Seniors in the Albany, NY Capital Region – you are invited to begin your creative journey at the Historic Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence with award-winning illustrators, Shirley Clark and Marcus Kwame. Enjoy a FREE 10-week relaxing outdoor art experience — Fridays October 10 – December 19, 2025 — 2pm-3:30pm (No class on Friday, November…
At 4 pm on Friday, October 10th Jan DeAmicis and Mary Hayes Gordon, Co-Chairs of the Oneida County Freedom Trail, will provide a one hour, one mile tour of Underground Railroad and abolition sites in Utica – including the history of the Utica mob that forced the 600 abolitionists to leave Utica. Interested persons meet…
Walk with us and trace a portion of the footsteps of 104 abolitionists who escaped an angry pro-slavery mob in Utica in October, 1835, embarked on an Erie Canal barge to Canastota, and climbed the hills to Peterboro where they formed the New York State Antislavery Society. Learn more at https://www.abolitionroad.org/
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are usually hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great…
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Indigenous Peoples Day. As People who were the first to traverse the land upon which we live and work today, let us acknowledge their stories and their significant contributions, past through present, to the American narrative.
Sign up to be part of this unique out-of-school program for high school juniors and seniors. Be an agent of change! Prepare yourself to democratize and diversify the museum field! Meet with other teens at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence every Wednesday from 4pm-7pm and on the 3rd Saturday of each month from…
Explore three of Albany’s finest historic sites and museums to explore stories of abolition, freedom, immigration and labor at the Ten Broeck Mansion, The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, and the Irish American Heritage Museum. Tours begin at 2 pm at the Irish American Heritage Museum Tour continues at Ten Broeck at 3:30 pm…
Join with a highly skilled librarian and volunteers in bringing The Myers Residence Library to life! Numerous books have been donated over time and they need to be catalogued so that the library can be open for public use. The Library Development team works together every Friday from 1:00pm – 3:00pm at The Myers Residence.…
Seniors in the Albany, NY Capital Region – you are invited to begin your creative journey at the Historic Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence with award-winning illustrators, Shirley Clark and Marcus Kwame. Enjoy a FREE 10-week relaxing outdoor art experience — Fridays October 10 – December 19, 2025 — 2pm-3:30pm (No class on Friday, November…
Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch fork? Are you a gardener? Are you a carpenter? All sorts of garden and grounds activities fill up work party days. Join in the fun.…
Sign up to be part of this unique out-of-school program for high school juniors and seniors. Be an agent of change! Prepare yourself to democratize and diversify the museum field! Meet with other teens at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence every Wednesday from 4pm-7pm and on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10am-1pm.…
Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great books,…
