Events

Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Record keeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? Contributing to the development of the Collections Management System as we work to get our incredibly large collection of artifacts into a public facing, user friendly database? Planning and implementing International Archeology Day? Then this committee is for…

Summary: In retelling the bloodthirsty story of the invasion of the Americas, Horne recounts how the fierce resistance by Africans and their Indigenous allies weakened Spain and enabled London to dispatch settlers to Virginia in 1607. Click HERE for more information about author and historian Gerald Horne. Join with others for this virtual conversation about…

Albany FBI Field Office staff will join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come 'meet' Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked…

Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart and Amelia Paul at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come 'meet' Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end the…

  Siena College freshman who are part of the First Year Seminar Program with Ann Godson-Glynn, Director of the Siena College Writing Center, will spend Saturday afternoon at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for a tour experience. Interacting with facilitators of three learning stations, the students will develop a deeper and more comprehensive understanding…

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 Monday from 1:30pm – 3:30pm at The Myers Residence.…

  Albany High School students plan to tour The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Interacting with three learning station facilitators, the history of the Underground Railroad movement as it played out in New York State and the role of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence in the movement, the role of women in the Underground…

Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, co-founders of Underground Railroad Education Center (dba) will present a new interpretation of an old story with an emphasis on legal cases and the law related to the Underground Railroad movement. Their seminal research brings forward the voices of people written out of this history and the first person accounts…

  Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart and Amelia Paul at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come 'meet' Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end…

  Girl Scouts of NENY are excited to start a troop that will meet at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Come on over on Saturday, April 8 between 1-4pm. Meet troop leaders. Sign up! Enjoy some Girl Scout activities. Bring your friends and relatives. Girls Scouts - make friends -- have fun -- find…

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 Monday from 1:30pm – 3:30pm at The Myers Residence.…

Join members of the DAR General Peter Gansvoort Chapter as they award  Mary Liz Stewart their Women in American History DAR Award. General Peter Gansevoort Chapter, NSDAR, is the proud owner since 2001 of the historic Van Schaick Mansion in Cohoes, New York.To learn more about the bravery and courage of the people of the…