During this free weekly program, children in grades K-6th are invited to explore history and art. They'll learn about American history through art paintings, visit paintings in the Night Watch gallery, hear stories, and do an art project!

Here are the artists whose work we'll be exploring each week.

June 29: Gilbert Stuart
July 6: Albert Bierstadt
July 13: Winslow Homer
July 20: Childe Hassam
July 27: Thomas Hart Benton
August 3: Norman Rockwell

For more information, contact Jenna Peterson Riley, Curator of Education & Public Engagement at jriley@arkellmuseum.org.

Songs of Suffrage, a program of music for all ages, will explore opinions and movements about the right of women to vote in the United States. Come ready to sing along with the songs - for and against - of how women won the right to vote.

Katie Boardman enjoys discovering and sharing the stories of the past through the songs and music of the past. She has performed vocal and instrumental music at historic sites and museums throughout New York State, and for over 20 years directed historic music programs at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Katie teaches at the Cooperstown Graduate Program for Museum Studies and has also performed and taught historic music in after school and Artist in the Classroom programs.

Admission to the program is free. For more information, please contact Jenna Peterson Riley, Curator of Education & Public Engagement at jriley@arkellmuseum.org or (518) 673-2314 x 113.

When Emily Rankin’s college friend Dorry Scribner comes for a visit, things do not proceed as usual at Cherry Hill. Dorry is a suffragist, and the Rankins are not so sure woman suffrage is a good idea. Addressing the suffrage question brings out the hopes and fears of these women living through this important moment in American history.

"The Burden of the Ballot" is an original one-act play by Dr. Krysta Dennis, Lecturer in Creative Arts at Siena College, featuring Janet Kimlicko as Catherine Rankin, Kellyrose Marry as Emily Rankin, Sydney Paluch as Dorry Scribner, and Sandra Boynton as Mrs. Pruyn. First performed at Historic Cherry Hill in May 2017, this encore performance of "The Burden of the Ballot" is being staged in conjunction with the Arkell Museum's exhibition 'Truth is the Only Safe Ground to Stand Upon', featuring portraits and quotes of New York State suffragists by artist Christine Heller.

Admission to the program is free, and doors will open at 6:30. For more information, please contact Jenna Peterson Riley, Curator of Education & Public Engagement at jriley@arkellmuseum.org or (518) 673-2314 x 113.