February

Black History Matters: Moving West- The Exodusters Movement (1879)

Saturday, February 4, 2023

National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Saturday, February 4, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.4.7

A Life in Service

Saturday, February 4, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.4.7

Round Table: The Impact of Gordon Parks

Saturday, February 4, 2023

2:00pm
Albany Institute of History and Art
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/events/calendar

Black History Month Celebration

Saturday, February 4, 2023

1:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person and Virtual Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Sunday, February 5, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.4.1

House Tours

Sunday, February 5, 2023

1:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34617.0

Black History Month: Self-Guided Hike

Sunday, February 5, 2023

1:30pm
Sunken Meadow State Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34577.0

A Life in Service

Sunday, February 5, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.4.1

Black History Matters: Tuskegee Institute & the "Civilizing Mission" (1881)

Sunday, February 5, 2023

National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html

Black History Matters: "Crimes Against Humanity" & "An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II" (1890)

Monday, February 6, 2023

National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html

First Annual NorSC Conference at Philipse Manor Hall

Monday, February 6, 2023

9:00am-5:30pm
Northern Slavery Collective
Virtual and In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/first-annual-norsc-conference-at-philipse-manor-hall/

Crafting Freedom Curator’s Gallery Tour

Monday, February 6, 2023

11:00am
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/crafting-freedom-curators-gallery-tour?date=2023-02-06

2023 Lecture Series: Revolutions, author Stacy Schiff on her book The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

7:00pm
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=4-34709.0

Webinar: Moving Art, Moving Audiences: Nineteenth-Century Traveling Exhibitions and the Matter of Abolition

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

6:00pm
Olana State Historic Site
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=23-34703.0

A Bridge to Justice: The Life of Franklin H. Williams

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events

Black History Matters: Niagara Movement & the NAACP (1905 & 1909)

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html

Lunchbox Lesson on John Brown w/ Brendan Mills of John Brown Farm SHS

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

12:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34354.0

Book Launch: “The Unsealing”

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

6:00pm
Buffalo History Museum
In-Person Event
More information: https://buffalohistory.org/event/book-launch-the-unsealing/

The Lincoln Memorial at 100

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/lincoln-memorial-at-100?date=2023-02-08

Lecture: “Doing the Work: How Including the Enslaved Expands our Understanding of Colonial New York”

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

7:00pm
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34708.0

Albany Rural Cemetery presented by John S. Pipkin

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

7:00pm
Bethlehem Historical Association
In-Person Event
More information: https://bethlehemhistorical.org/2022-2023-speaker-series

The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens

Thursday, February 9, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/bill-of-obligations-the-ten-habits-good-citizens?date=2023-02-09

Human/Nature: Pathways from Art to Environment

Friday, February 10, 2023

1:00pm
New-York Historical Society
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/human-nature-pathways-from-art-to-environment?date=2023-02-10

Mourning in the Morning: Underground Railroad

Saturday, February 11, 2023

10:30am
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10043123

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Saturday, February 11, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.3.7

Black History Month- The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Saturday, February 11, 2023

10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34563.0

Winter Workshop Series: Lined Wool Breeches

Saturday, February 11, 2023

All Day
Fort Ticonderoga
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/event/winter-workshop-series-lined-wool-breeches/

Make a Period-Style Valentine, drop-in craft workshop

Saturday, February 11, 2023

1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34696.0

A Life in Service

Saturday, February 11, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.3.7

Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants

Saturday, February 11, 2023

1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34693.0

Virtual Author Series featuring Claire Bellerjeau

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Fort Ticonderoga
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/event/virtual-author-series-featuring-claire-bellerjeau/

A Life in Service

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.3.1

African American History in the Collection

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Albany Institute of History and Art
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/events/calendar

Irvington Historical Society Presents "Spirits of '76: Washington Irving and the Ghosts of the Revolutionary War"

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Irving Historical Society
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed4l8Q-IFSITCgPrtEttbkxYPy--dWI_SKJCS94lWzBGkZaA/viewform

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Sunday, February 12, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.3.1

18th Century Toys & Games

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=59-34718.0

Fort Niagara in the Civil War

Sunday, February 12, 2023

1:00pm
Old Fort Niagara
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oldfortniagara.org/event/100358/fort-niagara-in-the-civil-war

Washington and Livingston: A Friendship That Forged a Nation

Sunday, February 12, 2023

2:00pm
Clermont State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=16-34700.0

The Frederick Douglass Statue

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

7:00pm
Greece Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://greecepubliclibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12622&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/02/01

"Fictions of Emancipation" Tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

1:00pm
Humanities New York &
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fictions-of-emancipation-tour-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-523093164737?aff=mailchimp&mc_eid=db25f71283&mc_cid=e17c710deb

STRUGGLE! The Power of Story & Art for Historical Change and Transformation Through Jacob Lawrence

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

6:00pm
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10056463

Not-So-Impossible Choices: Determining Priorities for Collection Salvage

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

11:00am
DHPSNY
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dhpsny.org/webinars

Military History for the Modern Strategist: America’s Major Wars Since 1861

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/military-history-for-the-modern-strategist?date=2023-02-15

Myers and the Underground Railroad

Thursday, February 16, 2023

7:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34356.0

“Liberty or Death”: Enslaved People Fighting for Freedom and Nation in the Antebellum United States

Thursday, February 16, 2023

12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9953808

Lincoln and Democracy: The Economics of Democracy

Thursday, February 16, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/lincoln-and-democracy?date=2023-02-16

Black History Month- Planet Explorers

Friday, February 17, 2023

7:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34565.0

Rochester's Rich History - J.W. Thompson, A Black American Hero

Saturday, February 18, 2023

1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9965284

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Saturday, February 18, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.2.7

A Life in Service

Saturday, February 18, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.2.7

"Descended from the Promised Land" Viewing & Discussion

Saturday, February 18, 2023

1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9856271

Searching for Timbuctoo: Film Screening with writer/ director Paul Miller

Saturday, February 18, 2023

2:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html

In Dialogue with Jammella Anderson

Sunday, February 19, 2023

2:00pm
Albany Institute of History and Art
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/events/calendar

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Sunday, February 19, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.2.1

A Life in Service

Sunday, February 19, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.2.1

Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants

Monday, February 20, 2023

1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34694.0

FFRPL presents "Tuesday Topics" w/Antoine McDonald, Central's Archive of Black History & Culture Project

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

12:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10048938

Washington’s Farewell: The Founding Father’s Warning to Future Generations

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/washingtons-farewell-the-founding-fathers-warning?date=2023-02-21

Historian Tea Talks: Crime and Misadventures in Corinth

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

3:00pm
Saratoga County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://brooksidemuseum.org/2023/01/historian-tea-talks-at-brookside-museum/

Glorious New York Food: How NYC's Immigrants Shaped American Appetites

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

6:00pm
New-York Historical Society
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/glorious-new-york-food-immigrants?date=2023-02-22

Stories from Black Worlds presented by Almeta Whitis

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

11:30am
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10090583

Choose Your Own Adventure: A Metadata Assessment Tool for Oral History Projects

Thursday, February 23, 2023

10:00am
DHPSNY
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LklyThaFRzGm9UPhECCFZQ

Discover the history of the 24th United States Infantry Regiment, an African-American unit that garrisoned Fort Niagara in 1909

Thursday, February 23, 2023

7:30pm
Old Fort Niagara
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.oldfortniagara.org/event/100360/free-cabin-fever-zoom-talk

Black History Month- Pioneers in Science

Friday, February 24, 2023

10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34568.0

Author Talk & Book Signing: Ruthie Deeply

Saturday, February 25, 2023

2:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html

Historic Helderbergs Day

Saturday, February 25, 2023

10:00am-4:00pm
Thacher State Park
In-Person Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=128-34670.0

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Saturday, February 25, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.1.7

Black History Month: The Cuban Giants

Saturday, February 25, 2023

1:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34542.0

Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants

Saturday, February 25, 2023

1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34695.0

A Life in Service

Saturday, February 25, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.1.7

The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era

Sunday, February 26, 2023

12:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34690.1.1

A Life in Service

Sunday, February 26, 2023

2:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34691.1.1

Film Screening: "Searching for Timbuctoo" with Paul Miller

Sunday, February 26, 2023

2:00pm
Albany Institute of History and Art
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/events/calendar

March

Our Farms, Our Farmers Film

Saturday, March 4, 2023

4:00pm
Little Nine Partners Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-farms-our-farmers-film-tickets-527317880977?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

The First Abolitionists: Attacking Slavery in the Early Republic

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/the-first-abolitionists-attacking-slavery?date=2023-03-07

“Brave and Gallant” African-American Military Men At Saratoga

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

7:00pm
Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://waterfordmuseum.com/plan-a-visit/test/

Amelia Simmons and America’s First Cookbook

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

5:30pm
Oneida County History Center
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html

How Women Won the Vote, Part 1

Thursday, March 16, 2023

11:00am
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9870312

Historian Tea Talks: The Mott's Apple Empire

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

3:00pm
Saratoga County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://brooksidemuseum.org/2023/01/historian-tea-talks-at-brookside-museum/

How Women Won the Vote, Part 2

Thursday, March 23, 2023

11:00am
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9870374

April

The Camp Abilities Story

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

2:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/10030398

Historian Tea Talks: Hall's Brookside Dairy, Greenfield Center

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

3:00pm
Saratoga County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://brooksidemuseum.org/2023/01/historian-tea-talks-at-brookside-museum/

Tasting History

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events

May

Renewed or Ruined? Teaching Urban Renewal in New York State

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events

June

Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City

Thursday, June 1, 2023

12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9914860

Redefining Women's Power in the American Revolution

Thursday, June 8, 2023

12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/10029975

Researching New York Families: Writing the Book on the State Archives Records and Untold Discoveries

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events

September

Hero and Also-Ran: The Life of Thomas E. Dewey

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

11:00am
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9870389

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