Super Volunteer Afternoon

Super Volunteer AfternoonSunday, March 24th at 1pm.FREE! In person at the museum for our past, present, and future volunteers who may be interested in learning what opportunities are available.  Highlights of the afternoon include a thank you gift to our valued volunteers, refreshments, a raffle, and our museum exhibitions will be open on this special day.

FREE

Beginning Genealogy

Sunday, April 14th at 1pmFREEOpen to all who would like to join us at the museum. You will have the chance to bring in documents, photos, and even stories passed down from your family and friends to discover your roots and dive into the hobby of genealogy.

FREE

Artists Who Fished the Catskills

Sunday, April 28th at 2pmMembers: FREE. Non-Members: $5 Join us here at the museum for a presentation by Judy and Ed Van who will share with us how The Catskill Mountains have played a dual role in American history: by not only attracting our country’s earliest  trout fishermen but also many of our first and...

Native American Stone Structures of the Catskill Mountains

Sunday, May 5th at 2pm In person and virtual Members: Free, Non-Members: $5 Scattered throughout the wooded uplands of the Catskill Mountains are a large number of standing lithic structures that are often dismissed as colonial era stone walls and field clearing piles. These formations are increasingly emerging as part of a Native American tradition...

Museum Opening Weekend

May 25 and 26th, 12pm to 4 pm. Members: Free, Non-Members: $5 The Museum’s three floors of exhibitions and the 1930s Lost Catskill Farm opens for the season. On Sunday May 26th at 2pm: Remembering long time volunteer and trustee Elise Hornbeck.

Herbal Medicine in Colonial America

Sunday, June 2nd at 2 pm. In person and virtual Members: Free, Non-Members: $5Registered Herbalist Richard Mandelbaum of Forestburgh will examine the history of herbalism in 18th century America, exploring some of the prominent herbal remedies focusing on plants found locally. Local Lenape medicine and its significant contribution to herbal medicine included. To register for...