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Happening in the Neighborhood
A Centennial in Cortland
Tabitha Scoville and Sophie Clough at Cortland County Historical Society have been super busy lately, preparing for their Centennial Spectacular celebration, May 17. While preparing for that, they had the entire archives of the suddenly-shuttered Cortland Standard newspaper fall in their laps!
Cars, Volunteers, and Civil War in Chemung County
Chemung County Historical Society is running its 30th Great Car Thing fundraiser. Tickets are $125 for two people to attend a party with a raffle. The grand prize raffle is $10,000, and a lucky winner could have their photo taken with a fancy car: a 2006 Porsche 997 911 Carrera this year.
Are you free on May 10th near Elmira? CCHS's Education Director Susan could use volunteers to help her at the Book Fest in Wisner Park. You can help kids learn about local aviation and make small gliders.
Finally, have you already looked at CCHS's online exhibit about the Civil War in Chemung County? There's no time like the present! The section on the prison camp is currently on display in the Education Room but you can read the whole, excellent online exhibit here.
Summar Barn Party in Chenango
Snap up an early bird ticket now for Chenango County Historical Society's Summer Barn Party on June 26th. Acclaimed children's illustrator Suzanne Bloom will be there!
For just $17, you can get tickets for a lovely buffet dinner on Sunday, May 18 at Apple Creek Country Road in De Ruyter (Madison County), where you'll hear a presentation from Matthew Urtz, Madison County Historian, Diana Kilfeather, Lincklaen Town Historian, and Jessica Moquin of Chenango County Historical Society. Jessica will talk about International Museum Day, the basis of the event.
Social Media Maven in Steuben
I've pointed it out before but it bears repeating: Kirk House of Steuben County Historical Society is really, really good at posting on Facebook. Every month, I look through a lot of organizational Facebook accounts to see what you're all up to. Every month, I see that Kirk averages about 200 reactions on *each* of his posts. The posts are informative, concise, and warmly written, but most importantly of all, they're consistently posted daily, which is the key to building an audience.
Breakfast, Moose and Awards in Yates
Congratulations to the Yates County History Center for their $5,000 award from the Yates Community Endowment! They've also had recent support from the Local Order of the Moose in Penn Yan, which helped fund the World Turned Upside Down, an exhibit about the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The American Revolution is also the subject of their history scavenger hunt this month.
On Sunday, June 1, the Moose Lodge will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser for YCHC for $10.
Follow-up From Fenimore
Librarian Haley Shear has been busily weeding Fenimore Art Museum's Research Library. She's sent us a huge list of the books up for grabs, and you can check them out here in this Google drive, arranged by Dewey Decimal number. Email Haley if you're interested in any of the titles and let me know if you need any help picking up the books; I do a lot of driving around the region and can save you the gas.
Ribbon Cuttings in Cayuga County
Last week, the Cayuga Museum and its neighbor, the Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, hosted a ribbon-cutting at the West End Arts Campus Open House. Congratulations to Cayuga Museum's Executive Director, Kristen Gosch, and her fabulous team! This next week, the Seward House Museum in Auburn will have a ribbon-cutting for their beautifully renovated barn and carriage house project. Congratulations to SHM's Executive Director Billye Chabot and her fantastic team, too!
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