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| Welcome to Albany! |
| Over the past four centuries, Albany has grown from a small Dutch settlement into New York State's Capital City in the heart of burgeoning Tech Valley.
Residents and visitors alike enjoy four unique seasons of free festivals and events, historic masterpieces, one-of-a-kind attractions, premiere shopping, and memorable meals. Take a train up or drive in, and explore this area.
Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center
25 Quackenbush Square, Albany, NY 12207 1.5 miles from Renaissance Albany Hotel Open Monday – Friday, 9am – 4 pm 518 434-0405 Operated by Discover Albany, the Discover Albany Visitors Center provides information about Albany County and the surrounding Capital Region to visitors. The Visitors Center has an information desk, permanent exhibits about Albany's history, Discover Albany Visitors Center gift shop, and exhibit space that regularly hosts new artists. The Visitors Center is also home to the Henry Hudson Planetarium. |
Shopping Remember your visit with a treasure from one of Albany's many unique shops. 
Walk along Lark Street (Albany's village-in-the-city) and notice the variety of shops, dining, and nightlife options. Or stroll Stuyvesant Plaza's unique collection of retailers, which includes national brands as well as local specialty shops.
For indoor shopping, check out Crossgates Mall and Colonie Center, where you'll find designer and brand name labels at economical prices in hundreds of stores.
Searching for local trinkets and goods? Drop by the Fort Orange General Store, a neighborhood shop in downtown with beautiful, hand-picked home goods and gifts.
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Arts & Entertainment
Albany is here to entertain you! Come experience all that the Capital Region has to offer in theatre, music, dance, and visual arts. Catch a show at one of our world-class venues including the Palace Theatre, The Egg, The Times Union Center and the Capital Repertory Theatre.
 Palace TheatreThe Palace Theatre, a grand cultural entertainment facility in the heart of Albany, New York first opened its doors in October 1931. Built during the Depression, the Palace was the largest theatre in a city already noted for a number of other opulent movie houses, seating over 2800 patrons. Today, the Palace Theatre remains the sole survivor of this period of entertainment and continues to make history with a widely diverse offering of popular musical acts, cultural events and Classic Movies.
Albany Heritage Tourism
Trace our unique place in American history at any of our beloved heritage sites, the New York State Museum, Albany Institute
 of History & Art, or the Discover Albany Visitors Center.
Albany Institute of History and Art 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210 0.5 miles from Renaissance Albany Hotel 518 463-4478 Open Wednesday – Sunday (Hours vary) Founded in 1791, the Institute is one of the oldest museums in the US. The museum holdings form the best collections documenting the life and culture of the Upper Hudson Valley region from the late 17th C. to the present day. Although the Institute is famous for its significant Hudson River school paintings, the broad scope of its collections includes fine arts, furnishings, personal objects, documents, manuscripts, photographs, and personal papers used by people of all ages, social classes, economic conditions, and cultural groups. Long-term exhibitions include: “Ancient Egypt,” “Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture: Erastus Dow Palmer, Launt Thompson, Charles Calverley,” and “Traders and Culture: Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity.”
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Outdoor Adventures Albany offers four seasons of recreational activities and beautiful parks and gardens.
Explore the landscape. Hit the Hudson River aboard Dutch Apple Cruises, zip through the wilderness at Mountain Ridge Adventure, hike the trails at the Albany Pine Bush, kayak at Thompson Lake State Park, or go deep underground at Howe Caverns.
Albany Corning Preserve - Jennings Landing
1 Quay St Albany, NY 12207 1 mile from Renaissance Albany Hotel Jennings Landing at the Corning Preserve is home to an 1,000-seat amphitheatre which hosts numerous events from Spring through Fall. The preserve features a bike trail and boat launch. USS Slater
1 Quay St, Albany, NY 12202 0.9 miles from Renaissance Albany Hotel Open Wednesday - Sunday, 10am – 4pm 518 431-1943 During World War II, 563 Destroyer Escorts battled Nazi U-boats on the North Atlantic protecting convoys of men and material. In the Pacific they stood in line to defend naval task forces from Japanese submarines and Kamikaze air attacks. Today, only one of these ships remains afloat in the United States, the USS SLATER. |
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