Philipse Manor Hall building

Programs and Events

Historical Games

October 4, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for an afternoon of family-friendly programs, free for everyone!

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 5, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Exhibit: Takings: A History of Land Disputes Along the Croton Aqueduct

October 8, 2025 10:00 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

This exhibit, based on new research, examines the role of eminent domain and landowner rights in the construction of the original Croton Aqueduct.

Lecture: Clearing Iroquoia

October 8, 2025 7:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for this special talk with the authors of the new book, "Clearing Iroquoia: New York's Land Grab in the 1779 Campaigns of the American Revolution." 

Revolutionary Yonkers Walking Tour

October 11, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for this special 2.5 mile walking tour which explores the Revolutionary War connections to downtown Yonkers.

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 12, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Friends of Philipse Manor Hall Annual Meeting

October 16, 2025 6:30 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall as they look ahead to 2026. With vocal performance by Mikhail Svetlov.

Yonkers Tea Party

October 18, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join Revolutionary Yonkers 250 at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site for this special program around the tea parties of New York and Westchester County during the American Revolution.

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 19, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Library Lecture: "She-Merchants, Sachems, and Slaves: Women in Colonial New York"

October 21, 2025 6:30 PM
Boardman Road Branch, Poughkeepsie Public Library, 141 Boardman Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Join us at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library for this special in-person with PMH's own Sarah Wassberg Johnson.

Family Halloween Day

October 25, 2025 10:00 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Get spooky with the whole family! Come to Philipse Manor Hall in your costume to trick-or-treat at the front desk, then go upstairs to the Gothic Chamber for historical Halloween crafts and watch Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1949) cartoon.

Historian & a Movie: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

October 25, 2025 2:30 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for a spooky Hollywood take on Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow, with historian commentary.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Lecture: Clearing Iroquoia

October 8, 2025 7:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for this special talk with the authors of the new book, "Clearing Iroquoia: New York's Land Grab in the 1779 Campaigns of the American Revolution." 

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Lecture: Aspects of Emancipation: Quakers, War, and Runaways in Westchester County

November 12, 2025 7:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Historian Peter Bunten examines three iterations of the effort by enslaved people to gain their freedom in 1700s Westchester County.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Virtual Library Lecture: Spilling the Tea

November 13, 2025 6:30 PM

Join us online with the Poughkeepsie Public Library for "Spilling the Tea" with PMH's own Sarah Wassberg Johnson.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Historical Games

October 4, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for an afternoon of family-friendly programs, free for everyone!

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 5, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Exhibit: Takings: A History of Land Disputes Along the Croton Aqueduct

October 8, 2025 10:00 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

This exhibit, based on new research, examines the role of eminent domain and landowner rights in the construction of the original Croton Aqueduct.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Lecture: Clearing Iroquoia

October 8, 2025 7:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for this special talk with the authors of the new book, "Clearing Iroquoia: New York's Land Grab in the 1779 Campaigns of the American Revolution." 

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Revolutionary Yonkers Walking Tour

October 11, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for this special 2.5 mile walking tour which explores the Revolutionary War connections to downtown Yonkers.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 12, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Friends of Philipse Manor Hall Annual Meeting

October 16, 2025 6:30 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall as they look ahead to 2026. With vocal performance by Mikhail Svetlov.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Yonkers Tea Party

October 18, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join Revolutionary Yonkers 250 at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site for this special program around the tea parties of New York and Westchester County during the American Revolution.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Morning Hatha Yoga

October 19, 2025 10:30 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us in the beautiful Gothic Chamber for morning mat yoga with instructor Berto.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Library Lecture: "She-Merchants, Sachems, and Slaves: Women in Colonial New York"

October 21, 2025 6:30 PM
Boardman Road Branch, Poughkeepsie Public Library, 141 Boardman Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Join us at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Public Library for this special in-person with PMH's own Sarah Wassberg Johnson.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Family Halloween Day

October 25, 2025 10:00 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Get spooky with the whole family! Come to Philipse Manor Hall in your costume to trick-or-treat at the front desk, then go upstairs to the Gothic Chamber for historical Halloween crafts and watch Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1949) cartoon.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Historian & a Movie: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

October 25, 2025 2:30 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for a spooky Hollywood take on Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow, with historian commentary.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Lecture: A Billion Years of Hudson Valley History

April 10, 2024 7:00 PM

The Hudson Valley tells a unique story of over a billion years of landscape evolution. This story is written in the rocks, hills, and valleys we live in; tales of an incredible transformation of land that was once situated at the equator...

Philipse Manor Hall building.

What's A Yonker?

April 21, 2024 2:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

In honor of Dutch-American Friendship Day, master storyteller Jonathan Kruk brings to life stories of the “First American,” Adriaen Van Der Donck, and how Yonkers got its name...

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Pinkster Festival 2024

May 11, 2024 11:00 AM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site's Pinkster Festival returns for 2024! Join us for this free, family-friendly event celebrating the historic Afro-Dutch festival of Pinkster.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Harvest Festival 2024

September 28, 2024 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Step back in time to the late 18th century! This free family-friendly outdoor festival will feature costumed reenactors, live music, traveling exhibits, and hands-on activities.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester

June 28, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Join us for a FREE family living history day centered on the Women of Revolutionary War-era Westchester! In partnership with Revolutionary Westchester 250.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Lecture: The Barbados-New York Connection

September 10, 2025 7:00 PM

The historical connection between Barbados and New York shaped the colonial landscape in the 17th and 18th centuries. Learn about these two societies shaped each other in this free online lecture.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

Revolutionary Harvest Festival

September 13, 2025 12:00 PM
29 Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701

Step back in time to the American Revolution! This free family-friendly outdoor festival will feature costumed reenactors, living history demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

Philipse Manor Hall building.

RevFest 250

September 27, 2025 11:00 AM
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Join Philipse Manor Hall at Westchester County's RevFest 250 at Croton Point Park!

Philipse Manor Hall building.

RevFest 250

September 28, 2025 11:00 AM
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Join Philipse Manor Hall at Westchester County's RevFest 250 at Croton Point Park!