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April 11, 2025

War on the Water: Looking Beneath the Surface to a Revolutionary Past
April 3, 2025

Behind the Scenes of Outcasts: Mary Banning's World of Mushrooms
April 3, 2025

Meet NYSM Curator of Mycology, Dr. Patricia Kaishian
April 3, 2025

Fungi and Feminism: Overlooked Women in Science and the Legacy of Mary Banning
April 3, 2025

Mary Banning the Artist
March 29, 2025

When the City Stopped: A Lecture with Robert W. Snyder
March 26, 2025

Sanctuary at Fort Ontario: The Story of America’s Only World War II Emergency Refugee Shelter
March 8, 2025

Clay from the Ground: Collaborations with the Land
February 13, 2025

BrainFood: Exploring Mussels in the Adirondack’s Hudson River
February 13, 2025

Explore, Learn, and Teach: How NYSM Teacher Workshops Inspire Educators and Transform Classrooms
January 9, 2025

Explore the Tuck High, Co. Store at the New York State Museum
November 21, 2024

Opportunities of Dating an Older Woman: Lucy and the Beginnings of Humankind 3.18 Million Years Ago
November 12, 2024

Unearthing History: CRSP Archaeologists Explore Ancient Genesee Overlook Site in New York
November 6, 2024

Warrior of the Revolution: Colonel Louis Cook of the Seven Nations of Canada
October 16, 2024

Exploring Climachtichnites on National Fossil Day
October 6, 2024

Culinary Crossroads: A Flavorful Journey with Culinary Historian Lavada Nahon
September 28, 2024

The Intersection of Archaeology and Genealogy: Q & A
September 28, 2024

The Archaeology & Genealogy of 2 Rensselaerswyck Tenant Farmhouse Sites in Albany & Rensselaer
September 28, 2024

Passing Down the Land: Archaeology, Genealogy, & Rural African American Families - Capital Region
September 16, 2024

On the Road with New York State Museum Geologist Chuck Ver Straeten.
September 16, 2024

Sizing It Up: Earthquakes 101 with New York State Museum Geologist Andrew Clift.
September 13, 2024

Gutierrez Barbershop / Peluqueria Española
June 21, 2024

Shaker Seeds and Canned Goods
June 20, 2024

All That Has Disappeared: Latinxs & Urban Redevelopment, 1937-1962 - Dr. Pedro A. Regalado
June 20, 2024

Connecting Historians, Educators, and Students through National History Day
June 20, 2024

Rich Newberg Reports: Buffalo Black History Showcase
June 20, 2024

Chronicling a Crisis: SUNY Oneonta's Pandemic Diaries Project
June 20, 2024

Teaching Indigenous Responses to the Crisis of Colonization
June 20, 2024

The UGRR: a New Interpretation of an Old Story
June 20, 2024

Black Parade: To, From, and To Central New York
June 20, 2024

Coming to America: The Jewish Immigration Experience, 1880 – 1924
June 10, 2024

Connecting Your Collections to the K-12 Curriculum
May 18, 2024

The Tuck High Co. Store: From Mott Street to the New York State Museum
April 30, 2024

Art and Photography with Shinnecock Artist Jeremy Dennis
November 1, 2023

Karen Ann Hoffman’s Inspiration for Creating Bernard the Buzzard Bag
October 29, 2023

Dr. Scott Manning Stevens Presents: Paths Forward: Native America and Museums
October 22, 2023

Panel Discussion: The Continuing Revolution for All New Yorkers
October 15, 2023

Dr. Christopher Minty Presents: Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York
October 1, 2023

Jack Kelly Presents: God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man
May 30, 2023

The New York State Museum Carousel - Timelapse of Repairs
April 6, 2023

Agency and Identity: Cherry Hill's Would-Be Sisters with The New York State Museum
March 30, 2023

Winifred Goldring (1888-1971) - NYSM Scientist & State Paleontologist
March 8, 2023

Donation Ceremony of the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument
January 30, 2023

Thomas Powell Farmstead - Documentation of the Site
January 30, 2023

Thomas Powell Farmstead - Original Buildings and Additions
January 30, 2023

Thomas Powell Farmstead - Continuation of Original Buildings and Additions
January 30, 2023

Thomas Powell Farmstead - The Cellar
January 30, 2023

Thomas Powell Farmstead - The Yard
November 17, 2022

Babe Ruth Gets Political: Sports and Identity Politics in the Roaring Twenties
October 21, 2022

The American Origin Myth: Remembering the American Revolution with Historian Michael D. Hattem
October 20, 2022

The Bodega: Pedro A Regalado
October 3, 2022

18th Century Iron Strong Box
July 20, 2022

Three New York Chinatown Stories at Tuck High
May 18, 2022

An Interview with artist Charles Clough
April 13, 2022

Don Wildman Congratulates 2022 Capital Region History Day Participants
April 12, 2022

Woodstock Art: A Peek Behind the Scenes - Part 2
April 7, 2022

Unveiled: Wedding Wear in 19th-century New York Virtual Tour
April 7, 2022

You Are What You Eat: How Chemistry Informs About Ancient Ecosystems
March 7, 2022

The Science of Being Human: What is Cultural Anthropology and What is it Doing in a Museum?
March 7, 2022

Using Geographic Data to Map, Analyze, and Interpret Archaeological Sites
February 23, 2022

Mary Banning: The Fungi of Maryland Watercolors
February 7, 2022

HENRYJOHNSON
February 3, 2022

Renovation and Reinterpretation of New York State Museum’s Iconic Birds of New York Exhibit Hall
January 27, 2022

Building Legitimacy: New York State Architecture and its Classical Grandeur
January 20, 2022

A Closer Look: New Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Art at New York State Museum
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: The Haudenosaunee
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: Tour of the NYSM Longhouse
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: Tools (Part 1) Stone and Bone
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: Tools (Part 2) Personal Adornment and Musical Instruments
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: Tools (Part 3) Hunting and Gathering Resources
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: Wampum
October 19, 2021

People of the Longhouse: The Condolence Cane
October 19, 2021

Every Prison Is Attica: A Short Documentary Film by David Kuhn
August 12, 2021

Woodstock Art: A Peek Behind the Scenes
July 15, 2021

The Champlain Sea
June 15, 2021

Virtual Tour of New York State Museum’s Fish Lab
May 18, 2021

The Lives of Enslaved People through the Objects They Left Behind
April 29, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Photographs and Documents
April 27, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Textile and Garment Storage
April 22, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Pests and Insect Collections
April 20, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Paintings and Drawings
April 15, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Antique Furniture
April 13, 2021

Taking Care of Home Collections: Baskets and Beadwork
March 25, 2021

Interview with Artist Lucy Bohnsack
March 10, 2021

Women’s History Month Collections Tour
March 4, 2021

Women of Science: The Amazing Freshwater Mussel!
February 23, 2021

The Jessup Family: A Free African American Household in Early NY, 1790–1830
February 10, 2021

Highlights from the NYSM History Collection: Focus on African American-related Collections
November 25, 2020

Kids + Craft: Birds in Winter
November 25, 2020

Kids + Craft: Turkey Talk!
November 18, 2020

A Conversation with Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Beadwork Artist Karen Ann Hoffman
November 9, 2020

Thomas Hart Benton Murals
November 4, 2020

Virtual Field Trip: Going for a Ride in FDR’s 1932 Packard
November 2, 2020

New Netherland Research and Collections in the Office of Cultural Education
October 28, 2020

Virtual Field Trip: Oddities of the NYSM Storage Facility
October 20, 2020

Virtual Field Trip: Treasures from the NYSM's Collections
September 30, 2020

Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
September 30, 2020

Daily Life at Onondaga
September 30, 2020

Recording History Through Oral Tradition
September 30, 2020

Haudenosaunee or Iroquois?
September 30, 2020

What is Wampum?
September 21, 2020

Main Rotunda - New York State Education Building
September 21, 2020

Rotunda Murals - New York State Education Building
September 21, 2020

Regents room - New York State Education Building
September 21, 2020

Liberty Bell - New York State Education Building
September 14, 2020

Onkwehowekah: Haudenosaunee Worldview and its influence on the American Women’s Suffrage Movement
September 11, 2020

World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response — Gallery Tour
September 4, 2020

Windows on New York Virtual Exhibit Tour
August 28, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Invisible Ink
August 28, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Minerals of NY Gallery Tour
August 27, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Deep Rocks - Exploring the NYSM Bedrock Core Collection
August 26, 2020

1907 Leather License Plate
August 26, 2020

Women of Science: Fossils in the Field with Dr. Lisa Amati, Sarita Morse, and Kathleen Bonk
August 25, 2020

Women of Science: Non-Destructive Archaeological Surveys, Susan Winchell-Sweeney & Kristin O’Connell
August 21, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Bookmarks!
August 20, 2020

Women of Science: Underwater Archaeology with Dr. Daria Merwin
August 19, 2020

Women of Science: Preserving Geologic History and Records with Kathleen Bonk
August 18, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: Beaver Engineering - Dams, Lodges, and More!
August 14, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Paper Jewelry
August 13, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Commemorating the 19th Amendment Centennial
August 12, 2020

Women of Science: Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) with Dr. Christina Reith
August 11, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: How Women’s Rights Advocates Used Clothing to Send a Message
August 7, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Musical Rain Sticks
August 5, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: Baking for Suffrage: How “Good Cooking and Sure Voting Went Hand in Hand”
August 4, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: Stories of New York: Stories of the Haudenosaunee
July 31, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Painted Turtles
July 30, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: The Phonograph and Beyond! (For Kids)
July 28, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: Soaring Skyscrapers for Kids
July 24, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Paper Porcupine
July 23, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Unveiled: Three Centuries of Wedding Wear, Part II
July 21, 2020

Virtual Summer Program: WWI Soldier Life
July 17, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Making Mosaics
July 16, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Artist interview - Hayden Haynes on the Art of Antler Carving
July 15, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM (Pre-Recorded): Intriguing Invertebrates, Part II
July 14, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Stories Told in New York - Stories from Jewish Immigrants
July 10, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: Statue of Liberty Crown & Torch
July 9, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Behind the Scenes of the Tuck High Co.
July 8, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Aquatic Animals (Kids!)
July 7, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Entomology Collection
July 2, 2020

Summer Fun Friday: 4th of July Poppers
June 24, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Mighty Miniatures
June 23, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: A Gallery Tour of Tonalism
June 20, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Gems and Minerals Rock!
June 18, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Workspace of a Geologist
June 16, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Evidence of Slavery and Freedom Buried Beneath the Floor
June 11, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Minerals Rock! (For Kids!)
June 10, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Traveling on the Canal
June 9, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Behind the Scenes of "Unveiled"
June 4, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Intriguing Invertebrates
June 3, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Teachers & Students of Native Art
June 2, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Making of the Ice Ages Exhibit
May 27, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Sports History on Display!
May 26, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Investigate Fire Engines (for Kids!)
May 21, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Ice Ages Exhibit
May 20, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Finding Spirit in Stone: Henry DiSpirito
May 19, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Weistman Stoneware Collection
May 14, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Fur and Feathers (Kids!)
May 13, 2020

Field Trip: Painting & Photography by Native Artists
May 12, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: New York's Fossil Forests
May 7, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Windlass of the Erie Canal
May 6, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: The Oldest Artifacts in New York
April 30, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Ellis Island Experience
April 29, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Explore Birds of New York Hall
April 28, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: A Glimpse of Dutch Material Culture
April 22, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: A Closer Look at the Cohoes Mastodon
April 21, 2020

FieldTrip to NYSM Contemporary Native American Art
April 16, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Human Frogs: Two Vaudeville Performers
April 15, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM - Collecting History as it Happens
April 14, 2020

Field Trip to NYSM - People of the Longhouse (for kids!)
April 9, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM - Maritime Landscapes in New York
April 8, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM - Fossil or Fake?
April 7, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM: Suffrage Wagon & Susan B. Anthony House 2020 Quilt Project
April 2, 2020

Field Trip to the NYSM - Adirondack Animals
April 1, 2020

Field Trip to the NSYM - Ice Age Exploration
April 15, 2019

360 Gallery Tour: Votes for Women
April 15, 2019

360 Gallery Tour: A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York State in the First World War
November 8, 2018

1945 NYS Barge Canal Diving Suit
June 6, 2018

FAGBUG
May 5, 2018

Len Tantillo: Painting History
May 5, 2018

Len Tantillo: Recreating Fort Orange
May 5, 2018

Paul Huey and Joe McEvoy: Unearthing 17th Century Dutch Artifacts
May 5, 2018

The Fort Orange Excavation Film footage by W. Hartigan
May 5, 2018

Paul Huey: Locating Fort Orange
May 5, 2015

Paul Huey: Uncovering Fort Orange
November 15, 2014

The Shakers: America’s Quiet Revolutionaries
January 20, 2014

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1962 Speech in NYC
April 20, 2011

Museum Moment - Finding Evidence for Earliest Crops in New York

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