The following are some examples of Black History Month Events taking place at museums and historical societies across New York State. Check back often for updates.
New York City
Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America (link is external)
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/driving-while-black-race-space-and-mobility-in-america?date=2023-02-01 (link is external)
Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, and the American Constitution (link is external)
Thursday, February 2, 2023
6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/frederick-douglass-thomas-jefferson-american-constitution?date=2023-02-02 (link is external)
Crafting Freedom Curator’s Gallery Tour (link is external)
Monday, February 6, 2023
11:00am
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/crafting-freedom-curators-gallery-tour?date=2023-02-06 (link is external)
First Annual NorSC Conference at Philipse Manor Hall (link is external)
Monday, February 6, 2023
9:00am-5:30pm
Northern Slavery Collective
Virtual and In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/first-annual-norsc-conference-at-philipse-manor-hall/ (link is external)
"Fictions of Emancipation" Tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (link is external)
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
1:00pm
Humanities New York &
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fictions-of-emancipation-tour-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-523093164737?aff=mailchimp&mc_eid=db25f71283&mc_cid=e17c710deb (link is external)
A Conversation with the Descendants of Plessy v. Ferguson (link is external)
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
12:00pm
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Virtual and In-Person Event
More information: https://history.nycourts.gov/events/a-conversation-with-the-descendants-of-plessy-v-ferguson/ (link is external)
Long Island
Black History Month: Self-Guided Hike (link is external)
Sunday, February 5, 2023
1:30pm
Sunken Meadow State Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34577.0 (link is external)
Black History Month- The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat (link is external)
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34563.0 (link is external)
Black History Month- Planet Explorers (link is external)
Friday, February 17, 2023
7:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34565.0 (link is external)
Black History Month- Pioneers in Science (link is external)
Friday, February 24, 2023
10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34568.0 (link is external)
Black History Month: The Cuban Giants (link is external)
Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34542.0 (link is external)
Capital Region
Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education
Friday, January 27, 2023 to Sunday, March 5, 2023
New York State Museum
In-Person Exhibit
More information: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/courage-black-new-york-struggle-quality-education
A Bridge to Justice: The Life of Franklin H. Williams (link is external)
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events (link is external)
“Liberty or Death”: Enslaved People Fighting for Freedom and Nation in the Antebellum United States (link is external)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9953808 (link is external)
Africana Studies Alumni Black History Panel (link is external)
Friday, February 24, 2023
1:00pm
UAlbany Africana Studies Department
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://albany.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6s5DFsOBS4ufxu7oaMORWQ (link is external)
Dr. Oscar R. Williams III Black History Month Commemoration (link is external)
Monday, February 27, 2023
6:00pm
Virginia State University
National HBCU Studies Data Collection and Research Center
Virtual Event
More information: email cmango@vsu.edu(link sends e-mail) (link sends e-mail) or
https://www.vsu.edu/sola/departments/history-and-philosophy/faculty-staff/profile.php?id=cmango (link is external)
Hudson Valley
Webinar: Moving Art, Moving Audiences: Nineteenth-Century Traveling Exhibitions and the Matter of Abolition (link is external)
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
6:00pm
Olana State Historic Site
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=23-34703.0 (link is external)
Lecture: “Doing the Work: How Including the Enslaved Expands our Understanding of Colonial New York” (link is external)
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
7:00pm
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34708.0 (link is external)
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants (link is external)
Saturday, February 11, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34693.0 (link is external)
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants (link is external)
Monday, February 20, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34694.0 (link is external)
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants (link is external)
Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34695.0 (link is external)
Slavery in the Hudson Valley and Columbia County (link is external)
Sunday, February 26, 2023
3:00pm
African American Archive of Columbia County
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slavery-in-the-hudson-valley-and-columbia-county-tickets-547977765247 (link is external)
Greater Niagara
Fort Niagara in the Civil War (link is external)
Sunday, February 12, 2023
1:00pm
Old Fort Niagara
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oldfortniagara.org/event/100358/fort-niagara-in-the-civil-war (link is external)
Central New York
Black History Matters: Race Relations & the Cincinnati Riot (link is external)
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Matters: Legacy of Uncle Tom's Cabin (link is external)
Thursday, February 2, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Matters: Slavery by Another Name - The Convict Lease System (1865-1877) (link is external)
Friday, February 3, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Matters: Moving West - The Exodusters Movement (1879) (link is external)
Saturday, February 4, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Month Celebtration (link is external)
Saturday, February 4, 2023
1:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person and Virtual Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html (link is external)
Black History Matters: Tuskegee Institute & the "Civilizing Mission" (1881) (link is external)
Sunday, February 5, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Matters: "Crimes Against Humanity" & "An Open Letter to His Serence Majesty Leopold II" (1890) (link is external)
Monday, February 6, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Black History Matterse: Niagara Movement & the NAACP (1905 & 1909) (link is external)
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html (link is external)
Lunchbox Lesson on John Brown w/ Brendan Mills of John Brown Farm SHS (link is external)
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
12:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34354.0 (link is external)
Myers and the Underground Railroad (link is external)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
7:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34356.0 (link is external)
Searching for Timbuctoo: Film Screening with writer/ director Paul Miller (link is external)
Saturday, February 18, 2023
2:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html (link is external)
Abolition Movement in Madison County (link is external)
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
7:00pm
Cazenovia Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org/event/abolition-movement-in-madison-county/?instance_id=19237 (link is external)
North Country
Virtual Author Series featuring Claire Bellerjeau (link is external)
Sunday, February 12, 2023
2:00pm
Fort Ticonderoga
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/event/virtual-author-series-featuring-claire-bellerjeau/ (link is external)
Finger Lakes
Mayor Malik Evans opens Rochester Public Library's Black Film Festival (link is external)
Thursday, February 2, 2023
4:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10215217 (link is external)
Mourning in the Morning: Underground Railroad (link is external)
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:30am
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10043123 (link is external)
The Frederick Douglass Statue (link is external)
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
7:00pm
Greece Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://greecepubliclibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12622&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/02/01 (link is external)
STRUGGLE! The Power of Story & Art for Historical Change and Transformation Through Jacob Lawrence (link is external)
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
6:00pm
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10056463 (link is external)
Rochester's Rich History - J.W. Thompson, A Black American Hero (link is external)
Saturday, February 18, 2023
1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9965284 (link is external)
"Descended from the Promised Land" Viewing & Discussion (link is external)
Saturday, February 18, 2023
1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9856271 (link is external)
FFRPL presents "Tuesday Topics" w/Antoine McDonald, Central's Archive of Black History & Culture Project (link is external)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
12:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10048938 (link is external)
Stories from Black Worlds presented by Almeta Whitis (link is external)
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
11:30am
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10090583 (link is external)
