Click on the honey label to learn more about apiculture.
Photo of the moon taken by John Draper's son Henry in 1863.
See it and other extraordinary artifacts from the Draper family's scientific, intellectual and artistic innovations at the:
Hastings Historical Society
407 Broadway
Mon/Thur 10 am - 2, or by appointment
Phone: 914-478-2249
hastingshistorical.org
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Purchase or renew your annual membership by check or cash at the party or online by credit card [here]
Annual Welcome Party
& Membership Drive
Celebrate Art in Nature!
Our Annual Welcome Party and Membership Drive is the chance to see old friends, meet current members or become part of the RiverArts family.
At this year's party, guests had a chance to reflect on the Hudson's quadricentennial from the riverview homestead of John Draper, the scientist who created the first photo of the moon in 1840. Hosts, author Christine Lehner and apiarist Charles Branch, recorded another happy confluence of science and art cultivating fine organic honey right here on these Hudson shores. (Visitors were assured that the hives are sequestered at the far end of the meadow.)
You don't have to wait for next year's party to become part of RiverArts! Purchase or renew your annual membership by check or cash online by credit card [here]
Let It Bee Farm Slideshow
Photos by Carol Hayward
Download 2009's invitation [here]
Click to view scenes from last year's party at the Octagon House.
Photos by Ellen Crane.