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Westchester offers many museums and galleries specializing in history, nature, and art. A little something for everyone!
ArtsWestchester's Arts Exchange Gallery 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains
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Rotating exhibitions showcasing Westchester artists. Gallery hours Tues-Saturday 12-5pm. www.westchester.org.
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Croton's History Museum
One Van Wyck Street, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-271-4574
A collection of documents, images and artifacts showcasing the history of Croton-on-Hudson. Thomas Simone curator of the museum; maintained by the village Historian Joyce Finnerty and Croton Historical Society.
Open Monday - Friday, 9am - 4pm.
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 George E. Rutledge Police Museum
104 South Broadway, Yonkers 10701
Phone: 914-337-7206
http://www.yonkerspd.com/museum.htm
Collection of police artifacts and photos tracking the history of the Yonkers Police Department from its inception in 1871.
Open by appointment only.
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 Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden
28 Deveau Road, North Salem 10560
Phone: 914-669-5033
www.hammondmuseum.org
Museum features changing exhibits that bridge the East and West and a 3.5-acre Japanese garden. Cafe offers gourmet fare.
Open April - November, Wednesday - Saturday, 12-4pm. Group tours and school groups by appointment. Call for winter hours.
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Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
1701 Main Street, Peekskill 10566
Phone: 914-788-0100
www.hvcca.com
Long-term installations, rotating exhibitions, ongoing gallery talks and public education programs showcase cutting-edge contemporary art from the global art community.
Open Saturday and Sunday, 12-6pm and by appointment.
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 Maryknoll Mission Center and Museum
55 Ryder Road, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-7636 ext. 2670
Email: nkleppel@maryknoll.org
http://www.museumoflivingmission.org
The Museum of Living Mission offers a family learning experience. Interactive exhibits bring to life Maryknoll Fathers' and Brothers' efforts to serve the poor and powerless around the world. Explore the missions work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Open Tuesday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm.
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 Maryknoll Sisters Heritage Exhibit
10 Pines Bridge Road, Maryknoll 10591
Phone: 914-941-7575
Art and artifacts document the first group of American religious women devoted to service in foreign countries since 1912.
Open daily 10am - 4pm. Guided tours by appointment.
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 Ossining Historical Society Museum
196 Croton Avenue, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-0001
Email: ohsm@worldnet.att.net
www.ossininghistorical.org
Housed in the 1872 Austin House, the museum contains collections and exhibits of antiques and memorabilia such as maps, military artifacts, photographs, furniture and items from Sing Sing Prison reflecting local Ossining history from 1785.
Open year-round, Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday, 1-4pm and by appointment.
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Ossining Urban Cultural Park Museum
95 Broadway, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-3189
Exhibits, "Up the River: Sing Sing Prison" includes a replica of the Sing Sing electric chair, a prison cell from 1825, a present-day cell and the history of penology. "Down the River: The Old Aqueduct" describes the 40-mile-long aqueduct built in 1842.
Open year-round, Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm.
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 Peekskill Museum
124 Union Avenue, Peekskill 10566
Phone: 914-736-0473
www.peekskillmuseum.org
Seven room house-Museum features local historical artifacts. Once home to the Herrick family, the house was designed by famous architect William Rutherford Mead in 1877. Three permanent exhibits: the Ladies Victorian Bedroom, the Marion Boyle Children's Room and the Peekskill Stove Collection.
Open June - December, Saturday, 1-3pm and by appointment.
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 Pound Ridge Museum
255 Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge 10576
Phone: 914-764-4333
www.prhsmuseum.com
Permanent history exhibits about Pound Ridge and its environs, housed in the former Lecture Room built in 1853. Genalogy research material is available.
Open Saturday & Sunday, March - December 3, 2-4pm. Group tours by appointment.
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 Square House Museum
One Purchase Street, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-967-7588
www.ryehistoricalsociety.org
Headquarters to the Rye Historical Society housed in a former tavern built in 1730 and famous for hosting George Washington overnight. Period rooms open for daily tours, plus changing exhibits.
Open Tuesday - Friday, 9am - 4pm and Saturday, 10am - 3pm.
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 Thomas Paine Memorial Museum
983 North Avenue, New Rochelle 10804
Phone: 914-740-5343
www.thomaspaine.org
Collection of original artifacts and works of Thomas Paine, father of the American Revolution and creator of the human rights movement. The Paine monument stands outside the building.
Open year-round, Saturday & Sunday, 2-4pm or by special appointment.
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Westchester Veterans Museum
Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Memorial, Route 35, Somers 10589
Phone: 914-682-4949
Photographs, paintings, prints and military memorabilia of conflicts from the Revolutionary War to present, in wich Westchester residents served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Open Saturday & Sunday, 12-4pm.
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 Yorktown Museum
1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights 10598
Phone: 914-962-2970
www.yorktownmuseum.org
Five permanent exhibit rooms; a sensory environmental exhibit on the lives of the Mohegan Indians, furnished period rooms circa 1750-1850; period dollhouses representing a sepctrum of architectural styles; railroad room with HO scale model layout of Putnam Divisions line representing the Yorktown area; farm room displaying antique tools and equipment. Rotating exhibits of patchwork quilts, old toys and dolls, strange patent models, clothes of the past centuries and more.
Open year-round, Tuesday & Thursday, 11am - 4pm; Sunday, 12-3pm.
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