Research & Collections

This article originally appeared on the Chenango County Historical Society website. On Oct. 12, in celebration of Path Through History weekend, the Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) will unveil an exhibit refresh of “Chenango County in ...

This article originally appeared on the World Canals Conference website. The World Canals Conference is the marquee event for inland waterways experts and enthusiasts from all over the world to gather and learn from one another. Follow your pas...

This article originally appeared on the New York Council for the Social Studies website. NYSCSS 2025 87th Annual Convention: Social Studies: Start a Revolution! Request for Proposals Due Date: Friday, October 20, 2024 With Social Studies p...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. Communities across the United States are invited to commemorate their local and regional transportation history with fully funded historical markers from the William...

This article originally appeared on the New York State Archives Partnership Trust website.  We are deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed colleague from the NYS Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education, which includes th...

This article originally appeared on the Erie Canal Museum website. In partnership with historical organizations, colleges, and universities across New York, the Erie Canal Museum is excited to announce a public call for new research on the Erie...

This article originally appeared on the I Love NY website. Fall Path Through History Weekends will take place October 12-14. Participation is open to all sites hosting an event at any point during the weekend. Unique offerings can hel...

This article originally appeared on the Smithsonian Magazine website. In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Ab...

This article originally appeared on the AASLH website. The upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding is an opportunity for museums and historic sites with stories of slavery to create programs that explore our collective history...

This article originally appeared on the Saratoga Spa Heritage website. Spa Heritage Conference – Celebrate the NYS Parks Centennial and discover what it means to be a spa town and learn about Saratoga Spa State Park’s European heritage. Jo...

This article originally appeared on the Times Union website. Stefan Bielinski, a social historian at the New York State Museum for nearly five decades who compiled a one-of-a-kind historical database of Albany's history and inhabitants during t...

This article originally appeared in a New Netherland Institute newsletter. Join us for a joint conference with the Albany Institute of History & Art and the New York State Library.  This conference illuminates and expands upon themes e...

This article originally appeared on the National Parks Service website. The National Park Service (NPS) today awarded $10 million in funding from the Semiquincentennial Grant Program, an initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of th...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website.  The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for eight museum grant programs. Museums and related organizations across the United States are encourag...

This article originally appeared in a Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park newsletter.  We at the Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park want to thank everyone for their continued support of our annual conference, The American Rev...

This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced its final Fiscal Year 2024 grant recipients. Awardees of the National Leadership Grants for Museums (NLG-M) w...

This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced a $3,327,912 investment in museums through the Museums Empowered grant program. Eighteen institutions will re...

This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the FY24 recipients of its largest museum grant funding opportunity, Museums for America (MFA). One hundred a...

This article originally appeared in a William G. Pomeroy Foundation press release.  The next regional round of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s New York State Historic Marker Grant Program is now open. Markers funded through this progra...

This article originally appeared in an Onondaga Historical Association press release. Thanks to the $3 million grant secured by Assemblyman William B. Magnarelli (129th Assembly District-Syracuse, Towns of Geddes and Van Buren), Onondaga Histor...