Olana.org, the website of The Olana Partnership, is the greatest online resource for information about Frederic Church and his family; the landscape at Olana; its history; contemporary importance in the story of preservation; and much, much more. The Resources page is rich with helpful links, and this link will take you to a listing of all The Olana Partnership’s excellent webinars.

The site dedicated to the anniversary of Church’s birth 200 years ago has an interactive map that plots the more than 70 museums and public institutions that hold works by Church. The site also comprehensive listings of events in the works for the 200th: visit https://olana.org/fc200/

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site is an excellent resource for information about Cole and his family. This link will take you to a page with primary sources and transcriptions, and this link will take you to their excellent series of videos and podcasts.

Carole Osterink’s superb blog Gossips of Rivertown is one of the best sources of information on the history of Hudson and news and commentary about the entire region.

Purple Mountain Press is an independent publisher of books about the Catskills, Adirondacks, the Hudson, Champlain and Mohawk Valleys, and other regions of New York state. Their excellent books cover the colonial era, transportation, maritime history, Native American history, and more.

For a deeper, interactive understanding of the art phenomenon known as the Panorama, check out the Digital Grand Panorama at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

The first narrative biography of Frederic Church, Glorious Country: How Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World, by Victoria Johnson, published by Scribner in May 2026.