Office of State History

This article originally appeared on the Tompkins County History Center website. The History Center in Tompkins County (THC) is excited to announce its new exhibit "Breaking Barriers: Women's Lives & Livelihoods" will open July 2nd 2021. Thi...

This article originally appeared in an Oneida County History Center press release. The Oneida County History Center presents the work of local award-winning photographer Frank Forte.  An Erie Canal Odyssey depicts communities, structures, ...

This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. The New York State Education Department’s Cultural Education Center will re-open to the public on Monday, May 17, 2021 with new COVID-19 protocols in place...

This article originally appeared in a Rome Historical Society press release. At 7:00 PM on June 16, 2021 Rome Historical Society will present Henry DiSpirito: Stonemason to Sculptor, a virtual program at facebook.com/romehistorical. Ashley Hopk...

This article originally appeared in a New York State Archives Partnership Trust newsletter. The Archives Partnership Trust is excited to announce the launch of Consider the Source New York (CTSNY). The new online educator resource delivers over...

This article originally appeared on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation website. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation invites community-based archives in the United States and its territories to submit applications for its 2021 Call for Proposals to Com...

This article originally appeared on the APHNYS website. Join us in Oswego for our 2021 Annual Meeting! We are delighted to announce that we will be meeting in Oswego in 2021 -- a year later than planned. We were scheduled to gather there in ...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. In the spring of 2020, we first asked for your help to take photos of historic markers funded by the Foundation in New York State to include in our marker map...

This article originally appeared in a Museum of the City of New York newsletter. There are just six days left to see this exhibition! New York Responds: The First Six Months looks at the transformative events of 2020 through the eyes of...

This article originally appeared in an Oneida County History Center press release. In celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Tramp and Trail Club, the Oneida County History Center is proud to present this special exhibit about the ...

This article originally appeared in a William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. One of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation's core initiatives is to help people celegrate their community's history. The Foundation strongly believes that historic marke...

This article originally appeared in a press release from the Oneida County History Center. History is happening now in our community and across the world. History Makers salutes just a few of Utica's African American citizens who belo...

This article originally appeared in a Bethlehem Historical Association newsletter. The Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum, home of the Bethlehem Historical Association, is open Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 PM beginning May 2.  Come explore...

This article originally appeared on the Chenango County Historical Society website. The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) is currently accepting submissions for the 2021 issue of the Journal of the Chenango County Historical Societ...

This article originally appeared on the DutchCultureUSA website. Through Dutch Culture USA, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York actively promotes and supports Dutch-American cultural heritage: the tangible and in...

This article originally appeared in a Pomeroy Foundation newsletter. The first Legents & Lore grant round in 2021 is currently open and applying just got a little easier with this step-by-step video. In this 9-minute tuorial, we guide yo...

This article originally appeared on the Culture Pass website. Looking for something fun to do in your city? Dozens of organizations participate in Culture Pass, from children’s museums and public gardens to historical societies and heritage cen...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. he newest grant round of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Historic Transportation Canals Marker Grant Program opened, Monday, April 5, 2021. This program commemor...

Since 1932, New York History (ISSN 0146-437x) has served as the foremost scholarly journal on the state's past. New York History, now being published by Cornell University Press working closely with staff from the New York State Museum, seeks to u...

This article originally appeared on the A Wild Idea website. A Wild Idea tells the story of the nation’s largest state park, a territory as large as Vermont in the rural North Country of New York State. The Adirondack Park is a public treasure,...