• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Museum Association of New York

Museums Advocacy Days Set for February

January 10, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NYS museums with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Museums Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C. is scheduled for February 27th and 28th. This year’s advocacy days are focused on advocating for funding increases for the Office of Museum Services, urging legislators to support policies that benefit museums, and building relationships with members of the new 118th Congress. [Read more…] about Museums Advocacy Days Set for February

Filed Under: History Tagged With: American Alliance of Museums, Museum Association of New York

$100K Awarded To Museum Educators

October 31, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pomeroy FundThe Pomeroy Fund for NYS History has awarded 20 history-related organizations across New York State $5,000 each during its fifth grant round to bring back or hire museum educators. [Read more…] about $100K Awarded To Museum Educators

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Beacon Historical Society, Chapman Museum, Education, Edward Hopper House Museum, Grants, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Historic Cherry Hill, John Brown Lives, Lewis County Historical Society, Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor, Mount Gulian Society, Museum Association of New York, North Creek Railway Depot, Putnam History Museum, Saratoga Springs History Museum, Seneca Falls Historical Society, Slate Valley Museum, Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Time and the Valleys Museum, Underground Railroad Education Center, Vander Ende Onderdonk House, Wappingers Historical Society, William Pomeroy Foundation

New Solutions for House Museums

October 27, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New Solutions for House MuseumsThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) has announced “New Solutions for House Museums: Old and New Ideas for Financial Stability,” a program set for Friday, November 4th. [Read more…] about New Solutions for House Museums

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Museum Association of New York

Museum Awards of Distinction Nominations Now Open

October 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

many logoThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) has announced that nominations are now open for their Awards of Distinction, which recognize the exceptional achievements of New York’s museums and museum professionals. [Read more…] about Museum Awards of Distinction Nominations Now Open

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Museum Association of New York

Digital Collections: Rethinking Established Systems & Standards

October 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

many logoThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) will host “Digital Collections in Review: Rethinking Established Systems and Standards,” a program set for Friday, October 21st. [Read more…] about Digital Collections: Rethinking Established Systems & Standards

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Baseball Hall of Fame, Museum Association of New York

NYS Museums Annual Conference Call for Proposals

October 17, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

MANY conference The Museum Association of New York (MANY) is now accepting proposals for conference sessions, workshops, panel discussions, facilitated discussions, and peer-to-peer learning experiences that focus on their 2023 conference theme, Finding Center: Access, Inclusion, Participation, and Engagement.

The Conference will be held in Syracuse, home of the Onondaga Nation, the Central Fire of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. [Read more…] about NYS Museums Annual Conference Call for Proposals

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Museum Association of New York

Historic Capital Funding for NYS Council on the Arts

October 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Capital Project opportunitiesOn Thursday, September 29th, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced an historic new commitment of $100 million in capital funding for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to be made available for large-scale capital projects. [Read more…] about Historic Capital Funding for NYS Council on the Arts

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Kathy Hochul, Museum Association of New York, New York Council on the Arts

Dear Museums: Host A Polling Site

September 13, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Ticketing area in the Great Hall equipped with hand sanitizer stations and social distancing markers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Fifth Avenue.This open letter to the museum community was written by New York State Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell, Chair of the NYS Assembly Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Development and shared by the Museum Association of New York (MANY).

Across New York, museums serve as anchors as well as reflections of your communities. Your missions to connect individuals to culture, history, and information is deeply needed and commendable. [Read more…] about Dear Museums: Host A Polling Site

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: covid, Museum Association of New York, Museums, politics, Voting Rights

Funding Available for Museum Educators

August 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pomeroy FundThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) has partnered with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a fifth round of the Pomeroy Fund for NYS History, providing a total of $100,000 for salary support/hourly wages to bring back or hire museum educators. [Read more…] about Funding Available for Museum Educators

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Museum Association of New York, William Pomeroy Foundation

Fund for NYS History to Support Museum Educators

July 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pomeroy FundThe Museum Association of New York (MANY) is partnering with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a fifth round of the Pomeroy Fund for NYS History, providing a total of $100,000 for salary support/hourly wages to bring back or hire museum educators. [Read more…] about Fund for NYS History to Support Museum Educators

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Grants, Museum Association of New York, William Pomeroy Foundation

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 9
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Help Finish Our 2022 Fundraising

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Bob Meyer on Poetry: Stairway from Heaven
  • Carol Drew-Peeples on Manhattan Street Names Tied to Slavery Listed from A to Z
  • Edythe Ann Quinn on Poetry: Stairway from Heaven
  • Ellen Brown on How Does A Land Trust Protect A Watershed? One Parcel At A Time
  • Nell Rapport on Transforming The Niagara Falls Experience
  • Jimmy on World War II POW Camps in Upstate New York
  • Paul Huey on Advocates: Pass The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act
  • NOEL A SHERRY on Adirondack Logging History: Wood’s Lake & Beaver River Stations
  • NOEL A SHERRY on Adirondack Logging History: Wood’s Lake & Beaver River Stations
  • Jim Fox on Adirondack Logging History: Wood’s Lake & Beaver River Stations

Recent New York Books

battle of harlem hights
Ladies Day at the Capitol
voices of wayne county
CNY Snowstorm book front cover
The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Expanded Second Edition of Echoes in These Mountains
historic kingston book
Buffalo Sports cover re-re-sized.indd
With an Ax and a Rifle Vol I

Secondary Sidebar

preservation league
Protect the Adirondacks Hiking Guide