We would like to invite you to the Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library’s 2018 Holiday Art & Craft Fair. This year, our fair will take place on Saturday, November 17 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are excited to bring this wonderful event back for another year and look forward to showcasing the talent of our local artisans. We will also be sponsoring a basket raffle to support “Haven of Hope Farm & Residence”, which provides transitional housing and job training in a healthy and nurturing environment for women in need and their children.

This year our Holiday Art & Craft Fair will feature artisan craft vendors, the Library’s used book sale, the Palatine Literary Society luncheon to benefit their award to a graduating senior, a bake sale by our local Girl Scouts, free family activities, and a children’s toy and winter clothing drive to benefit the Salvation Army Toys for Tots program.

Admission to the Holiday Art & Craft Fair will be free, and admission to the Arkell Museum will be discounted to $5.00. For more information, contact Curator of Education & Public Engagement, Jenna Peterson Riley or call 518-673-2314.

If you are interested in becoming selling your handcrafted or homemade art and craft wares, please visit our Holiday Fair vendor page. Applications are due by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 31.

Rescheduled!

Montgomery County Historian/RMO Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar will lead a walking tour of the Village of Canajoharie on Saturday, September 22 at 11 am. The tour will highlight various sites associated with the African Americans who lived in Canajoharie during the 19th century as well as potential abolitionist activity. Brochures will identify the sites on a map of the Village of Canajoharie and the walking tour will include a portion of the sites, not all, but the brochures/maps will be available long after the walking tour.

We will meet at the NBT Bank parking lot on the corner of Route 10 and Mohawk Street (site of Hotel Wagner and the former drive-thru bank) at 11 am. There will be some hills involved in the walking tour and it is expected to last approximately 1 hour. Sensible shoes are recommended.

Montgomery County's participation in the anti-slavery movement and the African Americans who lived out their lives here have been virtually forgotten until a recent survey uncovered much evidence. From the Canajoharie resident who was the grandson of former slaves and participated in the famed 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War to the establishment of the A.M.E. Zion Church, a predominantly black congregation associated with assisting freedom seekers. We need to educate area residents and tourists on Montgomery County's, and specifically, Canajoharie's history in a movement that transformed the nation.

We are pleased to present our free HISTORY SERIES events on September 22, October 24, and November 3 each sponsored by Kinderhook Bank.

This is a free program offered in conjunction with the Montgomery County - NY Department of History & Archives. For more information, call (518) 673-2314 or email Curator of Education & Public Engagement Jenna Peterson Riley.

A new adventure in art and stories every week!

Create your own unique works of art each week at our free Art Rocks! Studio. Young artists will learn new techniques each week and also get the chance to explore works in the Arkell Museum Collection while learning about artists like Winslow Homer, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, Grandma Moses, Gilbert Stuart, and more!

This free program is open to students and their families and is part of the Canajoharie Library 2018 Summer Reading Program. For more information, call 518-673-2314, email Library Director Hannah Stahl, or email Curator of Education & Public Engagement Jenna Peterson Riley.