Once a sleepy farming town with an important harbor, Schenectady experienced a dramatic transformation of its own during the canal era. Would the canal be a blessing, a blight, or perhaps both?
This FREE family festival will feature live music and fireworks!
All SCHS sites closed for July 4th holiday.
The Mabee Farm will be open just for kids! Tour the entirety of our farm with special demonstrations of colonial crafts. Butter making, barn-building, blacksmithing and meeting the farm animals are just some of the activities available.
Howlin' at the Moon is thrilled to feature Black Mountain Symphony, a six-piece progressive folk band with progressive acoustic music that is unique, powerful, and comfortably familiar.
Bold bootlegging, cruel kidnappings and maybe even a few mysterious murders…this tour has it all!
The Schenectady Historical Museum will close at 1pm today for a private event.
Join us for an evening stroll past Schenectady mansions and learn about the influential families who shaped the area during this transformative era.
We’ll look beyond the nostalgia and seek differing perspectives on Schenectady’s halcyon days.
