Celebrating a Landscape of Culture and Ideas: 1609-2009
2009 Exhibit Schedule
Inside the Landscape
May 23 - October 31
An exhibit showcasing contemporary artist Edward Cornell, cultivator of poignant creations which meld art, history and the present life of community. Cornell's landscape paintings and farming implement sculptures provide viewers with a deeper appreciation of the past which widens our perspective of the present day landscape.
In and Around Essex
May 23 - September 20
An exhibition of thirty-one color photographs taken by photographer Betsy Tisdale in 1972 and originally showcased in the early 1980's. The exhibit has been revitalized for 2009 to convey how the human landscape of Essex, New York has changed over the past twenty-seven years.
From Dusty Shh!elves to Intellectual Access
June - October 31
2009 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the museum's research library, the Brewster Memorial Library. The exhibit examines 50 years of collecting, preserving and providing access to Essex County's cultural history. It illuminates Essex County history by embracing its people, places, and events and honors 50 years of dedicated patronage by researchers, educators and the community.
Race, Gender and Class: Architecture and Society in Essex County
May 23 - October 31
Race, gender, and class are explored in this exhibit by examining Essex County's industrial, religious, and educational past through architecture using historic and contemporary photographs.
ANCA Cover Art Show
September 22 - October 31
The 22nd year of the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks (ACNA) Cover Art Show featuring local artists. The Cover Art winner this year is Ray Jenkins of Tupper Lake with his watercolor "Sailboat Race- One Minute to Start" to be raffled at "Field, Forest and Stream Day" on September 26th, 2009. Thirty donated artworks for a Silent Auction are included in the exhibition.
Ways of the Woods: People and the Land in the Northern Forest
September 26
As part of this year's Field Forest and Stream Day, the Northern Forest Center's mobile museum, Ways of the Woods, come to the museum grounds. Visitors step into the back of a 53 foot tractor-trailer to enjoy this exciting, innovative exhibit which illuminates the "changing relationships among people" through interactive displays, live performance and demonstration.
2009 Events Schedule
Maple Sugar Festival
April 25 from 11am -3pm
11:00am - Pancake Breakfast with music performed by Max Van Wie and Julie Robare
12:00 - Maple Syrup Presentation and Contest
12:30pm - Special Celebration for Our North Country Heritage
1:00pm - Pancake Eating Contest
1:00pm - Maple Desert Contest Judging
2:00pm - Maple Dessert Tasting
2:00pm - Beard Contest Results
To see photos from past maple festivals, click HERE
Tour: Boquet River Cemetery Tour
June 14 at 3pm
Margaret Bartley is leading a walking tour of the Boquet River Cemetery in New Russia as another project of the popular New Russia History Project. The tour will locate and identify the tombstones of early settlers to the area.
Tickets: $10, $5/members, $2/students
Lecture: In and Around Essex
July 8th at 4pm
Lecture with slide show, gallery tour and reception for the exhibition In and Around Essex by Betsy Tisdale. Photographer Betsy Tisdale will be conducting a gallery tour, slide show of additional photographs not included in the exhibition and a lecture regarding the changes that have taken place over the last 30 years in and around Essex, NY.
Lecture: Architecture and Society in Essex County
July 12 at 4pm
A lecture will be offered by Ellen Ryan, Community Outreach Director with Adirondack Architectural Heritage to correspond with this season's exhibit "Race, Gender, And Class: Architecture and Society in Essex County". The lecture focuses on the question "What can we learn about people and their environment by looking at architecture?".
Tickets: $7, $5/members, $2/students
Tour: Bits and Pieces Performance Tour
July 17, 24, 31 at 11am and July 26 and August 2 at 4pm
"From the Center of the World: A Celebration of Lake Champlain"
A theatrical exploration of the changing landscape and the curious process of human "discovery" related to the 400th anniversary of Champlain's journey on the lake that bears his name.
Tickets: $10, $5/members, $2/students
To see photos from past performances, click HERE
Lecture: Historic Elizabethtown Slide Show
July 19 at 3pm
Margaret Bartley will conduct a slide show on Elizabethtown's history as part of the Elizabethtown Day celebration. The lecture discusses the evolution of Elizabethtown by examining the various sections of town.
Tickets: $7, $5/members, $2/students
Lecture: Settlers and Settlements
August 20 at 7:30pm
Shirley LaForest, Essex Town Historian, will offer a PowerPoint slide show and lecture depicting the life of successful local farmers in the 19th century. The lecture shows the commercial and social advantages of settlement in the Champlain Valley and northern Adirondack region.
Tickets: $7, $5/members, $2/students
Field Forest & Stream
September 26, 10am - 4:30pm
A harvest festival featuring demonstrations and exhibits by regional craftspeople, antique dealers with storytellers and musical performances.
Walking Tour of the Supernatural
October 24 & 31, 4:00pm
Gather at the Museum for cider & donuts and a ghostly beginning. Walk to the Riverside Cemetery for graveside revelations, and then through the woods to the Hand House for a haunting drawing room performance. Admission: $10 adults, $5 children. Please call for reservations: 518-873-6466.
John Brown Commemorative
December 6
Event commemorating the 150th anniversary of John Brown death at Harper's Ferry and the return of the body for burial at his farm in North Elba.
Click HERE for the schedule of events, reservation information and ticket prices.
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