News Articles
Niagara County Forms Committee to Plan U.S. 250th Celebration
Published September 11, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Niagara County website. Niagara County is in the process forming a committee to plan for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States on July 4, 2026, according to Legislatu...
New York State Museum Opens Exhibition: “Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands”
Published September 7, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. A new exhibition, Each One Inspired: Indigenous Art Across the Homelands, is now open for the public to view at the New York State Museum, State Educa...
Celebrating New Cultural Capital Investments in Queens and the Bronx
Published September 7, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a NYC Cultural Affairs newsletter. NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Laurie Cumbo recently kicked off a five-borough tour celebrating new capital funding for cultural capital projects across the city. In...
Fully-Funded Roadside Markers Bring Folklore to Life
Published August 28, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation is now accepting online applications for its Legends & Lore® Marker Grant Program, which helps communities promote cultural tou...
State Archives Awards $5.2 Million to Local Governments and Educational Institutions to Improve Records Management
Published August 25, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release. The New York State Archives awarded $5.2 million in Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) grants to 87 local governments, school di...
IMLS Continues to Support Museums by Offering Six Grant Opportunities
Published August 15, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in an IMLS press release. 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...
NEH Announces $41.3 Million for 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide
Published August 15, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a National Edowment for the Humanities newsletter. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will ...
Registration Open: 2023 New York State Family History Conference (NYSFHC)
Published August 14, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website. Join the NYG&B and other genealogy experts Nov. 2–4 for New York’s largest statewide family history conference. This year's theme is Naviga...
Undiscarded Podcast Season One Finale
Published August 8, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Undiscarded and The City Reliquary website. When you think of museum-worthy artifacts in New York, your mind probably goes to well-established cultural institutions with big names. The Met ...
CCHS Partners with Colgate University’s Upstate Institute
Published July 31, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Chenango County Historical Society press release. This summer, the Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) is facilitating a research project titled “Revealing the Hidden Stories of Migrant Labor Camps Al...
Highlight New York State’s Local History with Fully-Funded Pomeroy Foundation Historical Markers
Published July 31, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the William G. Pomeroy Foundation website. The next regional round of the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s New York State Historic Marker Grant Program is now open. Markers funded through the program commemora...
Ruth J. Simmons Named the 2023 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities
Published July 26, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the National Endowment for the Humanities website. Ruth J. Simmons, professor, author, and president emerita of Prairie View A&M, Brown University, and Smith College, will deliver the 2023 Jefferson...
USA @ 250 and New York: Discovering Local Stories
Published July 10, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Albert Wisner Public Library website. The 250th celebration of the nation comes with new challenges to expand and deepen the narrative, and a recent guide can help researchers discover those previously hi...
Myers' Underground Railroad site in Albany lands $2M state grant
Published July 7, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Albany Times Union website. A $2 million state grant will help launch the expansion of the Underground Railroad Education Center, Assemblymembers Patricia Fahy and John McDonald announced on Wednesda...
2023 Class of Hackman Research Residents Announced
Published July 7, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in an Archives Partnership Trust newsletter. Nine researchers from across the country have received Larry J. Hackman Research Residency awards to use historical records at the State Archives. Two projects antici...
Sail250 New York
Published July 5, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the Sail250 New York website. Sail250NY, as a major component of a nationwide endeavor, will host the tall ships and military vessels over the weekend of July 4, 2026. The events will offer an extrao...
America's War for Independence is Set to Return to Montgomery County: Montgomery County Establishes an Official Commission Preparing for the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War
Published July 5, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared as a Montgomery County press release. The sound of musket fire and cannon blasts once echoed across Tryon County and the Mohawk Valley. During the late 1770s and early 1780s, the founding of America and the stru...
Tourism Initiative Connects Students with Local History Through the "Pastport to History" Program
Published July 5, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Montgomery County press release. Whether your interest is North America’s Indigenous populations, the founding of our nation, the Underground Railroad and emancipation, or the industrial revolution and the ...
Applications Now Open for the New IMLS American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative
Published July 5, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared on the IMLS website. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative grants to develop, expand and enhance mus...
Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor to Receive $100K Grant from IMLS
Published June 23, 2023 | State History
This article originally appeared in a Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor newsletter. The Corridor received a grant for $100,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop and expand public programs and exhibiti...