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History, Museum and Gallery Events
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Mohawk Valley History and Museums Events
Bring the tweens and teens and join us as we make art to liven up their lockers!
This is a free program for older kids, teens and tweens.
Visit Fenimore Art Museum this summer for a guided tour of its Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) interpretive area Otsego: A Meeting Place. The calm, deep waters of Otsego Lake were for many years a meeting place for Natives traveling the Susquehanna and Mohawk Rivers. Tour the Otsego Lake shoreline with a museum educator to learn about the early inhabitants of these waters. Explore the museum’s immersive, reproduction Mohawk Bark House and original Seneca Log House to gain insight into the changing Central New York landscape and an appreciation for the lasting legacy of the Haudenosaunee. Tours last approximately 45 minutes and are included with paid museum admission. Find more information at FenimoreArtMuseum.org.
Join us September 30, 2023, at 3 pm for Arkell Museum’s second annual Elizabeth Hearn Gleich lecture presenting Driving While Black author and scholar Dr. Gretchen Sorin.
Dr. Sorin will examine in depth a number of paintings from the Arkell Museum’s permanent collection through the lens of an historian. She will also sign copies of her book, which is for sale at the Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library Shop.
Join us September 30, 2023, at 3 pm for Arkell Museum’s second annual Elizabeth Hearn Gleich lecture presenting Driving While Black author and scholar Dr. Gretchen Sorin.
Dr. Sorin will examine in depth a number of paintings from the Arkell Museum’s permanent collection through the lens of an historian. She will also sign copies of her book, which is for sale at the Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library Shop.
The Mayfield Historical Society will hold its annual Fall Harvest Cruise-In on Saturday, October 7th, from noon to 4 pm on the grounds of The Rice Homestead, 328 Riceville Road in Mayfield. All antique, hot rod, and vintage vehicles are welcome and will receive a free hot dog and drink; the first 25 registrants will receive a commemorative dash plaque. Registration is at the gate; pre-registration may be made by calling president Bob Suits at 518-857-2820. Admission is free to all Cruise-In participants and the general public. Musical entertainment will be provided by Aaron Mittler.
Ernie Smith and the WPA Project. Talk by scholar Scott Manning Stevens, PhD.
Stevens is Akwesasne Mohawk and holds a position as Assistant Professor and Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at Syracuse University. He serves on the advisory board of the Skä-noñh Great Law of Peace Center and the board of the Adirondack Experience. This engaging talk will focus on the impact of the Seneca Arts Project (1935 – 1941) and Smith’s work in the context of cultural revitalization.
Join us in the classroom of the Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library for a fun afternoon of making spooky scary (and fun) creatures out of Perler beads.
This is a free program for kids and teens.
Every second Friday of the month, join the Arkell Museum for a special kids music concert with talented musician Gary Van Slyke.
Gary has been performing for many years and has a wonderful curriculum of songs that will get your kids clapping, stomping, and singing along. Each concert is unique and full of new songs. Gary might even bring instruments for the kids to try out!
This program is FREE and open to all. The music will be centered on 0 – 11 age group, but older folks are welcome to join us.
This program is sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Office of the Governor of New York.
During the most haunting time of the year, dare to experience Things That Go Bump in the Night Ghost Tours at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown on Friday and Saturday evenings: October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28. Join an eerie lantern-lit tour of the shadowy museum grounds. Hear your guide recount the many mysteries and ghostly happenings that have occurred in the 19th-century historic village, as in the tale of a young ghost who roams the rooms of Bump Tavern or the mysterious early morning strikes on the anvil in the Blacksmith Shop. During each tour, be prepared to hold your breath as Michael Henrici brings Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The Tell-Tale Heart” to life. Tours run every half-hour from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Visitors can watch and participate in the process of flint knapping (the ancient art of making chipped stone tools), fire making, cordage making, atlatl spear throwing and early archery.
There will be displays of projectile points, tools, and local archaeological finds from the Museum’s archaeology department. Think you’ve found an artifact? Please bring it with you and the Museum’s experts will be glad to try to identify it for you.
Cooperstown, New York—See Fenimore Art Museum’s collections in a way never experienced before–in the dark–with its Art in the Dark tours. Join museum guides as they lead you through the galleries of American folk art and fine art by lantern light, stopping along the way to share some of the mysterious, melancholy, and untold stories within the artworks. Discover hidden secrets within the paintings with the help of a special ultraviolet light. The 45-minute tours are offered three times per night.
During the most haunting time of the year, dare to experience Things That Go Bump in the Night Ghost Tours at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown on Friday and Saturday evenings: October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28. Join an eerie lantern-lit tour of the shadowy museum grounds. Hear your guide recount the many mysteries and ghostly happenings that have occurred in the 19th-century historic village, as in the tale of a young ghost who roams the rooms of Bump Tavern or the mysterious early morning strikes on the anvil in the Blacksmith Shop. During each tour, be prepared to hold your breath as Michael Henrici brings Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The Tell-Tale Heart” to life. Tours run every half-hour from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Cooperstown, New York—See Fenimore Art Museum’s collections in a way never experienced before–in the dark–with its Art in the Dark tours. Join museum guides as they lead you through the galleries of American folk art and fine art by lantern light, stopping along the way to share some of the mysterious, melancholy, and untold stories within the artworks. Discover hidden secrets within the paintings with the help of a special ultraviolet light. The 45-minute tours are offered three times per night.
During the most haunting time of the year, dare to experience Things That Go Bump in the Night Ghost Tours at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown on Friday and Saturday evenings: October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, and 28. Join an eerie lantern-lit tour of the shadowy museum grounds. Hear your guide recount the many mysteries and ghostly happenings that have occurred in the 19th-century historic village, as in the tale of a young ghost who roams the rooms of Bump Tavern or the mysterious early morning strikes on the anvil in the Blacksmith Shop. During each tour, be prepared to hold your breath as Michael Henrici brings Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The Tell-Tale Heart” to life. Tours run every half-hour from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Tour the historic 1834 Herkimer Jail on Saturday, October 28 from 7-11pm. Tours will be starting every 15 minutes under a full moon in October. Hear the results of a recent ghost hunt of the Jail. Tickets are only $20 each. Call 315-867-5036 to make a reservation or email friends1834@aol.com
Join us for a lunch and a special tour of the exhibition, Shaped by the Loom. The exhibition showcases the American Museum of Natural History’s Southwestern textiles alongside contemporary examples and pieces from the Thaw Collection. It is an in-depth study on Southwestern textiles as well as the network of relationships that sustain the world of weaving.
Mohawk Valley Museum Exhibits
The Role of the Macbeth Gallery in Shaping the Collection • Saturday, March 4 – December 30 You told me earlier in the year that some day you wanted a fine Inness…Robert Macbeth to Bartlett Arkell, March 8, 1917
The Macbeth Gallery had a profound impact on the development of American art. It was the first gallery in New York City to focus on work by American artists, and held many ground-breaking exhibits. Our founder Bartlett Arkell made many important purchases at the Macbeth Gallery, and worked closely with gallery directors to build our extraordinary collection. This exhibit is a small tribute to his vision for the future, and the early work of the Macbeth Gallery.
In its 42nd year, this major national exhibition showcases outstanding artistic talent, skill and beauty in a range of water media. During the opening reception, more than 20 awards will be announced.
ANEAW includes transparent and opaque watercolors, casein, egg tempera, gouache, acrylic and ink. This year’s water media works were selected by Juror of Selection, Ken Call and Awards were selected by Juror of Awards, Sarah Yeoman. Both Jurors are nationally accredited and celebrated water media Artists, and an exhibition of their work will be paired with ANEAW coinciding in View’s Foley gallery. Please join us to see this summer’s robust selection of water media.
The 42nd Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors (ANEAW) reception will take place August 4th 5-7pm. This major national exhibition showcases outstanding artistic talent, skill and beauty a range of water media. During the opening reception, more than 20 awards will be announced.
The public is invited to view the solo exhibition of painter Victor Lenuzza at 4 Elements Studio satellite windows gallery located at 131 Genesee St. Utica. The exhibition can be viewed any time day or night from the Bleeker St. sidewalk or street view. This solo exhibition is a collection of oil and acrylic paintings.
Discover the history of the Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley is located along the Mohawk River in the ancestral lands of the Kanienʼkehá:ka’ (Mohawk) and Oneida. We offer our deepest respect to Hodinöhsö:ni’ ancestors, past and present.
