This article originally appeared on the Chenango County Historical Society website.  The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) was recently awarded a donation by the Stewart’s Holiday Match program totaling $1,000. Funds go directly to...

The following museums located in New York State received funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Louis Armstrong Museum (Queens)--$50,000 The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (Harlem)--$49,981 Niagara Falls Undergro...

This article originally appeared on the Friends of Schuyler Mansion website. Once a Dutch observance of Pentecost, Pinkster became a distinctly African celebration through which enslaved and free Africans maintained familial & communit...

This article originally appeared in a joint Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark and National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum press release. The Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark (GSENHL) and the National Abolition Hall...

This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website. The vast number of unique collections available at the New York State Archives offer untold discoveries for anyone searching for New York ances...

This article originally appeared in a WAMC press release. WAMC is the proud recipient of three Excellence in Broadcasting Awards in the 56th annual New York State Broadcasters Association contest. WAMC won for Outstanding Election Cover...

This article originally appeared in a Rhinebeck Historical Society press release. On Saturday, May 28, at 10:00 AM, the Town of Rhinebeck will celebrate the installation of an historical marker at Quitman House. The location is 7015 Route 9 in ...

This article originally appeared on the Chenango County Historical Society website. The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) has been selected to participate in the national Museum Assessment Program (MAP), which is administered by the Ame...

This impressive stoneware water cooler is incised and impressed with decorations that depict the celebration of the Great National Jubilee of the Order of the Sons of Temperance, an organization founded in New York City in 1842. Temperance icon...

This article originally appeared in a New York Genealogical and Biographical Society newsletter. Learn more about the five tracks and topics at this year's conference and get to know our speakers! Are you ready to return to New York and...

This article originally appeared on the New York State History and Education Conference website. Innovative, accessible, and inclusive history research and education have never been more relevant than in our current moment. History has a critic...

This article originally appeared in a National Parks Service press release. Ten historic sites associated with the preservation of civil rights history in America will receive a combined $3.27 million in National Park Service History of Equal R...

In 1846 New York State enacted a law requiring African American men to own $250 worth of property to vote. To circumvent this unjust law, radical abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of land in Essex and Franklin Counties to 3,000 fre...

This article originally appeared in a Saratoga County History Center press release. The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum will open a new exhibit, “County Life in Photographs,” on Thursday, May 5, with a 7:00 pm reception. It w...

This article originally appeared in a William G. Pomeroy Foundation press release. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced the next round of its New York State Historic Marker Grant Program officially opens today, Monday, April 25. This...

This article originally appeared in a Hudson River Valley Institute press release. As HRVI celebrates its 20th anniversary throughout 2022, we are also celebrating the countless achievements and contributions of our founding Executive Director ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today that the Children’s Museum of Manhattan in New York City and the Wild Center in Tupper Lake are both finalists for the prestigious 2022 National Medal for Museum Service. The Nati...

This article originally appeared in a Organization of American Historians press release. The Organization of American Historians (OAH) today announced that Jennifer A. Ingold, Bay Shore Middle School, is recipient of the OAH’s 2022 Mary K. Bons...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. People everywhere enjoy historic markers, from roadsides and parks to historic sites or even their own neighborhoods. According to The Historical Marker Database, th...

This article originally appeared in a Rome Historical Society press release. The Afro-American Heritage Association (AAHA) installed a temporary exhibit at Rome Historical Society (RHS) last month in honor of the 44th Annual Black History Month...