that I like to visit. The Hudson River Museum sits on a beautiful piece of land overlooking the Hudson River. The Hudson River Museum opened in 1922 as the Yonkers Museum of Arts and Science in the Glenview Mansion. The museum housed a collection of artwork that mostly represented the history of the Hudson Valley, along with exhibits on natural science that included an elephant. The Glenview Mansion was built in 1876 for the family of John Bond Trevor and financier. His family moved here from the Union Square area. Union Square NY by William Hahn 1878 The Trevor family lived in Glenview mansion until Mrs Trevor died in 1922. At that time the city of Yonkers bought the mansion and its surrounding grounds and created the Yonkers Museum of Arts and Science. For 65 years the mansion was the entirety of the museum. Glenview Mansion In 1969 the Hudson River Museum opened its ...