New York State Museum

Explore the New York State Museum! Open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Closed on state observed holidays. Free admission; donations appreciated.

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NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 20 at 12 PM!
Explore Indigenous art, storytelling, and sovereignty. Featuring the work of Mohican and Haudenosaunee women artists, this program highlights powerful creative voices shaping their communities today.
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TODAY, MARCH 13 at 12 PM!
Discover the women behind the preservation of the NYSM’s Shaker Collection! Shaker members from Watervliet and Mount Lebanon worked with Museum curators to protect the objects and stories that keep Shaker history alive today.
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TODAY, March 12 at 11 AM!
Join the @nysarchives to uncover how women’s voices have shaped New York’s history!
Today’s theme, "Women, Words, & the Written Record,” spotlights stories of women preserved in original documents, photographs, and videos.
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#InTheNews: NYSM staff woke up extra early with @CBS6Albany this morning to discuss upcoming Women's History Month programming, including this Friday's lecture, "Her Legacy in Their Hands: Shaker Women and the Making of the Museum’s Collection."
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Mother & daughter carried forward faith & style on Rapp Road in Albany. "Mother" Henrietta Sheftall Fantroy helped build community after moving there in the 1940s. Her daughter, F. Maxine Fantroy Ford, honors that legacy by wearing church hats passed down through generations.

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#LookAtThis if you enjoy stories about performers whose acts were as imaginative as they were unforgettable! Explore the whimsical and daring costumes and unforgettable story behind the “Frog Lady,” now preserved in the NYSM History Collection, in this episode of "Look at This!"

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TODAY, MARCH 11 at 10:30 AM! 📚
Turn the page on a new adventure at Museum Storytime! Join us in Kids Cove for a delightful morning of books and discovery as we bring fascinating tales to life for our youngest museum fans.
🔎 https://t.co/ullpLR66Ik

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TODAY, MARCH 10 at 12 PM! 🌿
Discover the history that helped shape New York! Don’t miss our special screening featuring inspiring stories of innovation, reform, and resilience across Madison, Oswego, Cortland, Cayuga, and Onondaga counties.
🔎 https://t.co/OJWicX9dkb

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⏰ Before digital displays and snooze buttons, timepieces like this circa 1903 Strait 1 alarm clock, made sure time was seen—and heard! Measuring 11.5" x 11.5", this clock reminds us that before phones and wearables, the household clock was the timekeeper for everyone! 🕰

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THIS WEEK AT THE NYSM! 📚🎶✏
Tues 3/10: Trailblaze through History
Wed 3/11: Storytime Adventures
Thur 3/12: Archive Adventures
Fri 3/13: Her Legacy: Shaker Women
Sat 3/14: A Quiet Sketch
Sun 3/15: St. Patrick’s Day Irish Music
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NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 15, from 11 AM-12:30 PM! 🍀 🌈
Step into the spirit of Ireland with the lively tunes of Toss the Feathers at the NYSM! ☘ https://t.co/UK0r35pgDM

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! This celebration began as “National Women’s Day” in NYC on Feb 28, 1909. Join us as we honor women's achievements around the world.

Poster: Creative Women's Collective, ca. 1975
NYSM Collection.

Discover more WHM resources:
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TODAY, March 7 at 11 AM!
Step into history on a captivating tour of “A Small Fort, Which Our People Call Fort Orange,” uncovering 400 years of Albany’s past!
🔎 https://t.co/lQrVyi2Puz

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NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 13 at 12 PM!
Uncover the inspiring Shaker women whose foresight preserved the extraordinary Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum.
https://t.co/yGGQ9WJdsv

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TODAY, MARCH 6, 6-8 PM!
#GalleryOpening: Celebrate style & history at the NNYSM as it hosts a reception for Fashion and Faith: Hats of the Great Migration, honoring the Black women whose faith and leadership helped shape Albany’s communities.
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TODAY, MARCH 6 at 12 PM!
Explore freshwater mussels with Dr. Denise Mayer and discover how scientists study their age, populations, and what they reveal about river and lake health!
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#ClosingSoon! Last chance to wander the wild, wondrous world of fungi in the exhibit, "Outcasts: Mary Banning's World of Mushrooms."🍄 This exhibition celebrating pioneering mycologist Mary Elizabeth Banning closes April 5, 2026!
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TODAY, MARCH 5 at 11 AM!
Join the @nysarchives in March to uncover how women’s voices have shaped NY’s history!

"Women, Words, & the Written Record" spotlights the powerful stories of women preserved in original documents, photographs, & videos.
https://t.co/ad1OJj5iXD

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🦴Step inside the biology collections range at the New York State Museum and see how scientists preserve everything from everyday wildlife to Ice Age fossils.🪨 Then, watch the full story of how a 13,000-year-old mastodon discovery made its way here!
👉 https://t.co/iag4n1zE0p

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TODAY, MARCH 4 at 10:30 AM! 📚
Turn the page on a new adventure at Museum Storytime with the @NYSLibrary! Join us in Kids Cove for a delightful morning of books and discovery as we bring fascinating tales to life for our youngest museum fans.
🔎 https://t.co/ullpLR6ExS