2012 Loan Exhibition

Celebrating Historic Hudson Valley at 60:
Rockefeller Patronage in Sleepy Hollow Country

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Sunnyside with Picnickers by John Henry Hill (1839-1922).  New York, 1878.  Watercolor on paper. Historic Hudson Valley, gift in memory of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., by her children.

The Winter Antiques Show's 2012 loan exhibition, Celebrating Historic Hudson Valley at 60: Rockefeller Patronage in Sleepy Hollow Country marks the 60th anniversary of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s founding of Sleepy Hollow Restorations, now Historic Hudson Valley (HHV). The museum's mission is to celebrate the history, architecture, landscape, and material culture of the Hudson River Valley, advancing its importance and thereby ensuring its preservation. HHV owns and operates Philipsburg Manor, Van Cortlandt Manor, Washington Irving's Sunnyside, Montgomery Place, and the Union Church of Pocantico Hills. The fine and decorative arts objects chosen for the loan exhibition speak to the museum's three-part collecting scope: the possessions of New York families who once owned these river estates, historical resources that provide context for the people of the past who lived and worked on these properties, and emblematic objects representing key events in Hudson Valley history.

The exhibition highlights a multi-generational Rockefeller legacy of research-based collecting, preserving, and interpreting history.

For more information on Historic Hudson Valley, please visit HudsonValley.org