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The
New York
SHPO offers limited material to teachers
regarding historic architecture, National Register
properties, community history, and historic sites,
although they report they currently have no
efficient way of sharing this information with
teachers.
New
York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and
Historic Preservation
Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau
Peebles Island, P.O. Box 189
Waterford, NY 12188-0189
(518)-237-8643
FAX (518)-233-9049
Other agencies in New York providing heritage
education materials are:
The
Bureau of Historic Sites
Peebles Island, P.O. Box 189
Waterford, NY 12188-0189
(518)-237-8643, ext. 200
NYS Heritage Area System
Building #1
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12238
(518)-474-3714
Historic
Hudson Valley
is a network of six historic sites, four of which
offer educational programming for students
throughout the school year.
Historic Hudson Valley
150 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-631-8200
FAX: 914-631-0089
The Shaker Heritage Society offers a
reception for area teachers to acquaint them with
heritage education materials on Shaker history,
architecture, genealogy, objects and artifacts, and
historic sites. The Shaker Learning Fair, a
hands-on program for fourth graders, is offered
yearly.
Shaker
Heritage Society
Shaker Meeting House, Albany-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12211
518-456-7890
Also contact:
Staten
Island Children's Museum
940 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a
historic property in New York:
Lyndhurst
635 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-631-0046
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