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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.
$6.00
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Mabee Farm Closed
The Mabee Farm will be closed until January 1o when we reopen for the year.
All Sites Closed
All SCHS sites, including Mabee Farm, the Museum, and the Library will be closed on December 24, 25, 31, and January 1. Happy holidays!
Museum Closed
The Schenectady Historical Museum will be closed in January to accommodate maintenance work and exhibition installation. We will reopen in February.
Full Moon Wolf Walk & Tavern Night
Join us for a short, illuminated walk in the woods of the Woestyne. Afterwards, we’ll make a fire in the Inn’s historic fireplace
$5.00 – $10.00
Virtual Talk: A Man in the Room Where It Happened: The Cold War Odyssey of William J. Tonesk
Anna Mazurkiewicz, historian and deputy dean at University of Gdańsk, Poland, will discuss her recent book “A Man in the Room Where It Happened: The Cold War Odyssey of William J. Tonesk.”
$10.00
Workshop: Floral Embroidery with Artist Mallory Zondag
Create a colorful, textured, embroidery garden!
$55.00
Museum Kids: Cabinet of Curiosities
Visit our Cabinet of Curiosities, where a costumed storyteller will regale you with the tales of precious artifacts, and of the distant past from which they came.
Free – $10.00
Virtual Talk: The Life and Times of Adriaen Block: Dutch Explorer, Mapmaker, and Fur Trader
Johan Varekamp, professor at Wesleyan University, will discuss “The Life and Times of Adriaen Block: Dutch Explorer, Mapmaker, and Fur Trader.”
$10.00
Virtual Talk: When Did New York Stop Speaking Dutch?
Kieran O’Keefe, assistant professor of history at Lyon College will discuss his recent work, “When Did New York Stop Speaking Dutch? The Persistence of the Dutch Language in Old New Netherland.”
$10.00