Then and Now in Pound Ridge

And by HERE! we don’t just mean here in Pound Ridge. We mean right here on the spot where our Pound Ridge Museum is today. That’s where much of the fighting really happened, which makes it an ideal place to commemorate this big piece of town history. So that’s what we’re doing. From now through November, you can visit the Museum to learn the details of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton’s raid and see artifacts of the Revolution - from drums and a musket to a soldier’s discharge paper, signed by George Washington.

PRHS is proud to announce “Time Capsule 2020” — a year-long effort that will bring together a collection of objects, writings, and more to be included in a special curated exhibit to open in the Museum in April 2020 and culminating with a 5 x 3’ time capsule being sealed and buried on September 15, 2020 near the flagpole in front of the Town House. It will not be re-opened until September 2120, 100 years later!

Imagine visiting your grandparents and you discover the staircase to the attic. You open the door and there are so many things, wonderful things that must be family treasures. You're ever so curious. Who did these things belong to, and what's their story? That's what our 50 Objects - 50 Stories exhibition is all about; an eclectic look at pound Ridge - somewhat scholarly, somewhat whimsical, somewhat serious, always historical.

The Pound Ridge Historical Society opened Modern in Pound Ridge: 20th Century Architecture + Lifestyle on April 23, 2017. This was a real departure for the Society as the show  featured the town's first comprehensive survey of Modern and Contemporary architecture as a part of our town's history that had been largely neglected.

2016 was the Pound Ridge Garden Club’s 75th anniversary. The exhibit that year honored their work and contribution to the Pound Ridge community from the time of their inception in 1941 when they joined the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. and held their first show, “Victory Garden Harvest”, to the annual shows thereafter, as well as their civic projects.

The exhibit highlighted Hiram Halle’s pivotal role in the development of Pound Ridge and its historical hamlet. Various aspects of Halle’s life were covered, including his many and notable accomplishments as an American businessman, humanitarian, inventor, philanthropist and arts collector.