National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

"Paul Mellon" by William Franklin Draper (Museum Collection)

The Passions of Paul Mellon:
Horses, Art, and
Philanthropy

July 11, 2024 March 30, 2025

Paintings from the Charles H.
Thieriot Collection

Ongoing

Walter M. Jeffords Esquire (left) and F. Skiddy von Stade (right) laying the Museum’s cornerstone, April 28, 1955 (Museum Photo)

Laying the Foundation: The
Architecture of the National
Museum of Racing and Hall of
Fame

January 15, 2025 December 28, 2025

Interior of the Museum with Executive Secretary and future Director Elaine E. Mann seated at the desk welcoming visitors in 1956. Photo by Bert & Richard Morgan Studio. Museum Collection, 1996.7.9.

The Past is Present: 75 Years
of the National Museum of
Racing and Hall of Fame

April 2, 2025 December 28, 2025

Main Lobby

Lower Lobby

Link Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Link Gallery

Ruffian bronze by Eleanor Iselin Wade, Sculpture Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Sculpture Gallery

von Stade Gallery

von Stade Gallery

Edward P. Evans Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Edward P. Evans Gallery

Ship model, Colonial Gallery (Stephanie Luce)

Colonial Gallery

Pre-Civil War Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Pre-Civil War Gallery

Post-Civil War Gallery

Post-Civil War Gallery

20th Century Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Twentieth Century Gallery

Jockey Club Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

The Jockey Club Gallery

Race Day Gallery, National Museum of Racing

Race Day Gallery

Hall of Fame

Anatomy Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Anatomy Gallery

Count Fleet's Triple Crown trophy (Stephanie Luce)

Triple Crown Gallery

Steeplechase Gallery (Bob Mayberger)

Steeplechase Gallery

Entrance to McBean Gallery

Peter McBean Gallery

HorsePlay! Interactive Family Gallery

HorsePlay! Interactive Gallery

C. V. Whitney Courtyard

East Garden Courtyard

Photo Finish: 6th Annual
Juried Photography
Exhibition

November 2, 2024 February 2, 2025

"Commemorating 50 Years of Friendship" Harry M. Stevens 2nd, Mrs. Frank M. Stevens, Mrs. Harry M. Stevens 2nd, Miss Faith Stevens, and Frank M. Stevens photographed with a bowl presented by the Saratoga Association (Bert Morgan/Museum Collection)

Hot Dog! The Harry M. Stevens
Concessions Experience

January 10, 2024 December 29, 2024

"Ruffian" by Anthony M. Alonso (Museum Collection)

The Remarkable Ruffian

July 11, 2024 October 6, 2024

"Portrait of Racing, Cot Campbell (Dogwood Stable) with Craig Perret" (Aqueduct Racetrack, Queens, NY - 1992) Photo by Lynn Grabowski

Photo Finish: 5th Annual
Juried Photography
Exhibition

November 1, 2023 February 4, 2024

Treasures from the Vault:
Highlights from the National
Museum of Racing and Hall of
Fame's Collection

July 13, 2023 March 31, 2024

A Tremendous Machine:
Celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of Secretariat’s
Triple Crown

July 13, 2023 March 31, 2024

Saul Steinberg, Untitled, 1955. Ink and watercolor on paper. Gift of the Saul Steinberg Foundation, 2022.49.1

At the Races with
Saul Steinberg

January 18, 2023 December 31, 2023

Photo Finish: 4th Annual
Juried Photography
Exhibition

November 2, 2022 February 5, 2023

Mary Duncan, American stage and film actress and wife of Stephan “Laddie” Sanford, at Saratoga Race Course in 1940. Photograph by Bert Morgan (Museum Collection)

The Summer Place to Be:
Bert Morgan's Focus on
Saratoga

July 13, 2023 October 1, 2023

Link Gallery: The Paintings of
Richard Stone Reeves

March 9, 2022 December 31, 2022

Betting on America

July 14, 2022 December 31, 2022

Hall of Fame Heroes

Hall of Fame Heroes

July 23, 2010 January 2, 2023

Jim Raftery: A Turfotos
Retrospective

July 14, 2022 October 9, 2022

Eadweard Muybridge, Animal Locomotion, Plate 620 (Canter; saddle; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G.), 1887, collotype (photomechanical print), The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.1.31 (detail)

Muybridge and Motion:
Selections from the Tang
Teaching Museum Collection

July 1, 2021 Jan. 2, 2022

Gladys Mills Phipps and Bold Ruler (Arcaro up), Women in Racing

Women in Racing

July 20, 2019 Jan. 2, 2022

Henry Stull, Flying the Liverpool, 1904, oil on canvas, Gift of F. Skiddy von Stade to the National Museum of Racing Collection, 1956.7.1 (detail)

'Chasing Summer: The Art
of Steeplechase

July 1, 2021 Sept. 30, 2021

Cavalcade by Martin Stainforth, National Museum of Racing Collection

The Paintings of Martin
Stainforth

September 5, 2020 May 31, 2021

Midsummer Derby: 150 Years of the Travers, 1874 trophy

The Midsummer Derby: 150 Years
of the Travers Stakes

June 15, 2019 December 31, 2019

Fabulous and Fast: the female horses of the Hall of Fame

Fabulous and Fast: the female
horses of the Hall of Fame

April 3, 2019 December 31, 2019

Man o' War at 100

Man o' War at 100

March 29, 2017 February 3, 2019

Tony Leonard, Saratoga morning workout scene, black and white

Selections from the Tony
Leonard Collection

July 21, 2017 February 3, 2019

Secretariat, Richard Stone Reeves, NMR Collection

The Test of the Champion

June 9, 2018 December 31, 2018

Detail of "At the Start" by Sir Alfred J. Munnings

A Sporting Summer

June 16, 2017 February 25, 2018

The Paintings of W. Smithson
Broadhead

March 2014 January 7, 2018

Treasures of the Vault

Treasures of the Vault

May 27, 2015 June 18, 2017

Hollie Hughes and John Sanford, Aqueduct 1938. Credit: Keeneland-Cook

The Sanford Legacy

March 25, 2015 February 5, 2017

Greg Montgomery: 30 years of the Travers

Greg Montgomery: 30 years of
the Travers

June 13, 2015 December 31, 2015

Alfred Z. Solomon Sesquicentennial Exhibit: Celebrating 150 years of racing in Saratoga, Peter McBean Gallery

Alfred Z. Solomon
Sesquicentennial Exhibit

June 25, 2013 December 7, 2014

The Triple Crown Trophies of Count Fleet

Trophies

1974.1.3: Secretariat, John Skeaping (1901-1980), 1974, Bronze, Gift: Paul Mellon

Sculpture

Man o’ War as a Two-year-old by Franklin Brooke Voss, Oil on canvas, 1919

Paintings

2005.10.311: William Shoemaker at start of race at Santa Anita, 1977 (Bill Mochon)

Photographs

1996.4.2: Print, "Peytona and Fashion in their Great Match for $20,000," by C. Severin, 1884, Gift: Sweeney Family

Works on Paper

Assortment of late 19th century badges and entry tickets

Racing Memorabilia and Pop
Culture Items

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