The "Schuyler Sisters” cause quite a stir in the Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical, but did you know that there were really five sisters? Born and raised in Albany, […]

Sylvia first set foot in Senegal in 1966 thanks to a personal invitation from the country’s president, Leopold Sedar Senghor. Originally from Washington D.C. and a graduate from Dunbar High […]

Join us for a new History book club at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum.This year, in honor of America’s 250th, we will be reading books that explore […]

Join us for a fundraiser to support local film! Meet the filmmakers and stars of a new short film, filmed in the galleries and archives of SCHC! In 1842, Sarah […]

Meet Angela E. Douglas, the biologist and author of Near the Forest, By the Lake, a collection of essays about the natural world, and the wonders of life in her […]

Kelly Hopkins is an Assistant Professor of early American history at the University of Houston. Her book, Iroquoia: Haudenosaunee Life and Culture, 1630-1783 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2025), highlights the […]

  Join the Ballston Spa Committee on the Arts and SCHC at Brookside Museum for the Random Acts of Poetry Performance Reading. Jay Rogoff has published seven books of poetry, […]

For decades, the forests of Eastern North America have faced pathogen and insect pests that have functionally removed tree species from the landscape. This talk will discuss the ecological roles […]

From sea serpents to seaweed, slimy things have long tended to lurk among the frontiers of natural knowledge, reflecting not only the anxieties of each age but also, in many […]

Historian and author Sandra Weber presents a compelling talk about her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape. Weber offers a fresh […]

Isaac Murphy won three Kentucky Derbys and every other major American stakes race of the nineteenth century. He was among the jockeys inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall […]

Celebrate the opening of our new temporary exhibition at Saratoga County History Center   Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum invites you to celebrate the opening of our new […]

Join us for the second meeting of our new history Book Club at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum. This year, in honor of America’s 250th, we will […]

Join us for the public premiere of our new Forgotten Crossroads Film! The Saratoga County History Center is pleased to announce the release of the fourth film in our Forgotten […]

The long-running interactive “Sheep to Shawl” program at Brookside Museum returns to the Saratoga County History Center on May 9, beginning at 1pm. Sheep, lambs, farmers, herders, the famous Fred […]