Van Wyck Homestead Museum
Fishkill Historical Society

Statement of Purpose:

Highlights & Collections:

See a working colonial kitchen and a collection of artifacts from the Continental Army encampment of 1776-1783.

The house is believed to be the model for the Wharton House in the James Fenimore Cooper book "The Spy".

Exhibits:

Changing exhibits on Fishkill history.

Hours:

The museum is open on Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 PM from June through the end of October.

It is gladly open by appointment.

Admission & Directions:

The museum is south of the Village of Fishkill on Route 9

Going either north or south on State Route 9, the museum is at the intersection of I 84.

Traveling east on I 84 take exit 13 go straight ahead, the museum is in front of you.

Traveling west take exit 13, go south on Route 9 under the overpass. Museum is on the left.

Key Personnel:

1st Vice President Jack Hale
2nd Vice President Roy Jorgensen
Corresponding Sec. Elaine Peterberns
Trustees Cliff Foley, Marty Byster, Steve Lynch, Barbara Battista & Helga Mackenzie

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