2010 Program Dates:

September 27-October 1; October 4-8 and October 12-15.
Times:
9:30-11:25 am and 11:25 am-1:20 pm daily
Registration is open now!

Fees: $4.00/ student (member schools); $4.50/ student (non-member schools)

Typically offered the last week in September and the first two weeks of October, Native New York celebrates Native American history and culture with a focus on the northeastern woodland nations.  Our authentic, full-size wigwam will be used by all groups attending the program.

A Brookside Harvest is a living history celebration of 19th century American traditions in rural Saratoga County. The program includes demonstrations and hands-on activities in gathering the harvest, preserving and cooking the harvest, keeping warm, and having fun.

2010 Program Dates:
Kindergarten through 2nd Grade: September 21-23.
Preschool:  October 18-22; 25-29 and November 1-5.

Fees: $3.50/ student (member schools) or $4.00/ student (non-member schools)

Contact Linda Gorham at 885-4000 or lgorham@brooksidemuseum.org for details or to register.

*Good beer, good food, good fun…Yes, indeed!

German Brews and German Food, Beer and Wine Tasting, Silent Auction packed with great gifts.

Date: Saturday, September 25th
Time: 6 pm
Place: Brookside
Cost: $40/person, $75/two, $350/table of ten.

To RSVP, click here. (Please print and mail the form to Brookside) Or contact Joy at jhoule@brooksidemuseum.org. 885-4000.

Oktoberfest supports Brookside’s education programs.

You’ll be saying that a lot when you see Brookside’s new exhibit featuring the work of local artist Matthew Bartik. Matthew makes all of his creative pieces using plain old dinner forks.

There is no welding, soldering, glue, or strings attached to these art forms. Each and every piece of fork art is constructed from stainless steel forks and is shaped from the strength of Matthew’s arms and hands and the tool of his trade, pliers.

From intricate bracelets (which make great gifts!) to extravagant larger than life works of art, Matthew’s pieces will make you smile, laugh, and shake your head in wonder.

This exhibit will be on display from the beginning of August through the end of September in the Long Room.

An artist’s reception with complimentary refreshments will be held on August 11th, from 6-8pm.

Please join us this Friday evening, the 25th, at 6pm for the grand opening of the new Irena Wooton Research Room!

The research room will place all of the museum’s public research materials in one convenient location AND provide researchers with a comfortable, quiet and private space to work.

Brookside’s Board of Trustees has decided to honor long-time volunteer, Heritage Hunter, and genealogist, Irena Wooton, who recently passed away, by naming the space the Irena Wooton Research Room.

Museum admission is free for this event and refreshments will be served.

Brookside is very excited to announce that “Genealogy 101,” a 3-part seminar that teaches the basics of researching your family history, will be held at the museum on July 7th, 14th, and 21st.

Tracing your family can be an immensely rewarding experience.  This three-session introduction to genealogy will help you get started, teach you basic research skills and acquaint you with vital records, state and federal census records, deeds and wills, military records, cemetery and other databases, online websites and more.  Visits to the County Clerk’s office, County Surrogate Court and County Historian’s office will help familiarize you with resources available at the county level.  Basic genealogy  forms will be provided. Pat Peck, an experienced local genealogist, will lead the seminar.

The cost of this 3-part seminar is $30 per person. Class dates and hours are July 7th, 14th, and 21st from 2-4pm. Please contact Becky at 885-4000 or rcodner@brooksidemuseum.org for more information or to register.

Brookside’s gift shop will temporarily close from June 5th through June 17th to accommodate a slight renovation. In addition to the gift shop closing, genealogical research materials will also be unavailable to the public from June 5th through June 24th.

Starting June 5th, Brookside will be constructing a new research library, to be named in honor of long-time volunteer Irene Wooton. Brookside Museum apologizes for the inconvenience that this construction may cause, but looks forward to sharing this new resource with the public. The grand opening of the Irene Wooton Research Library will be June 25th at 10am.

Reject the governor’s proposed 40% cut!

Here’s what you can do….download and print out the SAVE THE ARTS IN MY COMMUNITY postcard at http://www.nysarts.org/Advocacy2010/ADVOCACY_HQ_2010/images/Reject40%25Postcard.pdf.
Then mail the postcards to the appropriate legislators.

It is with great excitement that we announce that the local genealogical group, Heritage Hunters, has donated their entire library collection to Brookside Museum! This library contains hundreds of resources that will be available for public use.

The acquisition of this library presents Brookside with an opportunity to build a Research Room, which will put public research materials in one convenient location AND provide researchers with a comfortable, quiet and private space to work. Brookside’s Board of Trustees has decided to honor long-time volunteer, Heritage Hunter, and genealogist, Irene Wooton, who recently passed away, by naming the library the Irene Wooton Research Library. The library’s grand opening will be June 25th.

Are you interested in helping construct the new Research Room? If so, contact Joy at jhoule@brooksidemueum.org.

Are you interested in volunteering in the Research Room once it’s open to the public? We will need volunteers to assist researchers during museum hours. Contact Becky at rcodner@brooksidemuseum.org.

L’il Lambs Christian Daycare of Clifton Park had a lesson in philanthropy at Brookside last week.

L’il Lambs came to the museum for our popular education program Sheep to Shawl. After the students learned all about how our Saratoga County ancestors sheared sheep and turned their wool into clothing, their teacher, Connie Reynolds, asked if she could do one more lesson with her class. She wanted to teach them about philanthropy! She gave each of the kids a dollar and they all put their money into the museum’s donation box. Ms. Reynolds told her class before the field trip that non-profits rely on donations to be able to offer programs like Sheep to Shawl and wanted her students to show their support.

Thank you, Ms. Reynolds and L’il Lambs Christian Daycare!