Visitors of all ages took part in a range of activities including landscapedrawing, photography, bug-hunting, dressing-up as Georgians and learning country dances.
Cole, founder of the Hudson River School, was so keen to do justice to the panoramic breadth of this Catskill landscape that his drawing extends across two pages of his sketchbook.
The thought of repeatedly drawing lines across the screen may sound daunting (especially in landscape mode), but in all seriousness, we urge you to give it a go, even just for normal typing.