Historic Huguenot Street invites you to a mid-17th century marketplace, where you’ll discover Indigenous, Black, and European representation sharing their craftsmanship and culture, and portraying life in 1645 New Netherland. Living historians portraying Dutch merchants, traders, and craftspeople will be offering demonstrations on leather and wood working, hearth cooking, tailoring, wampum making, blacksmithing, and more. The marketplace will also include displays of camp gear and furs, clothing, wooden bowls, and other items for sale.
Lenape and Delaware representatives will be returning to their ancestral 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. Enrolled members of the federally recognized communities will be present, representing their people and culture, and speaking about their communities today.
The event will take place on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm
This event is free and open to the public. Please register if you plan to attend.
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New Netherland Marketplace, 1645: Living History Event has been developed in partnership with Caesar’s Ford Theatre and Wild Hudson Valley.
Marketplace is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This program is funded in part by a 2023 Humanities New York Action Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Hudson Valley Credit Union is a Marketplace Silver Level Sponsor. HHS would like to thank Rob D. Nagel for his support of this event.
Thank you to the New Paltz Police Department and the Department of Environmental Conservation Region 3 Forest Rangers for guidance in our events’ historic weaponry and fire-safety management.