Events

Join us Thursday, September 29 at 1 pm. As part of the Historians’ Walking Tour series, Russ VanDervoort, Waterford Town Historian, will lead a tour of the Champlain Canal in Waterford. This section of the canal opened in 1823, some parts remain unchanged.  Along the tour route we will pass a swing bridge, a basin, a change bridge, several waste... Read more »

Join us Friday, October 7th at 10:30am for an Off The Northway Presentation and Book Signing at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library. Local journalist Stephen Williams will talk about the long rollercoaster history of the dream, design, negotiations for, and construction of the $15 billion Global Foundries semiconductor facility in Malta.  He will also sign copies of Off the Northway,... Read more »

Join us for the 245th anniversary of the Battles of Saratoga, America’s Turning Point, which will be commemorated on Surrender Day Monday, October 17, 9:30 A.M. in Schuylerville’s Fort Hardy Park along the Hudson River with artillery firings, sword surrender ceremony, and music.Surrender Day commemorates the victory of the American army of General Horatio Gates over British forces commanded by... Read more »

Join us Saturday, October 22 at 11:00am  for an Off The Northway Presentation and Book Signing at the Galway Public Library, 2112 East Street, Galway, NY. Local journalist Stephen Williams will talk about the long rollercoaster history of the dream, design, negotiations for, and construction of the $15 billion GlobalFoundries semiconductor facility in Malta.  He will also sign copies of Off the... Read more »

Join us Wednesday, November 2 at 7 pm for the Saratoga County History Center Annual Meeting, including "History Favorites - Trustee's Choice." The trustees' offers a ‘show & tell’ featuring a few of their favorite items from the SCHC’s collection, a preview of upcoming exhibitions, alongside their vision for the future. There will be a budget presentation and the annual... Read more »

If you have not yet visited the Black Experiences in Saratoga County Exhibit 1750-1950 exhibit, your last chance to visit is Sunday, November 6th. This exhibit was developed to explore the diversity of the lives of Black Americans in Saratoga County over 200 years of our history from the colonial period to the mid-20th century. It is a chronological panorama... Read more »