Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul joined State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage by unveiling of a seven-foot bronze statue of eminent abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth at Walkway Ove...

Governor Cuomo announced the dedication of the former East River State Park in Brooklyn for Marsha P. Johnson as the first State Park in New York to honor an LGBTQ person and transgender woman of color. Johnson was an LGBTQ civil rights activist a...

Friends groups that help support State Parks have received $900,000 in grants to support their critical work in maintaining these open spaces for the public. The Park and Trail Partnership Program grants are funded through the state Environment...

On the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, State Parks and community leaders joined to celebrate a $695,000 stabilization project at the 19th century brick home in Washingto...

Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid headed up the grand reopening of the historic Roosevelt II Bathhouse at Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga County as part of a $2.3 million restoration project. First opened in 1935 by former ...

State Parks completed a new $2 million outdoor recreation center is opening at Letchworth State Park in Livingston and Wyoming counties. The new Lower Falls Recreation Area involved removal of an unused swimming pool at the South Complex...

State Parks has launched a new mobile app for smart devices to provide visitors with information at their fingertips on destinations and activities. The free New York State Parks Explorer App includes rotating curated content, as well as inform...

Visitors at the iconic Jones Beach State Park on Long Island now can enjoy a newly renovated $6.6 million West Games Area, featuring a new mini-golf course, refurbished and new court games, new benches, tables, fenc...

Typically each Park Connect newsletter showcases an employee with an interesting or unique job in the park system, and features their background and favorite spots so readers can better know our staff, and our parks and historic sites. This iss...

MUSEUM OPEN   The Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum, home of the Bethlehem Historical Association, is now open Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 PM.    Finally, after months of shut down, you are invited to come and see our buil...

This article originally appeared on the Greater Hudson Heritage Network Website. 2020 has been an extraordinary year: COVID-19, economic recession, BLM. How are museums responding to these timely issues?  How do museums’ actions...

This article originally appeared on the New-York Historical Society website. New-York Historical Society has partnered with New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to offer a beautiful 8-piece poster set of Hudson Rising...

This article originally appeared on the Historic Huguenot Street website. As a part of the museum's 2020 initiative to shed light on the history of women's rights, join Historic Huguenot Street to honor the stories and celebrate the lives of Na...

This article originally appeared on the Oneida County History Center Facebook Page. The Oneida History Center (OCHC) has named Rebecca M. McLain as the New Executive Director. Ms. McLain has worked at the History Center close to 5 years, with h...

NYSCSS Annual Convention Call for Proposals! ...

We are back and we missed you! These past few months have been challenging for everyone, and we hope that you ar...

This article originally appeared on the Marist College website. The 2020 Handel-Krom Lecture in Hudson River Valley History will be offered online, with a focus on the fight for women’s suffrage across New York State and how the women of New Yo...

WATERFORD, NY-- The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is now accepting applications for its IMPACT! Grant program. The grants range from $2,500 to $12,000 and will be awarded to municipalities, not-for-profits with a 501(c)(3) designat...

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