Join us for an illuminated walk under the glow of a full wolf moon at Mabee Farm!

Instructor Karen Anthony of Karen’s Paint pARTies will teach us to paint a winter scene.

learn about the functions of the clerk's office, what kinds of records are kept at the clerk's office, and how to access those records and other services provided by the clerk's office.

During the first generations of European settlement in North America, a number of interconnected Northeastern families carved out private empires. Professor Maskiell will argue that slavery was a crucial component to the rise and enduring influence of this emergent aristocracy.

This program will be presented by SCHS Historian, Michael Diana, at SUNY Schenectady in honor of Black History Month. It is free and open to the public, and will be help in room Stockade 101.

Professor Katherine Manthorne will fill in the gaps in photographic, American, and women's history and discuss the parallels between the growth of photography and the late-19th-century women's movement.

Join your hosts, Buffy Leonard and city historian Chris Leonard on a tasting and history tour of their favorite wines for the season.

In this tour, we try to see the Mabee Farm as enslaved people would have known it, and to understand the painful, dehumanizing experiences of hundreds of other enslaved people in Schenectady’s history. This program is offered as part of Black History Month.

The Museum will be open late for date-night! Join us as we delve into our archives of historic love letters to tease out the passion penned on the pages. So inspired, guests will be invited to hand craft a valentine of their own. Of course, we’ll have chocolate and wine on hand to celebrate Valentine's Day  appropriately. 

Marietta Carr, librarian and archivist at the Schenectady County Historical Society, will introduce you to digital preservation tools and techniques you can use for your family’s archives.