Office of State History

The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation serves as the steward of properties across the state that reflect the natural resources and social history of New York State and the nation. All of these properties are the original hom...

This article originally appeared on the ITPS website. This month, I interview Dr. Joe Stahlman. Joe is a scholar of Tuscarora descent whose research focuses on culture and history as well as on the ongoing socio-economic and health and wellness...

This article originally appeared on the NEH website. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $31.5 million in grants for 226 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support the publication of a Libra...

This article originally appeared on the MANY website. The Museum Association of New York is partnering with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a fifth round of the Pomeroy Fund for NYS History, providing a total of $100,000 for salary suppor...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. Museums and related organizations across the United States have six opportunities in the coming months to apply for grants from the nation’s primary source of federal funding for museum serv...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced the selection of 16 projects from a pool of 46 applicants for the highly competitive National Leadership Grants for Museums program. ...

This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced grant awards totaling $29,681,960 for museums across the nation to improve services to their communities. Through the agency’s large...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. Friends of Taconic State Park (FTSP) has received a $100,000 grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to support the development of The Pomeroy Family Railroad a...

This article originally appeared on the Caribbean Journal website. “Hamilton, you are back!”  Under a sunbeam on the water’s edge in Charlestown, Nevis, historian Harvey Hendrickson reads his ode to a still-shrouded sculpture on the law...

This article originally appeared on the Times Hudson Valley Media website. City of Newburgh residents and families, affected by the Urban Renewal process, will now have the opportunity to share their own stories and testimonies through a newly ...

This article originally appeared in a National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum newsletter. The 12th Annual Peterboro Emancipation Day will commence on Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 am with its traditional morning activities that replicate the...

This article originally appeared on the National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum website.  Robert Everett, Calvin Fairbank, and Stephen Myers will be inducted into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum (NAHOF) in Peterboro NY ...

This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The Museum Association of New York (MANY) is partnering with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation for a fifth round of the Pomeroy Fund for NYS History, providing a tot...

This article originally appeared on the Hudson Valley Magazine website. Hudson Valley Magazine has announced their 2022 Best of Hudson Valley winners. Gardiner Town Historian A.J. Schenkman has been named Best Author for his recent bo...

This article originally appeared in a DHPSNY newsletter. DHPSNY is excited to announce the return of in-person Planning & Assessment Services! Starting this application round, accepted sites will have the option of choosing in-person servic...

This article originally appeared in a John Brown Lives! newsletter. The first commemorative marker recognizing an enclave of Black families who settled in Adirondacks in the mid-1800s was unveiled on Saturday, July 2.  A project of John Br...

This article originally appeared in a AASLH newsletter. The Semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the founding of the United States is now just four years away! This anniversary is an opportunity for all history organizations to highl...

This article originally appeared in a Gilder Lehrman Institute newsletter. The Gilder Lehrman Institute invites everyone—students, teachers, and history enthusiasts—to visit our new Fourth of July resource page and explore mate...

This article originally appeared in a Historical Society of the Town of Chester press release. On  August 20 and 21, 2022 there will be an exhibition of 300 plus photos by Itsuzo Sumy. The exhibit will be held at the Town Hall and run from...

This article originally appeared in a NYG&B newsletter. The NYG&B is excited to announce registration is now open for our Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Heritage Trips. Later this year we will welcome you to New York City! Join us for&nbs...