Everyone who drives through the city of Hudson sees signs with the whale logo paying homage to Hudson’s beginnings as a whaling and maritime port during the late 1700s. This legacy of whaling left a lasting imprint on Hudson’s cultural and economic landscape.
In conjunction with their current exhibit “Hudson: A History of Whaling & Maritime Commerce,” the Hudson Area Library History Room staff are offering a Teacher Workshop on Wednesday, October 22, from 4-7pm cosponsored by the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center – with three Continuing Teacher & Leader Education (CTLE) credits.
This workshop will be held at the Hudson Area Library (51 North 5th Street, Hudson, NY). It explores Hudson’s whaling past and the application of this fascinating history to Social Studies, Language Arts, and Art curriculum and will be facilitated by co-curators and educators Elaine Eichelberger and Brenda Shufelt.
The exhibit material covered in this workshop will be online in 2026 and accessible to teachers and their classes on the Hudson River Valley Heritage website.
Educators will have an opportunity to learn more about this unique local history and view documents and objects that help illustrate it, offering them a perspective they can incorporate into classroom study materials.
Registration is required here.
The workshop will include digital and physical resource materials on the topic for all participants and light dinner.
The Hudson Area Library history of whaling and maritime commerce exhibit, on view during this workshop, traces Hudson’s founding and early history and the commerce that created its wealth and reputation as a whaling town. The exhibit is on view September through October 2025.
This program was made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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