Travel-Learn Trips
In addition to our regular courses, Encore offers Travel-Learn opportunities. These are one day trips, sometimes with a pre-trip or on-the-bus lecture. They are most often scheduled during the early part of the college's Fall and the later part of its Spring semesters. They feature unique opportunities to visit actual sites and learn first-hand. Occasionally they are also offered during the January intersession and the summer months. All trips are open to MEMBERS ONLY.
August 2011
Bard College's SUmmerscape Production, Noel Coward's "Bittersweet"
Encore's summer trip brought members to Bard College for the production of Noel Coward's operatta. Before the matinee, participants enjoyed a leisurely stroll and lunch at the restaurant of their choice in Hudson, NY.
May 15, 2011
Thomas Edison's Glenmont Estate & Laboratory, West Orange, NJ
Encore traveleds to the New Jersey estate and laboratory of the 20th Century's greatest inventor, SUNDAY, May 15, 2011. The tour included both Edison's family estate, Glemont and his laboratory. The light bulb, the movies, sound and recordings -- all are part of Edison's legacy to us. After this event, members lunched at the historic Pals Cabin.
September 1, 2010
Philipsburg Manor & Sunset Cove Restaurant, TarRytown, NY
What was life like in the 1750s Hudson valley, especially near us in Orange County? Encore members learned first hand during this day trip and tour of Philipsburg Manor; expert, costumed guides took us through the Manor House where the Philips family coordinated its farming and trade businesses. Afterward, we lunched at the Sunset Cove Restaurant, along the Hudson.
Past Encore Travel-Learn Trips
Over the years, Encore Travel-Learn trips have included:
- Frederick Church's Hudson River Estate, Olana
- New York Aquarium
- Museum at Bethel Woods
- NY Maritime Museum
- Steam Town Steam Railroad Museum Scranton Pennsylvania
- Ellis Island Museum & Grounds
- New York City Tenement Museum
- New York Botanical Gardens & "Moore In America" Sculpture Exhibit
- FDR & Vallkill Estate
- Natural History Museum
- Bard College Summer Theater: Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing"
- Hudson River Maritime Museum