Festival of Trees
Celebrate the season as we fill our galleries with lighted fir trees! Decorated from classic to kooky Christmas styles, the Festival of Trees glows with the enchantment of the holidays.
Celebrate the season as we fill our galleries with lighted fir trees! Decorated from classic to kooky Christmas styles, the Festival of Trees glows with the enchantment of the holidays.
Schenectady’s Stockade is beautiful any time of year but the holidays always bring out a certain magic! In this walking tour we’ll explore the lights and sights of this historic district while learning the ways in which generations past celebrated the season.
Living historians will tempt your pallet and tickle your tastebuds with a trio of historic hot chocolates, including delicacies enjoyed by English kings and the middle-class settlers of the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys.
The Mabee Farm will be closed for a long holiday weekend on 12/26 and 12/27.
Mabee Farm will be closed on this day.
Our Winter Speaker Series kicks off with writer Marie Danielle Annette Williams here to discuss her recent book, “Loyalists in the Adirondacks.”
To kick off our 2026 Kids Programs, we're digging deep into our "toy chest" to pull out our favorite playthings!
A full day of learning for new and aspiring farmers
Author Laurie Lawlor will discuss her recent book, “Many Voices: Erie, the Canal that Changed America.” Aimed at young readers (Grades 5+), her work captures the landmark achievements of the Erie Canal while diving deep into corporate greed, environmental devastation, poor working conditions, and its impact on the Haudenosaunee people. Lawlor connects the Erie Canal’s past and present to plumb the depths of unexplored American history.
Mabee Farm will be closed on this day.