Office of State History

This article originally appeared on the New Netherland Institute website in July, 2018. The 41st Annual Conference of the New Netherland Institute will convene in Albany at the New York State Museum on the 22nd of September 2018. This year's ti...

COMMEMORATE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1779 SULLIVAN-CLINTON CAMPAIGN WITH HISTORIC ROADSIDE MARKERS THROUGH 2029 The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (ESSSAR) invites your organization t...

The Gilder Lehrman Institute has named the 2018 History Teachers of the Year. The winners were selected based on their dedication to teaching American History, creativity and use of primary sources in the classroom. Read more...

This article originally appeared on the Museum of the City of New York website in July, 2018. We may think of the Victorian era as a period of constraints on women’s lives, a time when middle-class ideas about femininity defined women by their ...

This article originally appeared on the Oneida County History Center website in July, 2018. Out selfie scavenger hunt returns this August! Explore Mohawk Valley history through this interactive, county-wide scavenger hunt. Grab your camera to l...

This article originally appeared on the Greater Hudson Heritage Network website. The voices and stories of those who fall outside the narrative of 'dead rich white men' are still not often heard at historic sites. We think it's time for that to...

"The Historians" is a weekly audio interview podcast that features authors and other guests who discuss the rich heritage of the region and the nation. Bob Cudmore is host and producer of “The Historians.” Read more...

This article originally appeared on the New Netherland Institute website in July 2018. Author and museum curator Steve Jaffe chats with Steve McErleane and Russell Shorto about Jaffe's work on the "New York at Its Core" exhibit at the Museum of...

This article originally appeared on the Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park website in July 2018. Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) is pleased to announce Convention Days 2018. In 2018, we are exploring the power of w...

This article originally appeared on the Washington Post website in June 2018. They were twins and did everything together, even in death. Two weeks after Allied forces swept over northern France in the D-Day invasion, 19-year-olds Julius and...

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Musuem will induct three abolitionists into the Hall of Fame in October of this year. The selected inductees are; Frances E. W. Harper, Laura Smith Haviland, and Reverand Samuel J. May Jr.  To celebr...

This article originally appeared on the New York State Education Department website on July 5th, 2018. The New York State Museum announced that an 18th-century Native American tomahawk gifted to Cornplanter, the respected Seneca leader, by Pres...

Congratulations to all of the students from across New York State who took part in New York History Day.  Special acknowledgement should be given to the following students, their teachers, and families for achieving medals at the National His...

AASLH PRESS RELEASE: Contact: Joann Galletta Hahn – President of Board of Trustees kpheritagemuseumnet@gmail.com Leo P. Ostebo King Park Heritage Museum 631-269-3305 Bethany Hawkins hawkins@aaslh.org 615-320-3203 AASLH NASHVILLE, T...

This year Wyoming County Historian's Office and museums of Wyoming County are doing a “Treasure Hunt Through History.” Participants travel around the county, look for the clue in each museum, get their map and journal stamped (each location h...

The New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust are proud to partner with the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy and Federal Hall to bring a rarely displayed document -the Flushing Remonstrance- to Manhattan. On view for one...

This month on the blog we are excited to share an interview with Historic Cherry Hill. Their partnership with Siena College uses VR and demonstrates how humanities organizations are reaching out to their audiences through new technology. The world...

An episode of The Historians Podcast is heard every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. on WBDY-LP (99.5 FM) in Binghamton, N.Y., the radio station of the Bundy Museum of History and Art. The Historians Podcast is available on bobcudmore.com, Apple iTunes, Googl...

We're excited to announce a new round of DHPSNY's Mentorship Program! The current application is for cohorts that will meet from August 2018 through January 2019. Applications for this round must be received by June 29th, 2018. The DHPSNY Me...

Fri Jun 29th, 2018 to Sun Jul 1st, 2018 - All Day This event recreates the historic siege of 1759 when British and New York troops, along with Native American allies, captured Fort Niagara from the French after a 19 day siege. Large numbers of r...