The Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown presents an Oral and Video History Workshop for its annual Historians Day on Friday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Presenter Dr. Gerald Zahavi will offer participants basic and practical instruction for undertaking digital audio and video oral history projects. The main emphasis is on high quality, low-cost options for individuals and institutions. Dr. Zahavi is Professor of History and director of the Documentary Studies Program at the University … [Read more...]
Godine to Spin ‘Tales from the Black Woods’ at AHM
The Adirondack History Museum will conclude its summer lecture series with “Tales from the Black Woods” with Amy Godine on Thursday, Sept. 7. Godine’s lecture explores Essex County stories including how a self-emancipated slave from New Orleans wound up on an Adirondack homestead, why a black collier and Civil War veteran from New Russia took the famous abolitionist, Gerrit Smith, to court, and how it was that a slave owned prime lakefront property in Lake Placid and never knew a thing about … [Read more...]
Author to Present “Adirondack Portfolio” Focusing on Early 20th Century Photography
The Adirondack History Museum will continue its summer lecture series on Thursday, July 13 with "An Adirondack Portfolio - Hiking Photographs of Francis Bayle, 1902-1935," presented by Bob Bayle, author and son of Francis Bayle. Between the years 1910 and about 1970, Francis took hundreds of pictures of the Adirondack region, which provide a unique representation of what the area looked like in the early part of the 1900s. He was an active member of the Adirondack Mountain Club and the Glens … [Read more...]
Museum Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in New York
Until 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote in New York State. That changed on Nov. 6, 1917, when New Yorkers voted to give women the ballot. The Adirondack History Museum is marking the occasion with “Adirondack Suffragists: 100 Years of Votes for Women,” a multimedia exhibit highlighting the national, state and regional aspects of the movement. Though preceded by many western states in state-level action, New York was nonetheless a major national battleground in the fight for … [Read more...]
Adirondack History Museum Gallery explores ‘A Sense of Place’ through High Peaks Photography
The Adirondack History Museum opened for its 2017 season with a reception celebrating its new art show, “A Sense of Place: Photography of the High Peaks Region.” “Our way of seeing and being in the Adirondacks has changed in many ways since the early days of settling and visiting the region. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries photography was about documenting progress and presence. Photographers today are seeking silence and solitude,” said Exhibit Curator Dan Keegan. Keegan is the … [Read more...]
Cemetery Conservation Workshop Planned at Adirondack History Museum
The Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown hosts a Cemetery Conservation Workshop for its annual Historian’s Day on Friday, Oct. 14. Presenter Joe Ferrannini, a conservator of Grave Stone Matters, will speak on preservation, conservation and restoration issues faced within cemeteries, and then take workshop attendees to the Riverside Cemetery (next door to Museum) and demonstrate practical techniques. The workshop takes places from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and lunch is included with workshop fee. … [Read more...]
Adirondack History Musuem Displays Artwork of Cynthia Schira & Robert Segall
An exhibition of eleven of Cynthia Schira's large tapestries and ten of Robert Segall's earthenware pottery fill the brand new ART gallery upstairs in the Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, NY. Cynthia is a resident of Westport and Robert of Jay. The exhibition which opened June 4th will continue until July 30th. The museum is open 7 days a week from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. … [Read more...]
Adirondack History Museum Focuses on ‘Art: Then & Now’ for 2016 Season
The halls of the Adirondack History Museum are filled with construction as it restores a popular favorite: The Rosenberg Gallery. The Museum celebrates the place of art in Adirondack life with its 2016 Season, "Art: Then & Now." After almost 10 years without a gallery, staff and volunteers spent the off-season preparing to open the Rosenberg Gallery, named in honor of local legend James N. Rosenberg. The previous space for the gallery was removed as part of the museum’s renovations to … [Read more...]
Join Adirondack History Museum at Lake Placid Sugar Shack
The Adirondack History Museum (AHM) invites the public for an authentic taste of the Adirondacks. On Sunday, April 3, AHM will host its first Sunday Jaunt field trip to the Uihlein Sugar Shack. The shack, which is operated by the Uihlein Foundation, will offer a tour of its sugaring operations. Visitors will learn about the maple sugaring process, and have a chance to taste real Adirondack maple syrup. Sugar Bush Operator Jamie Rogers will be on hand to answer questions. The sugar … [Read more...]
Three History Enthusiasts Join Adirondack History Museum Board
The Adirondack History Museum Board of Trustees has elected three new members to its ranks for the 2016 season. The new board members are Janet MacDougal Cross, Laura Steenburg and Gerald Zahavi. Cross currently serves as the Elizabethtown town historian. Upon her retirement from teaching in 2008, she and her husband, Steven, returned to her family home in Elizabethtown. Since then she has become a regular volunteer at the Museum and the Elizabethtown Thrift Shop, and remains active in the … [Read more...]