The Schenectady Historical Museum will be closed in January to accommodate maintenance work and exhibition installation. We will reopen in February.

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

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.”

Create a colorful, textured, embroidery garden!

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.

Johan Varekamp, professor at Wesleyan University, will discuss “The Life and Times of Adriaen Block: Dutch Explorer, Mapmaker, and Fur Trader.”

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.”

For Black History Month, we're opening up the archives for a series of presentations and displays on the following topics, related to local Black history. We hope to see you!

This presentation examines the role of Black barbers as leaders in their communities and advocates for the rights of others.