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Feb 9, 2021 · The visitor center provides information on tours, exhibits, gardens, trails, activities, and special events. Our experinced staff can help you plan an itinerary for your visit to the Home of FDR, Val-Kill, the Vanderbilt Mansion, and other nearby attractions.
- The Milstein Auditorium and Orientation Film
- Kerr Courtyard and Sculpture
- The New Deal Museum Store
- Uncle Sam's Canteen
- Mosaic Map
The 140-seat theater features a high-definition film written and produced by Tom Spain Productions. The twenty minute film, "Rendezvous with History," features interviews with two of the Roosevelt grandchildren, Curtis Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as historic footage.
Through the glass enclosed lobby visitors can view the beautiful courtyard which leads out towards the Library and Home. Upon entering the courtyard visitors are greeted by a life-size sculpture of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt based on a 1933 photograph of the couple taken in Hyde Park.
Located adjacent to the lobby, the New Deal Store sells a wide variety of campaign, political and patriotic items, reproductions, sculptures, medals and coins, china, posters, specialty items, recordings, toys and games, glassware, and apparel. It also features a large selection of books on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Uncle Sam's Canteen offers visitors a convenient place to grab a coffee and pastry, or enjoy a delicious lunch between tours. Adorned with patriotic decor Uncle Sam's offers a diverse menu in a beautiful setting. It is open April 1 through October 31 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The centerpiece of the Wallace Center lobby is a pictorial floormap in mosaic tile that depicts Hyde Park as FDR knew it and loved it. Adapted from a book by Hudson Valley and WPA artist Olin Dows for his 1949 book, Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park, it shows all the places that compelled FDR to return to his beloved Hudson Valley.
Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center. Named in honor of the man who served as Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940) and Vice-President during Franklin Roosevelt's third term, the Henry A. Wallace Center offers an array of services designed to enhance your visit to Hyde Park.
Arrives hourly at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home at 39 minutes after the hour from 8:39 AM to 6:39 PM. Departs from the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center at 40 minutes after the hour starting at 8:40 AM to 6:40 PM.
Explore Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center in Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York with Recreation.gov. Named in honor of the man who served as Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940) and Vice-President during Franklin Roosevelt's third term, the Henry A. Wallace Cen.
Mar 31, 2012 · Visitor Centers. In November 2003, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, in partnership with the National Park Service and the private non-profit Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI), opened the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center -the first new facility to be added to the Roosevelt estate since the ...
Begin your exploration of the FDR National Historic Site at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center. Purchase tickets for the Presidential Library and Museum, entrance into the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt and Top Cottage (open seasonally). Watch the orientation film, “Rendezvous with History,” and visit the café (open seasonally) and museum shop.
