The traveling exhibit, the centerpiece oif which is an 8 foot tall bronze sculpture of Solomon Northup, will be in Saratoga Spa Sate Park by the Lincoln Bath House from July 7 - October 7, 2025. MISSION of the Solomon Northup Committee for Commemorative Works To create the opportunity for all persons who encounter Wesley…
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Learn about James Knapp, descendent of Dinah Jackson who was enslaved to the Van Rensselaer family who lived at today's Historic Cherry Hill. View artwork from contemporary artists that interprets James Knapp's life that is on exhibit at Historic Cherry Hill, The Pommer building (153 S. Pearl Street), and at The Stephen and Harriet Myers… |
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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.… |
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MaryLiz and Paul Stewart, co-founders of the UREC are hosting a Founders' Tour Experience. This special tour is a three (3) hour experience, conducted by the Stewart’s and is a vast expansion of their current tour. It is a premium ticketed event - $100 per person due to the length and the breadth of knowledge… |
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Join with UREC board members and volunteers to refine and implement a 2026 Fund Development plan for UREC. Events, cultivation of donors, fee-for-service programs, grants are part of any strong fund development plan. Share your creative ideas on how UREC can focus its energies in 2026 to meet its operational and capital goals while supporting… |
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Proactively responding to Shirley Chisholm's comment that, "If they don't welcome you to the table, bring a folding chair," UREC has designed an out-of-school teen program intending to prepare teens to democratize and diversify the museum field. All High School Juniors and Seniors are invited to take a deep dive into the world of museums,… |
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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.…
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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…
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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… |
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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/
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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… |
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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. |
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The Executive Board Committee of Underground Railroad Education Center meets virtually at 4pm on the second Tuesday, of each month. A zoom link will be sent via email to board officers. If you are not an Executive Committee member but do have something you would like to have included in the UREC Board Meeting agenda… |
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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… |
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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… |
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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.…
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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… |
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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.…
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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.…
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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,… |
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The Seneca Chief was the canal packet boat that famously carried Governor DeWitt Clinton and dignitaries on the first voyage through the completed Erie Canal in 1825, an event known as the "Wedding of the Waters". Upon arrival at New York City water from Lake Erie was poured into the Hudson River resulting in a… |
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Monthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of UREC. Board meetings are hybrid. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Directions will be provided for accessing the Zoom meeting.… |
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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.… |
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Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to produce a fundraising event for UREC's Interpretive Center as a response to the federal freezing, and potential withdrawal, of funds intended to be used to build the Interpretive Center. Mark your calendars and plan to attend. More details, including ticket prices, are forthcoming. Show…
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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.…
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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…
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Black to Broadway Musical Review at Love Albany Center 8 Kate Street, Albany, New York 12209 (Inside) Parking is on the street. Featuring Capital Region Performers singing their favorite Broadway show tunes in a cave rat style performance Aaron Moore, founder of Acting With Aaron, has generously offered to produce a fundraising event for UREC's Interpretive… |
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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,…
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Authors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, to relearn what we had not fully understood, to reexamine in more detail new information, to consider new interpretations of old stories, to understand the past and present from new voices uncovered and new voices reclaimed. In their gift…
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Staged reading of Soulful - Land By Aaron Moore at Capital Repertory Theatre 251 North Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12207 (Inside) Parking is on the street. Soulful-Land is a story about taking back control, about overcoming grief, about letting go of the past - A story of a grieving mother using her grandmother’s ancestral ways… |
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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.… |
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Excelsior’s Center for Social Justice, the Civic Engagement Rope Team, the Underground Railroad Education Center, and the YWCA of the Greater Capital Region are thrilled to invite you to participate in our 2025 democratic engagement dialogue sessions. How do we lift every voice? Let’s explore together the meaning of democracy and ways to engage with… |
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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.…
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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… |
