Office of State History

The following are some examples of Black History Month Events taking place at museums and historical societies across New York State.  Check back often for updates.

Hands-on Black History: Oysters!
Saturday, February 1, 2025
1:00pm
King Manor Museum
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/01/handson-black-history-oysters

Black Staatsburg: The Gilded Age Black Community of Staatsburg
Saturday, February 1, 2025
3:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-42451.0

Celebrating Black History Month
Saturday, February 1, 2025
10:00am
Hempstead Lake State Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=31-42129.0

Black History Month: Textile Arts Workshop
Saturday, February 1, 2025
11:00am
Marine Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/01/marine-park-alliance-presents-black-history-month-textile-arts-workshop

Embattled: The Triumphs & Trials of Black New York Soldiers
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 12:00 to Friday, February 28, 2025
Exhibit
New York State Archives Partnership Trust
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/2025

Black Staatsburg: The Gilded Age Black Community of Staatsburg
Sunday, February 2, 2025
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-42447.0

Favored by their Custom: The Leadership of Schenectady’s Early Black Barbers
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
12:00pm
Schenectady County Historical Society
In-Person Event
More information: https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/favored-by-their-custom-the-leadership-of-schenectadys-early-black-barbers/

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights Film Screening
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
6:00pm
Buffalo History Museum
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://buffalohistory.org/event/the-niagara-movement-the-early-battle-for-civil-rights-film-screening/

Black History Month: The Life of Rep. Shirley Chisholm
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
6:30pm
Greece Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://greecepl.librarycalendar.com/event/archives-talk-shirley-chisholm-15835

New Research on Enslavement in Upper Manhattan: A DyckmanDISCOVERED Update
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
12:00pm
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/new-research-on-enslavement-in-upper-manhattan-a-dyckmandiscovered-update/

The Power of Beauty: Rethinking Black Women’s Activism
Thursday, February 6, 2025
6:00pm 
New York Historical 
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/power-of-beauty-rethinking-black-womens-activism?date=2025-02-06

Black History Month: Nature Poetry
Saturday, February 8, 2025
1:00pm
Fort Greene Park Visitor Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/08/black-history-month-nature-poetry

Black History Month: Science Pioneers
Saturday, February 8, 2025
10:00am
Nissequogue River State Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=110-42350.0

SPOMA Annual Wreath Laying
Saturday, February 8, 2025
11:00am
SPOMA
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.timeshudsonvalley.com/stories/spoma-committee-to-host-annual-wreath-laying-ceremony,154700?

Black History Month: Brooklyn and the Abolitionist Movement
Sunday, February 9, 2025
1:00pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/09/black-history-month-brooklyn-and-the-abolitionist-movement

Black History Month: Seneca Village
Sunday, February 9, 2025
1:00pm
Central Park
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/09/black-history-month-seneca-village

Black History Month: Langston Hughes and Love Potion Brews
Sunday, February 9, 2025
1:00pm
Crotona Nature Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/09/black-history-month-langston-hughes-and-love-potion-brews

Reckoning with Ancestral Sins: A Conversation Between Descendants of Slaveholders and Slaves in the Hudson Valley
Sunday, February 9, 2025
2:00pm
Irvington Historical Society
In-Person Event
More information: https://irvingtonhistoricalsociety.org/events/reckoning-with-ancestral-sins/

A Hudson Valley Reckoning: A Conversation About the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in New York
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
12:00pm
Olana State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=23-42437.0

The Harlem African Burial Ground: History Beneath Our Feet
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12:00pm
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/the-harlem-african-burial-ground-history-beneath-our-feet/

The Legacy of Former "Colored" School No. 4, a talk by Eric K. Washington
Thursday, February 13, 2025
6:00pm
Van Cortlandt House Museum
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/13/the-legacy-of-former-colored-school-no-4

The Rising Generation: The 19th-Century Black New Yorkers Who Changed a Nation
Thursday, February 13, 2025
6:30pm
New York Historical
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required 
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/the-rising-generation-the-19th-century-black-new-yorkers-who-changed-a-nation?date=2025-02-13

HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Thursday, February 13, 2025
12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13585738

The Handbook of Black Librarianship – Past, Present, and Future
Friday, February 14, 2025
2:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13960861

Those Who Served: The Enslaved and Paid Servants of Clermont
Saturday, February 15, 2025
2:00pm
Clermont State Historic Site
In-Person Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=16-42432.0

Farmhouse Family Day: Fabrics of the Diaspora
Saturday, February 15, 2025
11:00am
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/15/farmhouse-family-day-fabrics-of-the-diaspora

Black History Month: Science Fiction and the Natural World
Sunday, February 16, 2025
4:30pm
Van Cortlandt Nature Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/16/black-history-month-science-fiction-and-the-natural-world

A Protest History of the United States
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
1:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13841874

Black History Month: Art of Stephen Towns
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-42345.0

Mid-Winter Break: Blast Off- Discovering Space and Black History
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
10:00am
Idlewild Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/18/midwinter-break-blast-off-discovering-space-and-black-history1

Explore Historical Black Newspaper Databases
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
1:00pm
New York State Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13702503

Painting for the Culture
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
5:00pm
Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/19/painting-for-the-culture

Mid-Winter Break: Blast Off- Discovering Space and Black History
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
10:00am
Idlewild Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/19/midwinter-break-blast-off-discovering-space-and-black-history

Searching for Timbuctoo Viewing and Discussion with NYS Archivist, Brian Keough and Director, Paul Miller
Thursday, February 20, 2025
2:30pm
New York State Archives Partnership Trust
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/2025

Black History Month: Space Explorers
Thursday, February 20, 2025
5:45pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-42346.0

Mid-Winter Break: Blast Off- Discovering Space and Black History
Thursday, February 20, 2025
10:00am
Idlewild Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/20/midwinter-break-blast-off-discovering-space-and-black-history

The Journey to Freedom Project – Preserving Local Stories from the Civil Rights Movement
Friday, February 21, 2025
10:00am
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13967973

New York International Children’s Film Festival: Celebrating Black Stories
Saturday, February 22, 2025
2:00pm
Staten Island Museum
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/new-york-international-childrens-film-festival-celebrating-black-stories/

Black History Month: Art of Horrace Pippin
Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:30am
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=124-42336.0

Black History Month: Black Pioneers in STEM
Sunday, February 23, 2025
1:00pm
Lewis H. Latimer House
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/23/black-history-month-black-pioneers-in-stem

Black History Month: Audre Lorde
Sunday, February 23, 2025
11:00am
Silver Lake Park
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/02/23/black-history-month-audre-lorde

Rochester's Tuskegee Airman: Leland "Sticky" Pennington
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
2:00pm
Greece Public Library 
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://greecepl.librarycalendar.com/event/rochesters-tuskegee-airman-leland-sticky-pennington-19126

Envisioning Seneca Village
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
12:00pm
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/envisioning-seneca-village/