Arkell Museum Great Hall

Join David Brooks, Education Director at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, as he looks at the similarities and differences between DeWitt Clinton and George Washington as they navigate the waters of internal improvements in early America.

This presentation includes a gallery tour of the Portraits and Landscapes exhibition. Brooks will compare the portraits of both George Washington and DeWitt Clinton - noting their clothing, as well as their expressions - and how each of the two men “wore” success as well as failure in politics, personal life, and especially canal projects.

Admission to the talk and tour are FREE.

For more information, visit our Who Wore It Better? page or contact Mary Alexander, Curator of Education and Public Engagement, 518-673-2314 ext. 113.

Join us for an afternoon of rousing lumberjack songs!

Enjoy the music and learn about this tough, rough, and crucial work. This program also includes informative narratives about Adirondack Mountain logging camps in the 1800s.

Adirondack Lumber Camp Songs is a new program, launched in 2019 by award winning songwriters and singers Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle, who live near the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Cosby and Tom have been performing as a duo for eight years and tour regionally and nationally. Together they play original and favorite tunes with a variety of instruments including guitar, fiddle, banjo, and harmonica, and in many settings such as festivals, concert series, house concerts, and events.

This program runs about an hour and is most enjoyable for older children and adults.

Admission is free. Donations are always welcome and help support future programs.

For more information, visit our Adirondack Lumber Camp Songs page or contact Mary Alexander, Curator of Education and Public Engagement, 518-673-2314 ext. 113.

Winslow Homer, "Lumbering In Winter," Wood Engraving, 1871.