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In-Person DHPSNY Services Return, Summer Planning & Assessment Deadline Extended to July 29
Published July 8, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a DHPSNY newsletter. DHPSNY is excited to announce the return of in-person Planning & Assessment Services! Starting this application round, accepted sites will have the option of choosing in-person servic...
Gilder Lehrman Institute Student Opportunities
Published August 26, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Gilder Lehrman Institute newsletter. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer numerous programs and activities—all 100% free—that make history come alive for K–12 students. They include...
A New York Minute in History Podcast Announces 5th Season
Published September 28, 2022 | State History
This article originally appeared in a WAMC press release. The award-winning podcast A New York Minute In History has launched its fifth season as it continues to explore the unique tales of New Yorkers throughout American history. This new 12-e...
Abolitionists Inducted to Hall of Fame
Published November 7, 2022 | State History
This article orginally appeared on the National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum website. Descendants and sponsors traveled from across New York State, as well as from California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minneso...
NEH Announces $28.1 Million for 204 Humanities Projects Nationwide
Published January 10, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website. Congratulations to the New York State grantees! The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $28.1 million in grants for 204 human...
Clinton County Historical Association awarded $8000 in Grant Funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership for Pathway to America250
Published March 21, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Clinton County Historical Association press release. The CCHA Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the award of a 2023 Local Heritage Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership totali...
Hart Cluett Museum Announces New Executive Director
Published May 11, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Hart Cluett Museum website. When Kathy Sheehan was 10 years old and went downtown for a piano lesson, she would make her away to the Hart Cluett House to soak in the 19th-century atmosphere of the h...
Long Island prepares for 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War
Published June 20, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the WSHU Public Radio website. As the country looks ahead to the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War, leaders on Long Island have announced plans for a commemoration of the region’s local ties to the A...
NEH Announces $41.3 Million for 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide
Published August 15, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a National Edowment for the Humanities newsletter. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will ...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Biographer and Historian Jon Meacham Recognized as 2023 Empire State Archives and History Award Laureate
Published November 2, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Jon Meacham will be honored as the 2023 Empire State Archives and History Award Laureate, the New...
Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum Opens for the Season February 4
Published January 18, 2024 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Bethlehem Historical Association press release. The Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum, home of the Bethlehem Historical Association, 1003 River Road, Selkirk, opens for the season on February 4 at 2 p.m. Dis...
The National Votes for Women Trail announces New Podcast: Her March to Democracy
Published March 26, 2024 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Her March to Democracy podcast website. Welcome to Her March To Democracy where we're telling stories along the National Votes For Women Trail. The trail chronicles the fight for voting rights for women. ...
Museum Hue HueArts NYS Docu-series Episode Six: Eastville Community Historical Society
Published July 2, 2024 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Museum Hue newsletter. Museum Hue is delighted to share our next feature in our HueArts NYS docu-series. Eastville Community Historical Society was founded in 1981 and is located in Sag Harbor, NY. The Miss...
IMLS Maintains Commitment to Museums, Opens FY25 Grant Funding Cycle
Published August 28, 2024 | State History
This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for eight museum grant programs. Museums and related organizations across the United States are encourag...
Announcing the 2025 NYS Archives Student Research Awards Competition
Published October 24, 2024 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Consider the Source NY website. The New York State Archives announces its thirty-fifth annual Student Research Awards competition to promote and recognize excellence in student research. The main purpose ...
New Podcast Available Now! Black History Month: Frederick Douglass in Rochester
Published February 26, 2025 | State History
New Acquisition: Liquor Chest Used by NYS Soldiers in American Revolution and War of 1812
Published February 29, 2016 | Political History
A liquor chest used by soldiers in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 was recently donated to the New York State Museum. The chest was donated by the descendants of Captain Abraham Swartwout (an officer on General George Washington...
MANY LENSES: Three museums, three objects, many lenses
Published September 30, 2016 | State History
National Museum of African American History & Culture
National Coalition for History Intervenes To Preserve History Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Published October 31, 2016 | State History
In July, NCH was made aware by the leadership of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) that the history office at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) was likely to be defunded and...
Reflections from the International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Published November 23, 2016 | State History
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 Editor’s Note: Last month, IMLS staff participated in pre-conference grantee convening and other activities related to the 2016 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums organi...
