The New York Study of Public and Private Museums has been released. The study was a statewide census of all chartered museums in New York, conducted by Empire State Development, New York State Council on the Arts, New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, New York State Department of State, and the New York State Education Department. [Read more…] about The New York Museums Report Released
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Seagle Festival Plans 250-Seat Theatre, Year-Round Campus
A planned year-round performing arts center for the southern Adirondacks has advanced a step or two further: the Seagle Festival (formally known as Seagle Music Colony) has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Capital Projects Fund. [Read more…] about Seagle Festival Plans 250-Seat Theatre, Year-Round Campus
Historic Saranac Lake Opens Expanded Museum Campus
Members of Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) and contributors to the museum’s recent expansion project were at a ribbon cutting on August 15 at the newly refurbished the Trudeau Building.
Honorary Chair of the campaign, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau was the guest of honor. Trudeau’s great-grandfather, grandfather, and father all practiced medicine in the new museum building at 118 Main Street in Saranac Lake. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake Opens Expanded Museum Campus
16th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Day August 1st
The Gerrit Smith Estate and National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum will host its 16th Annual Emancipation Day on Saturday, August 1st at the Smithville Community Center in Peterboro, Madison County, NY, about 25 miles southeast of Syracuse. [Read more…] about 16th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Day August 1st
$2 Million Visitor Center Planned for Historic Huguenot Street
Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, in Ulster County, NY, has been awarded a $2 million Capital Project grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the construction of an Education and Visitor Center. [Read more…] about $2 Million Visitor Center Planned for Historic Huguenot Street
Neil Young Tribute, Halloween Comedy, Jazz Coming to Historic Park Theater in Glens Falls
The Park Theater Foundation has a variety of shows planned for the historic Park Theater in Glens Falls, NY, throughout September and October 2025.
They all take place in what was the first movie theater in Glens Falls, at 14 Park Street. The town gathered there to watch silent films and vaudeville shows until the theater’s closure in 1935. [Read more…] about Neil Young Tribute, Halloween Comedy, Jazz Coming to Historic Park Theater in Glens Falls
Historic Saranac Lake’s Trudeau Building Construction Complete
Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) is planning two events to celebrate the completion of construction at the Trudeau Building in downtown Saranac Lake. The events will mark the end of the first phase of HSL’s project to expand their Saranac Laboratory Museum to become a two-building museum campus. New exhibits are expected to open in the Trudeau Building in summer of 2026. [Read more…] about Historic Saranac Lake’s Trudeau Building Construction Complete
Major NYSCA Grant Advances Finger Lakes Museum Construction
The Finger Lakes Museum (FLM) n the north end of Keuka Lake has announce a grant award totaling $1.8 million from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the organization’s continued construction of the main exhibition hall. [Read more…] about Major NYSCA Grant Advances Finger Lakes Museum Construction
New York Study of Public and Private Museums Informational Webinars
Join a free webinar to learn more about the study and how to participate in the New York Study of Public and Private Museums, a sort of census of all chartered museums in the state of New York. Four webinars will be offered on the following dates: [Read more…] about New York Study of Public and Private Museums Informational Webinars
New Grant Fund Seeks to Support Cultural Nonprofits
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have announced the NYSCA Reserve Fund Grants. The grants are being offered to help New York State-based nonprofit arts organizations who have received funding from NYSCA in the last three years with operating budgets of less than $3 million to establish a reserve fund or build on an existing reserve fund. [Read more…] about New Grant Fund Seeks to Support Cultural Nonprofits
Shaker Museum Breaks Ground on New Chatham Facility
Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, held a groundbreaking celebration to mark the commencement of the construction phase on its new museum home in downtown Chatham, Columbia County, NY.
The new facility will exhibit more than 18,000 pieces of Shaker material culture and was designed by Selldorf Architects, the design firm behind the enhancement and expansion of The Frick Collection and the National Gallery in London. [Read more…] about Shaker Museum Breaks Ground on New Chatham Facility
Saratoga County History Center Names Executive Director
The Board of Trustees of the Saratoga County History Center have announced the appointment of Suzanne Maloney as its new Executive Director. Maloney will assume her duties on April 1. The History Center has been rebuilding since the COVID-19 pandemic left the position vacant for the past five years. [Read more…] about Saratoga County History Center Names Executive Director
Fort Ticonderoga Gets Grant to Study Historic Fort Walls
Fort Ticonderoga is one of this year’s Preserve New York grantees of $18,800 to fund an existing conditions study for the historic fort walls. “This project is a critical first step in determining future preservation and restoration initiatives to ensure the structure remains for generations to come,” said Beth L. Hill, Fort Ticonderoga President and CEO. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga Gets Grant to Study Historic Fort Walls
Remembering Joan Kaplan Davidson (1927-2023)
Civic organizations across New York State are mourning the passing of Joan Kaplan Davidson, at the age of 96.
Joan Davidson spent her life improving and advocating on behalf of civic betterment, cultural enrichment, and environmental protection in the City and State of New York, especially in the Hudson River Valley where she lived. [Read more…] about Remembering Joan Kaplan Davidson (1927-2023)
Silver Bay’s Historic Fisher Gymnasium Rehabilitation Project Moving Forward
Silver Bay YMCA is one of this year’s Preserve New York (PNY) grantees. Their grant of $11,200 will fund a facility condition assessment of the historic Fisher Gymnasium. [Read more…] about Silver Bay’s Historic Fisher Gymnasium Rehabilitation Project Moving Forward
Grant Funding Available for Cultural & Historic Resources
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Preservation League of NYS have announced pre-applications are now open for the 2022 Technical Assistance Grants, with additional support from the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. [Read more…] about Grant Funding Available for Cultural & Historic Resources
2022 Preserve New York Grantees Announced
The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation have announced the recipients of their 2022 Preserve New York grants. [Read more…] about 2022 Preserve New York Grantees Announced
Museum Study Act Passes State Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
The New York State Legislature passed A.9710/S.8934 “An act in relation to conducting a study of public and private museums in New York state,” unanimously in the Assembly on May 24th and in the Senate on June 2nd.
“This bill will make a difference to every museum in the state regardless of budget size, discipline, or location,” said Erika Sanger, Executive Director of the Museum Association of New York (MANY). The bill is headed to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk and her signature would enable the act to take effect immediately. [Read more…] about Museum Study Act Passes State Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
NYC-Long Island Conservation Treatment Grants Available
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and Greater Hudson Heritage Network (GHHN) have announced the Conservation Treatment Grant Program is now open. [Read more…] about NYC-Long Island Conservation Treatment Grants Available
Museum Capacity Building Grants Available
The Museum Association of New York (MANY) has announced a new re-grant partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to distribute 100 grants of $5,000 to assist New York museums with capacity building. [Read more…] about Museum Capacity Building Grants Available