
A Very Mabee Christmas
We'll learn how revelers of yore celebrated the season, enjoy colonial-era treats and stories by the Inn's fire, and make a craft to take home.
We'll learn how revelers of yore celebrated the season, enjoy colonial-era treats and stories by the Inn's fire, and make a craft to take home.
Schenectady’s Stockade is beautiful any time of year but the holidays always bring out a certain magic! In this walking tour we’ll explore the lights and sights of this historic district while learning the ways in which generations past celebrated the season.
Living historians will tempt your pallet and tickle your tastebuds with a trio of historic hot chocolates, including delicacies enjoyed by English kings and the middle-class settlers of the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys.
Instructor Karen Anthony of Karen’s Paint pARTies will teach us to paint a cozy winter scene.
Part of SCHS' America at 250 project, this exhibition explores the story of Schenectady and Schenectadians during the American Revolution, weaving together different “threads” of the Revolutionary War-era. See the rare and significant 1771 Liberty Flag, carried by the Schenectady Minute Men during the Revolutionary War, alongside artifacts and documents that explore how Schenectadians contributed to and were shaped by the birth of our nation.
SCHS is heading to the city to visit the New York Historical museum! Join us as we explore some of their world-class exhibits, including “Declaring the Revolution: America’s Printed Path to Independence”
Instructor Karen Anthony of Karen’s Paint pARTies will teach us to paint a cheerful spring scene
Please join us for the third annual Schenectady County Historical Society Gala, honoring the work and contributions of Ann and Jim Eignor and John Angilletta, SCHS volunteers.
This FREE family festival will feature live music and fireworks!
A dramatic portrayal of two of the most intriguing characters in the American Revolution – Major John André and General Benedict Arnold and their fateful meeting in New York in September of 1780.