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2023 EXHIBITS
THE ADIRONDACK NORTHWAY
Like the opening of the Champlain Canal 200 years ago, the construction of the Northway in the late 1960s brought revolutionary change to Essex County and the Adirondack region. Millions of hikers, hunters, fishermen, and cottagers arrived from major population centers in just hours, and thousands of them stayed. The new interstate highway opened up new businesses while destroying local livelihoods as it bypassed old town centers. The Museum's 2023 Northway exhibit and programs will showcase the controversies surrounding building the superhighway, its local and regional highlights, and the long-lasting impact.
STEVEN KELLOGG ~ PINKERTON & FRIENDS
The Rosenberg Gallery will feature the extraordinary artwork of Steven Kellogg. Kellogg is the acclaimed illustrator and author of some 135 children’s storybooks, including his well-known series about Pinkerton the Great Dane and his tall tales about classic American characters like Paul Bunyan, and Johnny Appleseed. He has always loved to draw and the way that pictures can deepen and expand the text of a story — creating what he calls a "beautiful duet." The exhibit rounds up a selection of Steven Kellogg's art spanning his long and distinguished career. Feast your eyes on these visions in pencil, crayon, oil, acrylic, watercolors, colored ink, and mixed media. Enter the magical, inviting rainbow world of Steven Kellogg's imagination.
AFTER THE VOTE: THE “NEW WOMAN” OF THE 1920S
This is an addition to our Adirondack Suffragists exhibit. The display explores the new generation of independent women and the cultural shift in the decade after women won the right to vote. The Flapper was born - a “new breed” of energetic, young women who changed feminine style drastically and pushed barriers in economic, political, and sexual freedom.
FIRES IN THE HIGH PEAKS – ADIRONDACK FIRE TOWERS
In recognition of the museum fire tower turning 100 years old, this exhibit explores the history of fires in the High Peaks and the fire detection network that developed as a response. The exhibit features a climbable fire tower - a combination of two towers that were removed from their original sites (Kempshall and West Mountains) and reconstructed for visitor use.
CALENDAR
MUSEUM OPENS May 27, 2023
Annual Membership Meeting
May 11, 4PM
Gallery Celebration
July 14, 5PM
Antique & Classic Car Show
August 5, 10AM - 2PM
Colonial Garden Party
August 12, 5PM
People & Peaks:
Annual Adirondack Stories
September 23
Museum Closes
October 7
Historian’s Day
October 12, 10AM
Online Fundraising Auction
November 24- December 3
ADIRONDACK
HISTORY
MUSEUM
7590 Court Street
PO Box 428
Elizabethtown, NY 12932
518.873.6466
Hours:
Memorial Day Weekend to
Columbus Day
Weekend
Wed-Sat 10-4
Sun 12-4
Admission:
Adult $7
Seniors $5
Students $3
Children 6 and
under are free
2023 LECTURE & FILM SERIES
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE NORTH COUNTRY
June 15, 7PM
Jacqueline Madison
People escaping from slavery before the Civil War came through the Lake Champlain-Adirondack region, hiding in the barns, attics, and basements of sympathetic North Country residents -- black and white. This program tells the stories of those escapees, and the local people who helped them.
ADIRONDACK NORTHWAY: A HIGHWAY WITH BUMPS ALONG THE WAY
DON WICKMAN
It took a decade to complete, but on August 31, 1967, the Adirondack Northway opened. Stretching 176 miles from Albany to the Canadian border, the road encountered opposition in its planning and transformed access to the Adirondacks, with both positive and negative effects. Learn about the Interstate system, the Northway’s planning, progress, and regional evolution in this presentation by Don Wickman.
DIVIDED HIGHWAYS: THE INTERSTATES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIFE
FILM SHOWING
This documentary explores "how America's desire for freedom and the open road resulted in the construction of thousands of highways during the Eisenhower administration." Interviews, archival footage, and photographs reveal how America's interstate highway system has shaped every aspect of American life and affected the nation's history for better and for worse. Directed by Lawrence R. Hott and author Tom Lewis, 1997, 83 mins.
SHADES INSIDE THE BLUELINE
Film Showing
Shades Inside the Blueline explores various views about race and racism in the Adirondacks, a region with largely homogeneous communities that are not often forced to examine their beliefs and perspectives around race. The film shares personal stories from minorities explaining the racism they've experienced in the region, but also explores plans to help the Adirondacks ultimately become more inclusive. The showing will be accompanied by a question-and-answer session with the filmmaker, Mountain Lake PBS producer, and video editor Michael Hansen. 2022, 56 mins.
THE QUIET EPIDEMIC
FILM SHOWING
"When Lyme disease was first identified in 1975, little did the medical community suspect that soon Lyme disease would become the center of one of the most controversial, divisive, and vicious medical debates in medicine today." The Quiet Epidemic explores that debate by focusing on a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist who is diagnosed with a disease said not to exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The film follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents reveal why ticks -- and the diseases they carry -- have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe. Directed by Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch, 2022, 102 mins.
THE EXTRAORDINARY W.W. ELY AND HIS ADIRONDACK MAP
July 20, 7PM
Colton’s Map of the New York Wilderness, compiled by W.W. Ely, dominated the 19th century and was included in W. H. H. Murray's "Adventures in the Wilderness," with hotels, steamboat routes, and railroads labeled. This presentation explores Ely’s diaries and trip notes from his time developing the significant Adirondack region map.
THE APA AT 50 – TWO PERSPECTIVES
BRENDA RICE & GERALD DELANEY
2023 marks the Adirondack Park Agency’s 50-year anniversary. Brenda Rice, APA Executive Director, and Gerald Delaney, Local Government Review Board Executive Director, will discuss the positives and negatives of living in the Adirondack Park.
CHICKEN RUN
Film Showing
This engaging, stop-motion, clay animation allegorical adventure story tells the tale of an American rooster (Rocky) who falls in love with a gorgeous hen (Ginger) on a British farm. Rocky and Ginger decide to run away from the farm that confines them, but they must first contend with the evil farmer and his wife, Mr. and Ms. Tweedy, the farm’s owners, who are intent on keeping them under her control. Rocky and Ginger lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the murderous farmers and their farm of doom. Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park, 2000, 84 mins.
WITHOUT A WHISPER – KONNON: KWE
Film Showing
This film uncovers the hidden history of the profound influence Indigenous women had on the beginnings of the women’s rights movement in the United States. Before the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls in 1848, European colonial women lacked even the most basic rights, while Haudenosaunee women had a potent political and spiritual voice and authority in all aspects of their lives. The film will be accompanied by a question-and-answer session with filmmaker Katsitsionnni Fox, whose work focuses on empowering stories of Indigenous women. 2020, 27 mins.
THE AMISH
Film Showing
This PBS documentary offers an intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life, examining how such a closed and communal culture has thrived within one of the most open, individualistic societies on Earth. What does the future hold for a community whose existence is so rooted in the past? And what does our fascination with the Amish say about deep American values? Directed by David Belton, 2012, 112 mins.
DRIVEN TO THE POOR HOUSE
August 24, 7PM
MARGARET BARTLEY
Poverty has always been with us. Driven to the Poorhouse will examine how the earliest settlers in the Adirondacks faced this problem and how communities and government programs evolved from the 18th to the early 20th century. Margaret Bartley, historian and museum trustee, will share Essex County’s history of dealing with poverty.
SUMMONED: FRANCES PERKINS AND THE GENERAL WELFARE
August 31, 7PM
Film Showing
This PBS documentary -- featuring interviews with Nancy Pelosi, George Mitchell, David Brooks, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Amy Klobuchar -- tells the story of Frances Perkins, who was appointed Labor Secretary by FDR during the Great Depression. As the first female Cabinet member, she helped forge the Social Security program, the federal minimum wage, the 40-hour work week, and ended the legal use of child labor. The film will be accompanied by a presentation by Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, grandson of Perkins. Directed by Mick Caouette and Joe Paolo, 2019, 57 mins.
ADIRONDACK HISTORY MUSEUM
7590 COURT STREET, PO BOX 428
ELIZABETHTOWN, NY 12932
(518) 873-6466
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