Opening May 24, Mary Cassatt / Berthe Morisot: Allies in Impressionism highlights the influence these two artists had on one another and their impact on the Impressionist movement.
National Historic Marker Day is a grassroots initiative launched by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, a Syracuse-based philanthropic organization.
The Herkimer County Historical Society is turning up the heat this spring with two thrilling events that promise suspense, excitement, and a dash of fun!
We are each living links between the past and the future. Our ancestors thought of us as symbols of potential, as their legacy carried on.
2025 marks both the 165th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election to the presidency and the 160th anniversary of his April 15th, 1865 assassination.
The Mayfield Historical Society will host Fulton County Historian Samantha Hall-Saladino and Johnstown Historical Society Board President and vintage fashion enthusiast and boutique owner Jessica Henry McClements as they present “Fashion inn the Age of the Suffragists.”
Return To Sugar Bush, Sugaring Off” at Herkimer Home State Historic Site from 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday April 12th, 2025.
Join noted scholar Rochelle L. Johnson for a lecture exploringSusan Fenimore Cooper’s coming of age in Europe and how it kindled her environmental understanding of New World landscapes.
Writers and actors take the stage offering a variety of poetry, prose, short fiction, and more on April 26.
Louis Ransom, a native of Little Falls, invented the steam street car in 1877, which was the precursor to the electric trolley.
Mary Cassatt, American, 1844–1926, Summertime, 1894, Oil on canvas, 39 5/8 x 32 in., Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, IL, 1988.25, Photo courtesy of Terra Foundation for American Art
Sugaring set up at mansion. Photo provided by the Herkimer Home State Historic Site.
Susan Fenimore Cooper depicted with her father in the lower left. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Circa 1914 | Street Car being pulled by horses on Main Street, Dolgeville, New York. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society Museum.