Historical News and Views from the Empire State
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The 24th Annual Madison County Hop Fest has been set for Saturday, September 14, at the Madison County Historical Society, 435 Main Street, Oneida.
The Madison County Hop Fest was created to raise awareness of the history and influence of hop culture, as well as for a fund-raiser for the county museum. [Read more…] about Madison County’s Annual Hop Fest Celebrate Hops History
The Southampton History Museum will open the exhibit High Style in the Gilded Age: Southampton 1870-1930, on Saturday, August 17, with an opening reception from 4 to 6 pm, at Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, Long Island. [Read more…] about Gilded Age Exhibit Opens In Southampton, LI
The Tahawus Center has opened a new exhibit on the J. & J. Rogers Company pulp and paper mill dam, Rome Undammed. The exhibition of photographs document the life and recent removal of the J. & J. Rogers Co. pulp and paper mill dam, which spanned the West Branch of the Ausable River, just upstream of Au Sable Forks, for 125 years (1893-2018).
The recently removed Rome Dam, was one of the last visible relics of the J. & J. Rogers Company. Among the largest industries in the Ausable River Valley, the company once owned roughly a third of the watershed [Read more…] about Tahawus Center Opens J. & J. Rogers Dam Exhibit
Not all historians publish their findings about history in books and articles. Some historians convey knowledge about history to the public in public spaces and in public ways.
In this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Lonnie Bunch, the Founding Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of how historians do history for the public. [Read more…] about BFW Road Trip: Washington, D.C., NMAAHC
The photograph exhibit Hidden in Plain Sight, an exhibition of the Preservation League of New York’s “Seven to Save” designees with photographs taken by Bruce Harvey, a consulting professional historian and documentation photographer based in Syracuse, is set to go on display at the Old Courthouse in Fonda. [Read more…] about Historic Preservation Photo Exhibit in Fonda
The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is set to host Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG), who will give live glassmaking demonstrations daily at noon, 1, 2, and 6 pm, from August 2-11, on the front lawn of the Museum of Art.
In association with the Museum of Art exhibition, “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection,” the CMoG’s skilled technicians demonstrate complex hot glassmaking techniques. [Read more…] about Corning Museum Hot Glass Roadshow In Utica
The Albany Institute of History & Art has announced the opening of the exhibit “The Schuyler Sisters & Their Circle,” set to run through December 29th, 2019.
Made famous by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton: An American Musical, the Schuyler sisters Angelica, Elizabeth, and Margaret (Peggy) were fascinating characters in American history and played significant roles in the life of Alexander Hamilton.
Now, for the first time, there is an exhibition exploring the Revolutionary world of these women in the sisters’ hometown of Albany. [Read more…] about Schuyler Sisters & Their Circle Exhibit in Albany
The Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith, NY, has announced they are seeking exhibitors for the 36th annual Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree and Powerfest, set for Saturday, September 7th.
Exhibits include motors, tractors, farm machines, model engines, vehicles, motorcycles, and more. Exhibitors include members of the Franklin Doodlebug Club, the Southern Tier Antique Gas and Steam Engine Association, the Hudson Mohawk Chapter of the Pioneer Gas Engine Association, the Antique Outboard Motor Club, and the Mohican Car Club. Popular features include a 1926 Ahrens Fox Pumper Firetruck, the 1957 Nash Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Fire Truck Ride from the Catskill Game Farm, and a great variety of engines. [Read more…] about Antique Engine Jamboree Seeking Exhibitors
The East Hampton Historical Society, stewards of the Thomas & Mary Nimmo Moran Studio, have announced their newest exhibition: Thomas Moran Discovers the American West, on display from June 29 until November 9, 2019.
The exhibition details Moran’s adventurous participation in the 1871 Hayden Expedition to Wyoming, and explores its impact on both the art world and the National Parks Service. [Read more…] about ‘Thomas Moran Discovers the American West’ Opens In E. Hampton
Historic Saranac Lake has announced an opening reception for “The Art of the Cure,” a new exhibit in the John Black Room of the Saranac Laboratory Museum, located 89 Church Street.
This exhibit highlights Saranac Lake’s rich history of the arts. The Trudeau Sanatorium and the Study and Craft Guild offered groundbreaking occupational therapy programs to tuberculosis patients, many of whom went on to become accomplished artists, writers, and craftspeople. [Read more…] about New Historic Saranac Lake Exhibit Celebrates the Arts