Join us here at Brookside Museum on Sunday, September 28, at 2:00P.M. for a presentation on a time when exotic plant hunters roamed the world. Meet the brave and adventurous souls whose unquenchable thirst for exotic plants took them at great personal risk to remote areas in Asia, Africa, South America, and beyond. Their spellbinding stories changed landscapes forever. The… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center has announced an additional walking tour to conclude their 2025 season. On Wednesday, October 1 Gloria Marceau will lead a fall tour of the Greenridge Cemetery on Lincoln Avenue in Saratoga Springs. This tour is focused on Civil War veterans and their stories and will include one ghostly tale appropriate for the season. When Gloria… Read more »
Celebrate International Chocolate Day with the Brookside Explorers Club! Kids will learn about the history of chocolate – including local stories – through a scavenger hunt learning activity. History Scouts will also enjoy creative stations where they can design a chocolate label, make a cocoa powder art project, and taste test different types of chocolate just for fun. Kids of… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual Saratoga County Public History Awards. The award recognizes individuals that have made a significant contribution to extending knowledge and understanding of the history of Saratoga County. A celebratory event will be held at Brookside Museum on Tuesday, September 30, beginning at 6… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center (SCHC) at Brookside Museum announces a presentation by Dr. Daniel Way, entitled “Seneca Ray Stoddard and Jesse Sumner Wooley: Kindred Spirits”. The event will take place at 7pm on Monday, September 8th at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa. The photographers Seneca Ray Stoddard and Jesse Sumner Wooley were both born in Wilton in Saratoga County…. Read more »
Include Brookside Museum in your dinner plans for Friday, September 5th, order some delicious Miller’s Backyard Barbecue and pick it up at Brookside Museum from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. Chicken and pulled pork dinners are available for $15.00 and beef brisket dinners for $20.00 (beef brisket by pre-order only). All dinners include baked potato, coleslaw and corn bread. An 8… Read more »
Join us for our next meeting of the Brookside Explorers Club, a new history and learning club for kids! This meeting of the Brookside Explores Club will be held on Saturday, August 23, from 10AM-12PM. History Scouts will travel back in time and learn what school was like long ago. Through a pop-up exhibit, storytime, learning activities, crafts, and play,… Read more »
Join us for the Three Sisters Festival, a celebration of Native American culture that will be held at Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave. Ballston Spa, on Sunday, August 17, from 2-4pm. Our guest is Dr. Joseph Bruchac the Saratoga Springs’ Poet Laureate, a storyteller and writer of short stories and novels with a focus on northeastern Native American lives and… Read more »
Our Education Department is excited to be joining the Turning Point festival this year at the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitors Center for Native New York. On Wednesday August 6th from 11A.M. to 2P.M. Families are invited to stop in for a hands-on and self-paced exploration of Saratoga County’s earliest inhabitants, the Haudenosaunee people. Participants can try a hand at… Read more »
On Friday August 8th from 11A.M. to 2 P.M. the Education Department here at the Saratoga County History Center will be joining the Turning Point festival this year at the Champlain Canal Region Gateway Visitors Center for Saratoga County Water Works. Families are invited to examine how water was, and continues to be an important natural resource in Saratoga County… Read more »
