Park Partners

The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site partners with several different organizations in order to provide programs, services, and experiences that support our work and enable our visitors to learn about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their homes in Hyde Park, New York. The park strives to nurture, extend and perfect its collaborations in order to enhance visitor opportunities.

 

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park Foundation

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park Foundation promotes the legacies of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by supporting the preservation and enhancement of the National Historic Sites at Hyde Park, New York. Visit the Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park Foundation website for more information about activities, programs and volunteer opportunities.

 

The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill

The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (ERVK) is a private not-for-profit organization established following the site’s authorizing legislation to conduct programs that perpetuate Eleanor Roosevelt’s interests and concerns. Located on the property at Val-Kill, ERVK is changing the thoughts and actions of our time by developing transformational leaders empowered to shape their life and the lives of others. ERVK inspires a generation to lead through mind and heart, to understand their rights and the rights of others, to use their voice for determined action, and to live to the maximum of one’s abilities and opportunities. Visit the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill website for more information about activities, programs and volunteer opportunities.

 

The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership

The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership has been dedicated for nearly two decades to the realization, funding, and implementation of a full and inspiring range of visitor enhancements for Val-Kill in partnership with the National Park Service. The Partnership's programs and on-site funding help to revitalize Eleanor Roosevelt's life and work through its support of interpretive projects at Val-Kill, as well as building engagement, awareness, and action for her leadership on social justice issues through collaborative partnerships and programming dedicated to her ideals in our time. Visit the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership website for more information about activities, programs and volunteer opportunities.

 

The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association

The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is an organization of volunteers formed in 1994 to restore and maintain the gardens at Bellefield. Beatrix Farrand, who designed the gardens in 1912, was one of the nation’s finest landscape architects. Bellefield is the administrative headquarters for Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS and is located adjacent to the home of FDR. Visit the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association website for more information about activities, programs and volunteer opportunities.

 

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library, established in 1939 by FDR and opened in 1941. The Presidential Library is operated by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) which also administers and operates the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center in partnership with the National Park Service. Visit the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum website for more information about their exhibits, activities, and programs.