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General News: A New Name for a Nature Museum
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| Museum officials unveiled museum's new name |
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| Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Discovery Quest |
June 14, 2007
On Wednesday afternoon a small museum that started fifty years ago in a room at Cornwall Town Hall formally presented its new name, along with a restructuring that aims to offer the public a total world of nature experience
The Museum of the Hudson Highlands has officially changed its name to the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum operating out of two locations. The Wildlife Education Center, where visitors will find animals native to our region, is set on the Boulevard in Cornwall-on-Hudson. The Outdoor Discovery Center on Route 9W in Cornwall provides 177 acres of field and forest along with a learning center for the museum’s many nature programs.
Museum chairman David Redden explained that the changes came about realizing that people didn’t understand what the museum was all about. “People found it confusing,” Redden said. “Was it history? Painting? Just what did we do around here?”
Working with the Dyson Foundation and the Hudson River Valley Greenway program, the museum leaders asked members and supporters to brainstorm about how to define the museum’s mission. It became clear that the natural resources of the museum -- its living animal collection and diverse outdoor habitats spread over 200 acres – defined its role as a nature museum.
Visitors to the new Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will recognize that there has been more than a simple name change. It also includes a way for more people to get out into nature and learn about the birds, fish, flowers, and trees through a series of Discovery Quests.
The Discovery Quests are trails, really, that ramble through wetlands, woodlands, and fields. Visitors may purchase guidebooks to follow the quests and uncover secrets of nature. (Read more about the quests here.)
The old Kenridge Farm house on Route 9W is now the Quest Visitors Center, where the public is invited this Saturday to experience the new Hudson Highlands Nature Museum firsthand.
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