Affiliates
Ashokan Field Campus
An outdoor education center locqated in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Programs are designed to enrich classrooms and to help meet the NY State Learning Standards through hands-on lessons in the natural sciences, social studies and adventure education.
Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking
The Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College has worked since 1982 with approximately 45,000 teachers from hundreds of schools and colleges in its professional development programs.
Benmarl
A unique combination of art museum and vinyard owned and operated by Mark Miller, world renowned illustrator.
Bright Beginnings Family Services
Central Hudson
A subsidiary of CH Energy Group, Inc.
Children's Media Project
Children's Media Project is an arts and education organization focusing on media and technology. Its mission is to create a teaching/learning environment where artists, educators, community activists and especially children and youth can learn to interact with the media arts both as creators and critical viewers.
Dutchess County Arts Council
The Dutchess County Arts Council was established in 1964 as a private, nonprofit arts service organization to promote and coordinate cultural activity and development in Dutchess County.
Dutchess Community College
Dutchess Community College is part of the State University of New York [SUNY] system, and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges. Dutchess Community College [known locally as "DCC"] was founded in 1957, accepting its first freshman class in September of 1958. DCC recently celebrated its fourth decade of excellence and service to Dutchess County and the Mid-Hudson region. The College offers Associate's degrees and certificates, and open, accessible admissions and registration procedures. The College currently offers the lowest part-time and full-time tuition.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
The FDR Presidential Library is one of eleven Presidential Libraries. This nationwide network of libraries is administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), located in College Park, MD. These are not traditional libraries, but rather repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, and other historical materials of U.S. Presidents since Herbert Hoover.
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
Clearwater is home to the New Hudson River School, an internationally-renowned set of shipboard and on-land programs. These experiences add inspiration - a love of nature and a sense of place - to offerings in science, history, and culture.
Hudson Valley Materials Exchange
Recycling resource supplying a variety of unique and interesting low cost materials for hands-on curriculum, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Hudson Valley Writing Project
The Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP) at the State University of New York, New Paltz is a teacher professional development organization that seeks to improve the teaching of writing and to promote literacy development at all levels of education. As a site of the National Writing Project, HVWP provides powerful learning opportunities for teachers, creating programs that are relevant to the needs of educators, students and schools in the Hudson Valley region.
Huguenot Historical Society
Historic Huguenot Street is a center of history and culture whose mission is to collect, preserve and share with the public an inspiring story of an American community as it evolved from the 17th century to the present day.
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
The Institute of Ecosystem Studies Education Program fosters ecological literacy in students, teachers, young scientists, professionals, decision makers and the general public.
Locust Grove
Multi-disciplinary learning adventures led by trained interpreters and full of hands-on activities that maximize the rich cultural and natural resources of the Samuel F.B. Morse Historic Site.
Marist College
Marist College, recognized for excellence by U.S. News & World Report, TIME Magazine and the Princeton Review, and by Barron's Best Buys in College Education, is noted for its leadership in the use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process.
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum
The Mid-Hudson Children's Museum shall awaken children's intellectual curiosity, stir their imagination, give children the joy of exploration and discovery, and inspire creative approaches to problem solving through interactive educational experiences where all children and families can play, learn and grow together.
Mid-Hudson English Language Arts Council
Mid-Hudson Library System
Brings together the resources of member libraries and their branches in the counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster.
Mid-Hudson Retired Educators
Mill Street Loft
Mill Street Loft is a not-for-profit, Multi-Arts Educational Center based in the the City of Poughkeepsie, New York. Since 1981, the organization has been dedicated to bringing a wide range of creative, educational and culturally enriching programs to diverse audiences throughout the Hudson Valley. Mill Street Loft is committed to enhancing human services through the Arts, in order to bring people together and 'make a difference' in the life of its multicultural community.
Mohonk Preserve
Member-supported nature preserve dedicated to protecting over 6000 acres of the Shawangunk Mountains.
Mount Gulian Historic Site
Mount Gulian’s experiential, curriculum-based school programs expand classroom lessons and give students the opportunity to acquire historical knowledge and skills through their use of the museum’s extensive collection of primary documents, authentic artifacts and reproductions. The collection includes: tools, maps, costumes, muskets and journals.
Mount St. Mary College
The Mount offers 47 undergraduate programs. Foundation courses in the liberal arts and sciences will give individuals an appreciation of the achievements of humankind and the thinking and communication skills for a successful life.
National Park Service Vanderbilt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt Sites:
The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century. The fully-furnished, 54-room mansion is placed in a wondrous landscape with breathtaking views of the Hudson River and distant Catskill Mountains. If offers a glimpse into a past world known by only an elite few.
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site contains "Springwood", the lifelong home of America's only 4-term President. Also on the site is the Presidential Library and Museum, operated by the National Archives. Visitors may enjoy a guided tour of FDR's home, take a self-guided tour of the Museum, or stroll the grounds, gardens, and trails of this 300-acre site.
"The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again," Eleanor Roosevelt once told a friend. This simple statement expresses her love for the modest house near the Hudson River she called Val-Kill, the only home that was ever hers. The only National Historic Site dedicated to a First Lady, Val-Kill welcomes the visitor as Mrs. Roosevelt welcomed her many guests. Visitors may tour Mrs. Roosevelt's Val-Kill Cottage and enjoy the lovely gardens and grounds on the site.
Pacific Wrecks
Pacific Wrecks Incorporated's mission is to share information about World War II in the Pacific and stories of veterans and the relics still remaining in remote parts of the south Pacific. For the past 11 years, the website, PacificWrecks.org has shared information with veterans and their families. Millions of people from around the world have visited the website and thousand have shared stories and information for others to view.
Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson
The Rivers & Estuaries Center is dedicated to advancing the understanding of rivers, estuaries and their watersheds through integrated, collaborative research and education. Its programs are designed to guide policy for conservation and management of these natural systems, from the Hudson River to the rivers and estuaries of the world.
Senate House
In 1777, a year after Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence proclaimed the 13 American colony's freedom from English rule, this limestone building housed the first meeting of New York's newly organized State Senate. A "government on the run" being chased north from New York City by the British Army, the state government moved to Kingston in February of 1777, and took up residence in the Ulster County Courthouse in order to create a formal state constitution.
Staatsburgh State Historic Site [formerly known as Mills Mansion]
Staatsburg [formerly known as Mills Mansion], is an elegant example of the great estates built by America's financial and industrial leaders during the Gilded Age. This period, also known as the American Renaissance, lasted approximately from 1876 to 1917, and was marked by America's rapid economic growth and emergence as a world power.
Stony Kill Environmental Education Center
Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center is an education center dedicated to enhancing environmental awareness and appreciation of the natural world.
SUNY New Paltz
A highly recognized member of the State University System housing a much honored school of education. A strong supporter of MHTC and home to our main offices.
Ulster County Community College
Ulster County Community College, a dynamic, comprehensive community college, located in the heart of the Hudson River Valley, serves over 11,000 credit and noncredit students each year. SUNY Ulster is a student-centered community college providing innovation and excellence in learning.
Vassar College
Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country (1999 TIME/Princeton Review College of the Year), Vassar is renowned for pioneering achievements in education, for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the beauty of its campus.