News

What to know: The museum is open seven days a week, except Dec. 25, between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, and ...
A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s ...
After years on the water and centuries underground, a boat built during the Revolutionary War is becoming a museum exhibit.
ALBANY — Workers digging at Manhattan’s World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers ...
Research assistant Alyssa Carpenter inspects timbers from of a wooden Revolutionary War-era gunboat to prepare for the craft’s partial reconstruction at the New York State Museum, Friday, May 30 ...
A conservator cleans a piece of wood from a Revolutionary War gunboat using steam. Houston Chronicle via Getty Images. The New York State Museum in Albany is now reviving the cannon-equipped, 50 ...
Visitors to the New York State Museum view a Revolutionary War-era gunboat that is being partially reconstructed, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Albany, New York. Credit: AP ...