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Historic Saranac Lake

Safe Harbor, A Play About Saranac Lake’s TB Years

October 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

couple courtesy Historic Saranac Lake CollectionHistoric Saranac Lake will host a reading of Safe Harbor, a play about the tuberculous years in Saranac Lake on Friday, November 4th, in the historic auditorium at the former Trudeau Sanatorium. [Read more…] about Safe Harbor, A Play About Saranac Lake’s TB Years

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake

Historic Saranac Lake Wins Grants to Support Museum Expansion

September 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Architectural rendering of the Trudeau Building after restoration providedHistoric Saranac Lake has announced that it has successfully secured a series of grants to support the project to expand the museum into the Trudeau building.

The organization has received thirteen government grants totaling over $1.8 million to support various aspects of the project, including architectural design, staffing, museum planning, and rehabilitation of both museum buildings. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake Wins Grants to Support Museum Expansion

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Grants, Historic Saranac Lake

Historic Saranac Lake Celebrating Béla Bartók

June 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Béla Bartók courtesy Historic Saranac Lake CollectionHistoric Saranac Lake (HSL) has announced a series of programs in celebration of Béla Bartók. The great Hungarian composer spent the last three summers of his life in Saranac Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake Celebrating Béla Bartók

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake

Historic Saranac Lake To Host Trudeau Building Open House

April 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Trudeau Building courtesy Historic Saranac LakeHistoric Saranac Lake (HSL) will host an open house will be held at the Trudeau Building, located at 118 Main Street, on Wednesday, April 6th from 4 to 6 pm. All community members are welcome to come by for a look at the building before renovations begin. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake To Host Trudeau Building Open House

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake

Historic Saranac Lake Acquires Béla Bartók Artifacts

March 17, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Saranac Laboratory Museum Historic Saranac Lake has announced that the Saranac Laboratory Museum has received an important donation, a collection of personal effects that once belonged to Béla Bartók.

Widely regarded as one of the great composers, Bartók spent the last three summers of his life in Saranac Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains. Historic Saranac Lake maintains the cabin where Bartók stayed the year of his death, in 1945, and shows it to the public by appointment. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake Acquires Béla Bartók Artifacts

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Historic Saranac Lake, Material Culture, Musical History, Performing Arts, Saranac Laboratory Museum, Saranac Lake

Resistance to Vaccines, Past & Present (A Virtual Talk)

February 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

historic saranac lakeHistoric Saranac Lake has announced “Exploring Vaccine Resistance Past and Present,” a program discussing popular resistance to vaccines and other public health measures using past and present infectious disease pandemics as a backdrop, set for Thursday March 3rd. [Read more…] about Resistance to Vaccines, Past & Present (A Virtual Talk)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake

Construction Begins At New Historic Saranac Lake Museum

February 4, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Trudeau BuildingNew temporary signage has gone up at the Trudeau Building on the corner of Church and Main in downtown Saranac Lake, NY. Historic Saranac Lake purchased the historic building in 2018 for expansion of the Saranac Laboratory Museum next door.

The Trudeau Building, once restored, will house expanded exhibits presenting the history of Trudeau and tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, as well as the broader history of the Saranac Lake region. The Trudeau Building will also provide secure storage space for HSL’s growing museum collection, as well as a dedicated research room open to the public. [Read more…] about Construction Begins At New Historic Saranac Lake Museum

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake, Museums, Saranac Laboratory Museum, Saranac Lake

The Sanatorium in Context: A Virtual Book Talk

January 27, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Place of TreatmentHistoric Saranac Lake will host “Place of Treatment, Place of Isolation, Place of Community: the Sanatorium in Context,” a virtual talk set for Thursday, February 3rd.

Public historian Tegan Kehoe will share stories from her book Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). The book presents a history of health and medicine through the lens of historic sites and artifacts in museums around the country. She will focus on her chapter on Saranac Lake, comparing and contrasting the patient experience with other sites of medical care. [Read more…] about The Sanatorium in Context: A Virtual Book Talk

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Events Tagged With: Books, Historic Saranac Lake

Historic Saranac Lake Opens Exhibit ‘Pandemic Perspectives’

July 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pandemic PersPEctivesHistoric Saranac Lake has opened a new exhibit titled, “Pandemic Perspectives,” featuring twelve panels placed throughout the museum inviting visitors to explore connections between their personal experience during the current pandemic and Saranac Lake’s history as a community that welcomed people suffering from infectious disease.

[Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake Opens Exhibit ‘Pandemic Perspectives’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake

Humble Spirits of History Haunt Saranac Lake Laboratory

October 24, 2020 by Amy Catania Leave a Comment

Gloria Hazard exhibit panel at the Saranac Laboratory MuseumOctober is a good month for a ghost story. So here is the tale of a humble spirit who for years haunted a cure cottage up on Charles Street in Saranac Lake.

I heard this story from Eileen Black, who has lived in the house for many years and raised her family there. A ghost visited their home several times a year for decades. He would show up at the back walkway, walking towards the house, glancing in the windows. Well-dressed, in an elegant, old fashioned coat and fedora, he looked a bit like Fred Astaire, so the family named him, “Fred.” Eileen, her husband, and children all got used to Fred sightings. He would appear and then be gone, before they could get a good look at him. Guests at the house would see him too. They were never afraid of him; he felt like a friend. [Read more…] about Humble Spirits of History Haunt Saranac Lake Laboratory

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Historic Saranac Lake, Saranac Lake, saranac lake l

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