Newsletter Peak

Here's a peak at what sort of articles you can read in the museum's newsletter:

Museum Events and Programs - the Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center has many great programs throughout the year, and you can catch up on the ones you missed like our Wine & Cheese Event in December and a couple of lectures in our Winter Lecture Series. You can also read about upcoming events and programs that you can still take part in. Read up on some of the projects that the museum has been involved with and send us an email about your own ideas!

Internships - the museum is always open to volunteers looking to gain some valuable museum setting experience with hands-on involvement in collections management, exhibit setup and research, program activities and acting as a docent during our museum season. We love to show off all our hard-working interns in our newsletter to keep you updated with the management of the museum's great collection

And speaking of the museum's collection "History Highlights" showcases a piece from the museum's collection for readers to enjoy. This week:

This painting by Irving R. Wiles, a painter from Utica, NY is NOT in our collection, even though it sure is beautiful. But, it does give a hint as to what item is highlighted this week in our newsletter.



It's titled Russian Tea, so it should narrow down what sorts of items you can think of for this week (hint: look on the table, you really can't miss it). The Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center has some items you might not think of at first when you think about the history of this area.

The Waterford area is known for being a spot with plenty of Dutch history and heritage, but there are other groups as well. Irish, Italian and French Canadians came to call Waterford home too, thanks to their involvement in the construction and work along the Erie, Champlain and later Barge Canal systems There was also a portion of those who made Waterford their home who had a more Eastern European or Slavic background too, which you can read about in Col. Sydney Hammersley's The History of Waterford NY.


So why not become a member and learn more about this and other fascinating items in our collection? Membership comes with other great benefits too, such as discounts at our events and invites and updates on special events.