Using research from over 500 primary accounts of patrons of upstate inns and taverns, Gerald Baum will dig into the valuable contribution the inn made to the development of upstate New York. He will also discuss what a 19th century patron might have experienced staying the night at a roadside inn.
In this family-friendly program, you’ll learn the process of making maple syrup, from colonial techniques to later innovations.
In this family-friendly program, you’ll learn the process of making maple syrup, from colonial techniques to later innovations.
Dr. Myra Armstead will discuss the day-to-day lives of enslaved and free African Americans in the colonial Dutch Hudson Valley
Women from the 17th-20th centuries are challenging to uncover, but we may hear their voices in the documents that recorded their lives. With many examples from the speaker’s own New England, New York and Wisconsin family history, learn where to look for womenfolk in letters, diaries and journals, newspapers and various court records.
Beaupre will discuss the skeletal remains recovered in the Stockade, many of which have been falsely attributed to the massacre, and examine the role of archaeology in collective historical memory.
In this workshop, we'll felt an adorable spring animal, using wool from our herd.
Join us for a hands-on experience where you'll learn to craft exquisite body scrubs using the perfect blend of salt and sugar, leaving your skin feeling refreshed and pampered.
Author Ron Knapp will discuss his new book, "Theodore Burr and the Bridging of Early America." In this important work on covered bridges, Knapp explores Burr's local creations: the Schenectady-Scotia bridges. Knapp will delve into a good deal of new information about Burr's two local bridges, filling in gaps in Schenectady history.
