The Schoharie County Historical Society is set to host a conservation lecture and workshop led by furniture conservator David Bayne on Saturday, October 20th. The program will take place at 1 pm in the Badgley Museum Annex at the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex. [Read more…] about Master Conservator Leading Workshop at Old Stone Fort
Material Culture
65th Antique Winter Show Announces Exhibitors
The Winter Show, previously known as The Winter Antiques Show, has announced the participating exhibitors of its 2019 edition, to be held at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City from January 18-27, 2019.
The 2019 edition will feature 70 exhibitors presenting a mix of fine and decorative arts from around the world, dating from ancient times through the present day. [Read more…] about 65th Antique Winter Show Announces Exhibitors
Scholars Assessing Historical New Paltz Documents
As part of a $59,966 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources planning grant for the preservation and digitization of collections awarded to Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) in April, historians and authors Firth Haring Fabend and David William Voorhees have begun a scholarly evaluation of historical New Paltz documents at HHS and partner institutions: the Town of New Paltz, the Reformed Church of New Paltz, and the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library. [Read more…] about Scholars Assessing Historical New Paltz Documents
Rome Historical’s Recent Acquisitions Thursday
The Rome Historical Society (RHS) is set to present “Growing the Collection” a special program featuring items recently donated to the Society, on Thursday, July 19th at 7 pm.
Every year dozens of people donate books, photographs, and other objects to local historical societies and museums so that these tangible pieces of the past can be preserved for future generations. [Read more…] about Rome Historical’s Recent Acquisitions Thursday
Columbia Co Historical Features Two New Exhibitions
The Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced two new exhibitions at the James Vanderpoel ‘House of History,’ located within the historic Village of Kinderhook. [Read more…] about Columbia Co Historical Features Two New Exhibitions
Early Albany-Troy Piano Makers Lecture March 13th
An illustrated lecture on early Albany-Troy piano makers by piano conservator and historian Wally Stock has been set for Tuesday, March 13th, from 7 to 8 pm, in Kinderhook.
The lecture will include makers in Albany, Troy, and Nassau during the period from 1830’s through the 1890’s. [Read more…] about Early Albany-Troy Piano Makers Lecture March 13th
Chair-Caning Workshops Planned For Canton
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association is offering a low cost chair-caning workshop on three consecutive Wednesday evenings, March 7, 14, and 21 from 7-9 pm. Carl Stickney, instructor for the workshop, has decades of experience in chair caning.
Participants in the workshop should bring a chair with the old caning removed. The appropriate chair, which will take a caned seat, has holes around the inner edge of the opening in the chair seat frame. These holes are also visible from the underside of the chair. It is expected that participants will be able to complete the caning of one chair during the course of the workshop. [Read more…] about Chair-Caning Workshops Planned For Canton
Sagamore Hill Artifacts Now Available Online
Over 200 artifacts from Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill National Historic Site can be viewed online on Google Arts & Culture by people around the world due to a new partnership between Google and the National Park Service.
With this new virtual collection, users will be able to step into the rooms of Theodore Roosevelt’s home and Summer White House to see his Rough Rider hat and saber from the Spanish American War, his Bronco Buster bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington, the Cape Buffalo taxidermy trophy taken by Roosevelt during his 1909-1910 African safari, and many other treasures of the museum, here. [Read more…] about Sagamore Hill Artifacts Now Available Online
A Visit to the Pergamena Tannery in Orange County
A walk around the Pergamena warehouse in Montgomery, NY in Orange County, is a step back in time. Rows upon rows of animal skins, of all kinds, are carefully laid on shelves, in piles and are in various stages of processing.
Some will turn into leather, some into parchment, some will become covers for drums and books, some will be made into shoes, handbags, dog collars, and the list goes on.
Pergamena – Italian for “parchment” – is a tanning business, and Jesse Meyer, co-owner with dad Karl and brother, Stephen, is providing this tour in a cold warehouse off of Montgomery’s Route 211. [Read more…] about A Visit to the Pergamena Tannery in Orange County
Ticonderoga Material Matters Weekend Seminar Set
Fort Ticonderoga will host its Sixth Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” Seminar Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6. This weekend event focuses on the material culture of the 18th century and is intended for collectors, scholars, and people with a general interest in learning more about objects of the 18th century and what they can tell us about history. [Read more…] about Ticonderoga Material Matters Weekend Seminar Set