New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: A Living History Event 2024
Saturday June 8th, 2024 10:00 am to 5:00 pm & Sunday June 9th, 2024 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Historic Huguenot Street is excited to announce the 3rd annual New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event, marking the 400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement in the Hudson Valley. Throughout this event, visitors will discover Lenape Delaware, Black, and European demonstrators sharing their craftsmanship and culture, and portraying life in 1645 New Netherland. This year’s weekend-long event will be taking place on Saturday, June 8th, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, and on Sunday, June 9th, 2024 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Living historians portraying Dutch merchants, traders, and craftspeople will be offering demonstrations on wood working, hearth cooking, tailoring, wampum making, spinning wool, and more. The marketplace will also include displays of camp gear and furs, clothing, wooden bowls, and other items for sale.
Members of the federally recognized Lenape Delaware communities will be returning to their sacred homelands to portray the life of their ancestors and their economic relationship with the Europeans. Their camp will have ongoing open fire cooking, cordage making, bow shooting, flintknapping, arrow making, and hide tanning demonstrations throughout the weekend.
This event is free and open to the public, but please register if you plan to attend.
Guided Historic House Tours
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Schedule of Events
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Meet the Reenactors
Click on the image below to read each reenactor’s biography.
Visitor Policies
This event is free and open to the public. Visitor are not required to wear face covering while in attendance, nor are they required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Appropriate face covering is neither required in the Visitor Center nor while on tours of the historic structures.
This event will portray and interpret historical topics such as colonialism, slavery, racial discrimination, weaponry and martial arts in the 17th century. Parental supervision is required for children under 13.
Please note that canine companions will be used as a part of the interpretation of Indigenous culture throughout this event. Two North American Dingos, also known as the Carolina dog, will be present and used to talk about Eastern Woodland hunting traditions and more. These dogs will be leashed at all times.
If you intend on bringing your own dog to this event, they must also remained leashed at all times. Any person who owns or controls a dog, must remove any feces left by that dog on HHS property and dispose of it in a legal manner. The person may remove the feces and carry them away with him/her for disposal. Inability to abide by these policies could result in a fine
Photography is allowed on the grounds and in the historic structures. However, no flash photography is allowed in the historic structures. Food and beverage is not allowed on tours of the historic houses. Visitors may not consume food prepared by the event’s demonstrators. Please do not touch, sit, or lean on anything in the historic houses, unless you are explicitly told you may do so. Please do not touch, sit, or lean on any of the reenactors’ props or personal items unless you are explicitly told you may do so.
Historic Huguenot Street grounds are open from dawn to dusk.
If you have any questions about the event, the historic house tours, or the site's accessibility, please feel free to email info@huguenotstreet.org
HHS Site Map and Parking
Public parking is available in the lots labeled with a "P" on the map above.
Please note: The New Paltz Regatta will also be taking place on Sunday, June 9th and has issued a road closure of Main Street in New Paltz from Plattekill Avenue to The Carmine Liberta Bridge from 12:45-1:15 pm.
If you are planning on arriving to or departing from our event around this time and taking Main Street, please plan accordingly!
“New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event” has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
IT IS WITH GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE LEARNING, SPEAKING, AND GATHERING ON THE ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE MUNSEE LENAPE PEOPLE, WHO ARE INDIGENOUS TO THIS LAND. WE PAY HONOR AND RESPECT TO THEIR ANCESTORS PAST AND PRESENT, AS WE AT HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SPACE FOR ALL.
THE LENAPE PEOPLE ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE. HISTORIC HUGUENOT STREET CONTINUALLY INCREASES ITS EFFORTS TO CONSULT WITH THESE AFFILIATED NATIVE NATIONS AND ACHIEVE COMMON GOALS OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION THROUGH THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND THE PRESERVATION WORK IN THEIR SACRED HOMELANDS, PLEASE VISIT THESE ONLINE RESOURCES:
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians
Munsee-Delaware Nation
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Delaware Nation
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown
“New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event” has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
“New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event” has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
This program is partially funded by Hudson Valley Credit Union and Klock Kingston Foundation, and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Thank you to the Department of Environmental Conservation Region 3 Forest Rangers for guidance in our events’ fire-safety management.