The John D. Murray Fire Museum presents the history of the City of Oswego fire department, founded in 1876. Collections include three historic fire engines from between 1925 and 1952.
The museum offers exhibits. The museum is open between the beginning of June and Labor Day. Please call to make an appointment if you are unable to visit during the posted hours.
The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum presents the history of soccer within the United States, recognizes figures who have excelled at the sport or influenced its playing, and hopes to inspire continued interest in soccer. Museum collections include trophies, jerseys worn by stars such as Caligiuri, historical soccer gear, and Major League uniforms.
The site offers exhibits, summer soccer tournaments, halls of fame, a game zone, and research library access. Visitors are asked to call ahead in order to use the research library.
The Scarsdale Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Scarsdale and the Central- and Mid-Westchester area, NY. The society operates two historic properties, the circa 1734 Cudner-Hyatt House and an 1828 Quaker meeting house. Topics addressed include daily life in the late 19th-century, the Civil War, and the Lenape people.
The society offers exhibits; two-hour curriculum-based educational programs with a lesson, tour of the Cudner-Hyatt House, activities, and a take-home project; one-hour educational programs; group tours; Scout activities; three themed traveling trunks with artifact replicas; and outreach presentations for schools. The exhibits and Cudner-Hyatt House are partially wheelchair accessible.
The Rochester Historical Society chronicles the history and architectural heritage of Rochester, New York. The society is primarily a research-oriented organization, but also offers school outreach programs including the "History of the Road" program, which is a traveling presentation program. In addition, the society offers extensive research resources that are open to the public.
The website offers information regarding the society and the programs it offers.
The Buffalo Fire Historical Society promotes fire safety and maintains a museum, which exhibits records and artifacts of the Buffalo fire service.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Northport Historical Society and Museum preserves and promotes the history of Northport, New York, and the surrounding area. The museum serves as a local history museum, and is open year-round.
The society and museum offers hour-long educational programs for K5 and a variety of exhibits that showcase the history of Northport. The website offers visitor information and information regarding upcoming events and programs.
The Crailo State Historic Site, named for the Crailo farm in the Netherlands, consists of an early 18th-century home. The home holds a museum presenting the history of the early Dutch immigrants in the northern Hudson Valley.
The site offers exhibits, guided tours, outreach programs for schools, and hearthside cooking programs. Reservations are required for school tours, outreach programs, and cooking programs.
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site consists of the 1754 Georgian-style Ellison residence, remains of a flour mill, and the Jane Colden Native Plant Sanctuary. The site presents daily life in the 18th-century mid-Hudson Valley. At various times during the Revolutionary War, the home served as the quarters of both Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806), Commander of the America artillery, and Major General Horatio Gates (circa 1727-1806), perhaps best known for his defeat at the Battle of Camden.
The site offers demonstrations, costumed interpreters, gardens, guided tours, educational programs, interpretive signage, and re-enactments.
Hyde Hall was built by George Clark and is one of the foremost examples of a neoclassical country mansion in the United States. The home was completed in 1833, and was placed on the national register of historic places in 1964 after the Glimmerglass state park was created around it. Today, the home is open to visitors year round.
The state historic site offers guided tours of the home. The website offers a photo-tour of the house as well as a history of the house.
This site preserves the location of the Battle of Stony Point, one of the last major Revolutionary War battles in the northeastern colonies. This is where Brigadier General Anthony Wayne led his corps of Continental Light Infantry in a daring midnight attack on the British, seizing the site's fortifications and taking the British garrison as prisoners on July 16, 1779. The site features a museum, which offers exhibits on the battle and the 1826 Stony Point Lighthouse, as well as interpretive programs, such as reenactments highlighting 18th-century military life, cannon and musket firings, cooking demonstrations, and children's activities.
The site offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events (including living history events).