Expert Next Door Series Episode 12: “New York, Joseph Smith, and the Fight for Religious Freedom” Dr. Spencer McBride, Associate Managing Historian of the Joseph Smith Papers Project This program will be held on Thursday, June 17th, at 7pm Join the Saratoga County History Center  and Dr. Spencer McBride for the twelfth event in our virtual Expert Next Door Series.... Read more »

Reopening Members Reception Invitation Only

On Saturday June 26  at 10:00 AM the Saratoga County History Roundtable will sponsor a tour of Clute's Dry Dock on the Erie Canal at Vischer Ferry  The tour will be led by Clifton Park Town Historian John Scherer, and will begin at the Historic Whipple Truss Bridge at the main entrance to the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve.  The Walk will... Read more »

The Saratoga County History Center is thrilled to announce the grand reopening of the beloved Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa! Summer hours starting June 26 will be Thursdays 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

On Sunday, June 27, 2021, between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., sheep, lambs, farmers, herders, and shearers, including the famous Fred the Shearer, will assemble on Brookside’s lush front lawn to demonstrate every facet of sheep husbandry, shearing, and weaving to produce the wool clothing that was so ubiquitous in colonial America. Sheep to Shawl is an interactive, family-friendly event.... Read more »

Tickets are on sale now for the 26th Soroptimist Secret Gardens Tour set for Sunday, July 11. The tour features a dozen unique gardens in Saratoga Springs (including three on one street), Ballston Spa, and Schuylerville. Visitors will find a wide variety of designs and plantings, water features and one-of-a-kind mosaics and sculptures. You’ll stroll through pergolas, follow a path to... Read more »