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Cayuga Museum

Grants Support Cayuga County History Curator, Exhibit

September 28, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cayuga MuseumThe Cayuga Museum of History and Art in Auburn, NY was awarded a $50,000 Inspire! Grant for Small Museums from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The grant will be matched 1:1 by a donation from Brad Schwartz, to fully support a Curator position for two years.

This Curator will have the task during this time period of developing an interpretive plan for a major new project: a comprehensive exhibit exploring the entire history of Cayuga County. [Read more…] about Grants Support Cayuga County History Curator, Exhibit

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits, Western NY Tagged With: Auburn, Cayuga County, Cayuga Museum, Finger Lakes, Grants, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Museums

Fashion History & Sustainability Symposium Planned for October 7th

September 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Top hat and kid gloves in the collection of the Seneca Falls Historical SocietyOur clothing has a story to tell. From the production of raw materials to the hands who piece the fabrics together, what we wear has a global impact.

On Saturday, October 7 in the Cayuga Museum of History and Art’s Carriage House Theater in Auburn, NY, visitors can explore the past, present, and future of garment production through the voices of journalists, curators, and industry experts at a Fashion History & Sustainability Symposium. [Read more…] about Fashion History & Sustainability Symposium Planned for October 7th

Filed Under: Arts, Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga Museum, Conferences

Auburn Museum to host Fashion Drawing Studio

September 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Cayuga Museum DressThe Cayuga Museum in Auburn, NY, will present a hands-on workshop to learn the basics of fashion drawing using the historic dresses on display, led by illustrator and Syracuse University Fashion Design professor Dee Densmore Finkenstadt. [Read more…] about Auburn Museum to host Fashion Drawing Studio

Filed Under: Arts, Events, Western NY Tagged With: Brewerton Center for the Arts, Cayuga Museum, Syracuse University

Deciding Vote: Film Tells Story of George Michaels Deciding NYS Abortion Vote

August 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York State Assemblyman George Michaels (D-Auburn) holds his head after changing his vote to "yes" which, after expected passage by the Senate, will give New York the most liberal abortion law in the U.S.The Cayuga Museum’s Carriage House Theater will screen a new documentary from Wheelhouse Creative, “Deciding Vote”, which explores the story of former New York State Assemblyman George Michaels, a prominent member of Auburn, NY’s Jewish community and a veteran of World War Two.

Michaels entered politics in the tumultuous era of the 1960s, and became a central figure in paving the way for abortion rights in the US when his switched vote barely passed New York’s law legalizing abortion in 1970. [Read more…] about Deciding Vote: Film Tells Story of George Michaels Deciding NYS Abortion Vote

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Auburn, Cayuga County, Cayuga Museum, Documentary, film, Jewish History, Legal History, Medical History, Political History, womens history

Descendant of Auburn Co-Founders to Talk About Family History

July 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ted FreemanTed Freeman will discuss his book God’s Free-Man: An American Tale of Perseverance (Dorrance Publishing, 2022), a deeply personal narrative that combines family and history. Freeman’s work challenges past perceptions that his ancestors — Harry and Kate Freeman — were enslaved when they arrived to co-found modern-day Auburn in Cayuga County, NY with John Hardenbergh in 1793. [Read more…] about Descendant of Auburn Co-Founders to Talk About Family History

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Cayuga Museum, Seward House Museum

Conservation Grant Awardees Announced

July 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Conservation Grant Awardees The New York State Council of the Arts and Greater Hudson Heritage Network Grant Program now offer three opportunities for collecting institutions in New York State including Conservation Treatment Grants, Preservation Supplies Grants, and Site Assessment Grants. [Read more…] about Conservation Grant Awardees Announced

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County Historical Society, Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum, Bedford Historical Society, Black Rock Historical Society, Boscobel House, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Buffalo History Museum, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Cayuga Museum, Chapman Museum, Chemung County Historical Society, Chenango County Historical Society, Clarkson Historical Society, Clinton County Historical Association, Columbia County Historical Society, Conference House Association, Dansville Area Historical Society, Davis Town Meeting House Society, DIA Center for the Arts, Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance, East Hampton Historical Society, Edward Hopper House Museum, Everson Museum of Art, Friends of Rock Hall, Galen Historical Societ, Genesee Country Village, Grants, Greater Hudson Heritage Network, Greater Patchogue Historical Society, Hallockville Museum Farm, Hammond Historical Museum, Hendrick I. Lott House Preservation Association, Historic Richmond Town, Historic Saranac Lake, Historical Society of the Nyacks, Howland Stone Store Museum, Iroquois Museum, Kent-Delord House Museum, Lehigh Valley Railroad Historical Society, Lewis Latimer House Museum, Lindenhurst Historical Society, Livingston County Historical Society, Long Beach Historical and Preservation Society, Long Island Maritime Museum, Long Island Museum, Middlesex Heritage Group, Minerva Historical Society, Morris Historical Society, Museum at Bethel Woods, Museum of Arts and Design, Museums, Nassau County Museum of Art, National Comedy Center, National Lighthouse Museum, National Museum of Racing, New York City Fire Museum, Niagara County Historical Society, North Castle Historical Society, Northport Historical Society, Old Westbury Gardens, Oneida Community Mansion House, Onondaga Historical Association, Pawling Historical Society, Planting Fields Foundation, Port Chester Historical Society, Raynham Hall Museum, Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History, Roberson Museum and Science Center, Rocky Point Historical Society, Rome Historical Society, Sardinia Historical Society, Schoharie County Historical Society, Sea Cliff Village Museum, Skaneateles Historical Society, Sonnenberg Gardens, Southampton History Museum, Southold Historical Society, Steel Plant Museum of Western New York, Strong National Museum of Play, Suffolk County Historical Society, The New York State Council of the Arts, Three Village Historical Society, Ticonderoga Historical Society, West Bloomfield Historical Society, Westhampton Beach Historical Society

Black Soldiers of NYS Talk Features Cayuga County

October 29, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Local historian and author Anthony Gero is set to present a lecture about African American soldiers on Sunday, November 4 at 2 pm in the Carriage House Theater at the Cayuga Museum.

In this presentation, Gero will offer a vision of these soldiers’ legacies from 1750 through the First World War, featuring the role of African Americans from Cayuga County.

[Read more…] about Black Soldiers of NYS Talk Features Cayuga County

Filed Under: History Tagged With: African American History, Auburn, Black History, Cayuga Museum, Military History, World War One

1918 Influenza Outbreak In The Finger Lakes

September 3, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

influenza medicine depotA lecture on the 1918 influenza epidemic in the Finger Lakes has been set for Thursday, September 6th at 7 pm, at the Cayuga Museum’s Carriage House Theater in Auburn.

Medical historian and retired professor Teresa Lehr will discuss the flu pandemic, and specifically its local effects. [Read more…] about 1918 Influenza Outbreak In The Finger Lakes

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Auburn, Cayuga Museum, Finger Lakes, Influenza, Medical History

Cayuga Museum Re-Opening With New Art Initiative

March 8, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

CNY Emerging Artist Project_Cayuga MuseumThe Cayuga Museum of History and Art is set to re-open for the 2018 season with a new initiative, the CNY Emerging Artist Project.

Showcasing nine emerging artists from the Central New York region, this juried exhibit series will feature a different artist each month, from March to November. [Read more…] about Cayuga Museum Re-Opening With New Art Initiative

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Auburn, Cayuga Museum

Cayuga Museum to Host Immersive Theater Experience

January 23, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Caygua PostcardThe Cayuga Museum has announced that they are joining with Breadcrumbs Productions, a professional theatre and creative production company based in Syracuse, to present an immersive theatrical fundraising event on Saturday, February 24 starting at 7 pm.

The program will be based on the Museum’s upcoming 1918 exhibit, a multi-faceted exhibit that explores the full milieu of the year 1918 and the repercussions from that year that are still being felt today.

This unique fundraiser will transform the Museum mansion’s spaces, usually filled with museum exhibits, into a hospital ward during the influenza pandemic. [Read more…] about Cayuga Museum to Host Immersive Theater Experience

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Cayuga Museum

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