Make a custom felted birdhouse with an expert instructor!

250 years ago, rumors of revolution deeply divided the people of Schenectady. Fearing the coming conflict, common people gathered weapons and organized militia companies. This program discusses the grueling conditions of frontier combat. We’ll explore the arms and equipment available to people in Revolutionary Schenectady and demonstrate a live firing of a musket.

Please join us for the third annual Schenectady County Historical Society Gala honoring the work and contributions  of Ann and Jim Eignor and John Angiletta, SCHS volunteers.

Dr. Elisabeth Paling Funk will discuss her recent book, “The Dutch World of Washington Irving: Knickerbocker's History of New York and the Hudson Valley Folktales." She argues that Irving's stories represent a crucial effort to preserve Dutch life and folk customs in the Hudson Valley in the face of Anglo-Americanization.

Our expert felter Pam Bucci will guide us as we felt bright spring flowers. We'll shape delicate petals, build layered blooms, and adding fine needle-felted details for texture and depth. All materials and equipment are included.

The Mabees knew how to brew and you can too! In this program we’ll warm up the Inn, and show you how folks in the 18th century crafted the beverages that sustained their society. This year we'll feature our own Mabee Farm apple cider mead and hearth-brewed ale to share!

Come learn yoga through play! Instructor Kerrie McGovern will lead us as we explore various movements, identify body parts, and strengthen fine and gross motor skills through yoga, storytelling, and games. This will take place in the Dutch Barn. Participants are invited to stay afterwards for our Mabee Farm Planting Day.

The growing season has begun and we need your help! Guests will learn how generations of Mabees could feed themselves as we plant our rye, corn and veggies. We’ll go from seed to table as we grind our own flour and bake our own bread.

This colonial-era walking tour takes us back to a land you may know but a world that’s unrecognizable.