• The ruins of the 1825 Cell block today. New cell blocks were
    ​built on hill east of the railroad tracks in the 1920s and ‘30s.

  • 19th century convicts line up to march to work in the prison factories in a lockstep, one component of the old Auburn System of penal control.

  • Sing Sing Corrections Officers salute a fallen officer during the annual memorial ceremony. One was John Hartye, killed during an escape in 1941.

  • Nineteenth-century iron handcuffs. 


  • A Hudson Link computer lab at Sing Sing Correctional Facility,
    which has more arts and education courses than
    any other New York State prison.

  • Two graduates of Hudson Link for Higher Education
    in Prison at Sing Sing, a partner of the
    Sing Sing Prison Museum
    ​project. 

  • ​A view of Sing Sing State Prison in the 1890s. The 1825 Cellblock is the only building in this view to not be demolished and replaced.

  • Warden Thomas Mott Osborne, a pioneer in 20th century
    prison reform, stands in the old cellblock with two keepers in 1915.

  • The high walls surrounding the current prison compound.
    ​The Hudson River views haven’t changed.
All Aboard for an “Up-the-River” cruise from Yonkers City Pier to Sing Sing and back!
Sunday, November 18, 2018 from 12:30-5:00 pm

Unlock the Past...and Open Minds

A New Way to Look at Crime & Punishment

​Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a working maximum-security prison where the theories and realities of criminal punishment and rehabilitation have played out for almost 200 years. It’s a place with many stories to tell from many sides. Housed just outside the prison walls, the new Sing Sing Prison Museum will unlock the history of this world-famous institution through exhibits, artifacts and experiences. At the same time, the museum aims to take center stage in the urgent national conversation about social justice and incarceration. In illuminating these issues, in telling these stories, Sing Sing Prison Museum will tell us much about ourselves.

2017 Year End Summary
Check out our Year in Review to learn more about what happened in 2017 and our plans for 2018

The Museum is not open yet, but we are working hard to make it a reality.

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Join us for ​“Sing Sing Swing! An ‘Up the River’ Cruise” 
Sunday, November 18, from 1 to 5 p.m.  
Swing to the early music of the Jazz Age, featuring Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, while cruising up the majestic Hudson River from Yonkers to “The Big House” in Ossining and return. Learn about plans for the Museum, which will tell the story of 200 years of American criminal justice history.
​​Boarding for the Sing Sing Swing Cruise is from the Yonkers City Pier starting at 12:30 p.m. for a 1 p.m. departure. The return trip to Yonkers will dock at 5 p.m. Thanks to Hornblower Cruises & Events for donating the use of their 600-passenger “Hybrid” vessel that has two climate-controlled indoor decks for dancing and an outdoor observation deck for enjoying the fall scenery.  
​Tickets are $175 per person. Click here for tickets! For more information, call 914-552-7743.  ​
All proceeds benefit the Sing Sing Prison Museum, currently under development in Ossining, NY.
Sing Sing Prison Museum Project Office
127 Main Street, Ossining, New York 10562
singsingprisonmuseum@gmail.com​​