new york state museum

3rd Annual Capital Region CANstruction at The NYS Museum - "CAN You Imagine?"

Joe Donahue — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000

This year is the third annual Capital Region CANstruction event and involves 10 teams challenged with building structures that would fit the Capital Region Canstruction 2013 theme of “Can You Imagine?”

22nd Annual New York in Bloom fundraiser at The New York State Museum

Joe Donahue — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000

The 22nd Annual New York in Bloom takes place this weekend at The New York State Museum in Albany, New York. The event is a fundraiser benefiting the Museum’s educational programs for children.

"Gordon Parks: 100 Moments" at The New York State Museum

Joe Donahue — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

A new exhibition celebrating the 100th birthday of world-renowned photographer Gordon Parks opens on Saturday at the New York State Museum.

Gordon Parks: 100 Moments showcases six decades of Parks’ photographs, including numerous never-before-seen images and Parks’ most famous photo, “American Gothic, Washington, D.C”. On display at the State Museum through May 19, 2013, the stunning visual collection is organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Director of the NY State Museum, Mark Schaming, joins us to tell us more.

The First Step to Freedom: Abraham Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Joe Donahue — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0000

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, a document that put in motion the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, will have a temporary home in the New York State Capital for two days.

The four-page draft of the document, handwritten by Abraham Lincoln, will be on display at the New York State Museum. The exhibition offers an unprecedented display of the only surviving version of the document in Lincoln’s handwriting and includes historical background and interpretation of the document.