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2019 Exciting New Season! Check our latest newsletter. Click here. The Bannerman Castle Trust is pleased to announce our new partner, GoDo.io, who has been hired to act as our new reservation ticket service for all of our tours and events. GoDo.io has skillfully created a brand new website for us and we wish to…

The Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc. (BCT) thanks you for helping us preserve Bannerman’s Island as we further our mission to bring unique and award winning performing arts programs to the historic island! Great progress was made in 2017-2018! Your support helped us implement many improvements on the island. Monumental structural renovations took place and we had sell-out…

Check out the review of the show: ​ https://dutchesstourism.com/spotlights/the-american-soldier-honors-veterans-paints-war-on-bannerman-u2019s-island-on-saturday-june-17th/

A book for children “8 to 80.”  Greg and Jill are assigned a treasure hunt as part of a class project on mysterious Bannerman Island located in New York’s Hudson River.  Along the way, they encounter a most usual woman.  Is she real? Is she magical? The book is based on the true stories of…

On August 7 and 8th Just Off Broadway presented the concert version of The Man of La Mancha on Bannerman’s Island.  The cast consisted of Mark Jacoby, Bess Morrison, Don Rey, Richard Koons, Hugh MacKay, Matt Michael, Amanda Baumler, Hannah Blair Butler, Jana Kucera, Glen Macken, Matt Tenorio, Cat Capolupo, Eileen Fowler-Sclafani, Heidi Haskell and…

Thanks to Ken Masten for giving the Bannerman Castle Trust a replacement corner stone for the Bannerman residence.

Yesterday three members of the Stewart Air National Guard joined our regular Wednesday volunteers working on island maintenance. They did a wonderful job trimming back the hedges on the island. We really appreciate their efforts on such a hot day.

On Saturday September 27, 2014 fifteen alumni from Columbia University’s Historic Preservation Program worked on Bannerman’s Island.  Below a group is clearing a hillside of brush to get it ready for the planting of wild flowers.

Yesterday a group of volunteers participated in NYS’ I Love My Parks Day.  This group worked on Bannerman’s Island and made the trails and gardens on the island come back to life after the long winter we had. On behalf on the Bannerman Castle Trust I wish to thank each and everyone for their contribution…

Once again Bannerman Island will be participating in New York State Parks I LOVE MY PARKS DAY – May 3, 2014. We have room for 16 volunteers to come out to Bannerman’s Island for the day.  During the time on the island volunteers will be helping island regulars with clean up, planting, clearing trails and general maintenance. If…

As of today the stabilization of the Tower on Bannerman’s Island is well under way. Tiny Houses, Inc of Putnam Valley has placed scaffolding around the Tower walls and have installed several braces to reinforce the walls to prevent further deterioration of the structure.