Join The Tales of Albany: Local History Book Club in celebration of Juneteenth and discover more about the history of the Underground Railroad and Albany’s role in the movement for…

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!…

Visit the historic places in New York's capital city where history was made and that influence life today. The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is included in the Freedom and…

Join in the commemoration of this important date in American history commemorating June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation…

Join with others for the annual UREC July 4th Oration, framed by Frederick Douglass's 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", from 11am-1pm on Saturday, July…

  BOLD NEW THEATER! MYTH & MARROW is an immersive, Afrofuturist political one-act musical stage drama that conjures Black folk music, ancestral ritual, and AI technology to put American history…

Drawing on indentures, manumission records, deeds, probate and other primary sources, this presentation explores the transition from slavery to freedom on Staten Island after the American Revolution. It examines the…

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…

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host “Many and Varied Hands,” a traveling exhibit, from July 11th to 29th – this exhibit shares the history of enslaved peoples and their contributions…

Artist Talk: Just Beyond the River Who: Daesha Devon Harris in conversation with Marcus Kwame Anderson When: Thursday, July 30, 2026, 6:00–7:30 PM Where: Alice Moore Black Arts and Cultural…