The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum has issued a call for nominations for its fourth annual Saratoga County Public History Award. Each year the SCHC confers the award on two individuals who have made a significant contribution in preserving, interpreting, researching, publishing, promoting or otherwise extending knowledge and understanding of the history of Saratoga County. Isobel Connell, President… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center (SCHC) at Brookside Museum announces a presentation by Yale historian and Middlebury College teacher, Connor Williams, on Anne Hampton Northup, the wife of the famed Solomon Northup, entitled “12 Years a Widow: Finding the Footsteps of Anne Hampton Northup”. This will take place at 7pm on Thursday, July 24th at Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa…. Read more »
Join us for our next meeting of the Brookside Explorers Club, a new history and learning club for kids! Artwork from the “Artists Inspired by Their Community” program, an exciting collaboration with Ballston Spa Middle School, will be displayed in the History Hunters Hangout from July-September. In tandem with the display on Saturday July 19, anytime from 10A.M. to Noon,… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum has issued a call for nominations for its fourth annual Saratoga County Public History Award. Each year the SCHC confers the award on two individuals who have made a significant contribution in preserving, interpreting, researching, publishing, promoting or otherwise extending knowledge and understanding of the history of Saratoga County. Isobel Connell, President… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum invites you to join us for a presentation on the Language of Victorian Flowers. The event will be held on July 20th from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. at Brookside Museum. Dr. Catherine J. Golden will lead the presentation and discuss the intricate and fascinating custom of communicating through flowers that flourished in… Read more »
Brookside Museum will host an Olde Time Strawberry Social on Sunday June 22 from 2:00-4:00 P.M. This family friendly event will include games, children’s crafts and music performed by Simon Elijah. There will be homemade strawberry shortcake available for a fee of $5.00. Please order your shortcake in advance HERE In addition to the day’s festivities an optional strawberry pot… Read more »
Have you been searching for an out-of-print book on Saratoga County history? The annual book sale at the Saratoga County History Center may be the answer. Hundreds of books will be arrayed on the iconic front porch of Brookside Museum during the Craft Fair on Saturday, June 21. Categories include histories of towns and villages as well as the county… Read more »
The Saratoga County History Center is thrilled to announce our annual county-wide craft and antique fair! This family-friendly free event will be held at the beautiful Brookside Museum on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 10am to 3pm. Guests will be able to shop from dozens of vendors with a wide variety of locally handcrafted collectibles, gifts, antiques, farm products, food… Read more »
Join us here at the Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum for the very first meeting of the Brookside Explorers Club, a new history and learning club for kids. The meeting will be held on Saturday June 14 at Brookside Museum between 10:00A.M. and Noon. Explore the history and fun of Flag Day through story time, crafts, and play… Read more »
Include Brookside Museum in your dinner plans for Friday, May 30th. Order some delicious Miller’s Backyard Barbecue and pick up from Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, between 3pm and 6pm. 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… Read more »
