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Jan 26th, 2023

Fred Rollins POSTCARD collection!

Dec 29th, 2022

OPEN for 'Second Saturday' January 14 2023

Dec 7th, 2022

Open 2nd Saturday December 10th Genealogy Opportunity!

Nov 28th, 2022

Paul Meyers Guitar Concert

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January, 2023

Thursday, 26thFred Rollins POSTCARD collection!

December, 2022

Thursday, 29thOPEN for 'Second Saturday' January 14 2023

Wednesday, 7thOpen 2nd Saturday December 10th Genealogy Opportunity!

November, 2022

Monday, 28thPaul Meyers Guitar Concert

October, 2022

Tuesday, 4thRaquette River Exhibit

September, 2022

Thursday, 29thBAYSIDE CEMETERY TOUR - sunday Oct 2 at 2 PM

Friday, 16thRachael Greenblatt, grand-daughter of Louis Greenblatt visits museum!

Thursday, 8thMuseum Staff visits the Adirondack Experience ADKX at Blue Mountain Lake

August, 2022

Tuesday, 30thAsbestos Abatement

July, 2022

Tuesday, 26thBill Lewis Archive

Tuesday, 19thDP CHURCH AERIAL Photographs

Friday, 8thRAQUETTE RIVER EXHIBIT NOW OPEN!

June, 2022

Monday, 13thFrederick Douglass in Potsdam!

May, 2022

Wednesday, 25thJack Hantz - Clarkson Athletics "THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKIN"

April, 2022

Thursday, 21stThe Civil War Between the Mountains (Geology of the Civil War)

March, 2022

Thursday, 3rdNative American Collection at the Potsdam Museum

January, 2022

Thursday, 27th100 years ago CLARKSON Hockey Team

Thursday, 6thCarribean Dolls on display

December, 2021

Thursday, 30thDoll Collection of Dee Little currently on view!

Thursday, 30thDoll Collection of Dee Little currently on view!

November, 2021

Wednesday, 3rdNational Native American Heritage Month

October, 2021

Tuesday, 12thBayside Cemetery Tour Sunday Oct 17 at 2PM Rain or Shine

September, 2021

Thursday, 30thSenator Joseph A. Griffo visits the Potsdam Museum

July, 2021

Tuesday, 20thEVENT: Potsdam in the 1950s - Reflections of a Diaper Hill Kid by Sandra Paige Sorell

June, 2021

Wednesday, 16thSummer Fest at Ives Park

Wednesday, 2ndHistoric Crane Marker Installation

April, 2021

Wednesday, 21stMuseum Is OPEN And So Are Research Opportunities!

Wednesday, 21stMuseum Is OPEN And So Are Research Opportunities!

January, 2021

Wednesday, 6th1956 Lifeguard award at Postwood Park, Hannawa Falls, NY

November, 2020

Friday, 20th"After the Hunt"

Friday, 13thCruising in the Adirondacks in 1909 - Emilie Clarkson Style

October, 2020

Tuesday, 27thNightmare at 18 Elm Street, Potsdam

July, 2020

Monday, 20thIves Park Sunset

Monday, 20thOld Snell Hall Downtown Potsdam. Rehabbing a sandstone building built in 1917.

June, 2020

Monday, 8thHelp CHANGE the world we live in!

May, 2020

Monday, 4th

Monday, 4th

April, 2020

Thursday, 16thPotsdam Update April 16th 2020

March, 2020

Monday, 16thCall or email with research requests - We are CLOSED to the public but remain in service until further notice.

Thursday, 5thNew director search - Mimi Van Deusen steps down!

February, 2020

Thursday, 20thPlastic bag Law takes effect Monday on March 1st!

Friday, 14thA Valentine from Radmila Zuman

January, 2020

Wednesday, 8thFred Rollins 1949-2019

December, 2019

Tuesday, 10thOpen SATURDAY Dec 27th

September, 2019

Friday, 20thTECHNOLOGY - Early Cell Phones, Walkmans, GameBoys, and lots of old gadgets!

August, 2019

Thursday, 22ndBarnum & Baily Train Wreck Remembered

Thursday, 22ndCircus Train Wreck Aug 22nd 1889

July, 2019

Wednesday, 10thCamp Union Archeological Dig in Potsdam

June, 2019

Friday, 21stThousand Islands International Club Visits Potsdam Museum

May, 2019

Friday, 10th1804 Map of Lower Canada

April, 2019

Tuesday, 30thThousand Islands Arts Center and Hand Weaving Museum staff visits the China exhibit and tours the museum.

Wednesday, 17th1804 Map of Lower Canada and the North Country at the Potsdam Public Museum

Wednesday, 17thSUNY Potsdam Students utilize archives!

Wednesday, 10thBaseball Hall of Fame, Mickey Mantle bat

January, 2019

Wednesday, 23rdSUNY Potsdam Students create site using 1800s letters from museum archives

Friday, 11thProhibition - January 16th, 1919 The 18th Amendment took effect prohibiting the Manufacture, sale or transportation of Alcoholic beverages within the United States.

October, 2018

Thursday, 18thSchool Tours of the China exhibit!

September, 2018

Tuesday, 25thDANTE's inferno to be performed OCT 14th at the Potsdam Museum at 3:00.

August, 2018

Monday, 13thIra Kendall's family visits the Museum!

Friday, 10thFrancis (Red ) Grandy 1922-2018

Friday, 10thCHINA - LAND OF SILK AND DRAGONS

July, 2018

Thursday, 26thPaul Meyers Trio, World on a String, will be performing at the Potsdam Museum on Sunday, August 5th, from 1-3 PM.

June, 2018

Thursday, 21stChina - Land of Silk and Dragons

May, 2018

Thursday, 31stFRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM Invite the public to their Annual Meeting, Sunday June 10th at 2PM

April, 2018

Monday, 30thNorthern New York Quilt Project

Monday, 16thWhat Were They Thinking?: Civil War Round Table - Sunday April 22 at 2 PM

March, 2018

Monday, 19thVillage worker Dustin Bradley installs new UV blocking window shades in the museum.

February, 2018

Monday, 26thWPBS museum Video!

Thursday, 15thCivil War era Valentine

January, 2018

Friday, 26thInstallation begins on the installation of the window shades.

December, 2017

Thursday, 7thSTUDENTS FROM LAWRENCE AVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISIT THE MUSEUM FOR THE HOLIDAY SCHOOL TOUR!

November, 2017

Monday, 27thHOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE!!

October, 2017

Friday, 27thDr. Bayard D. Clarkson Sr. Visits the Potsdam Museum.

August, 2017

Thursday, 17thWho Do you Think THEY are?

July, 2017

Monday, 10th2017 MEGA REUNION Registration at the Potsdam Museum - Friday August 11th from 11am to 3pm.

May, 2017

Thursday, 4thNEW EXHIBIT IN PROGRESS: History of Clarkson University and the Clarkson Family

April, 2017

Monday, 17thPotsdam Museum to host Hands on History for Kids! a North Country Children's Museum event. Saturday April 22 from 12:30 to 2:00.

March, 2017

Tuesday, 28th100th Anniversary of WWI Thursday MARCH 6, 2017. The museum has an exhibit in the Archives and Special Collections Area - highlighting local contributions to the war effort.

Thursday, 23rdMiss Angie's Music - Children's music and puppet theater SAT March 25 at 4PM

Monday, 6thCabin Fever Concert Series: Saturday March 11 at 4 PM DON'T TELL DARLINGS

Thursday, 2ndPAUL MEYERS and BRET ZVACEK perform Jazz Guitar and Trombone Saturday March 4th at 7 PM

February, 2017

Wednesday, 15thClassical Indian Music at the 'first' Cabin Fever Concert Series!!

Friday, 3rdClarkson Family China comes back to Potsdam!

January, 2017

Monday, 16thElderkin Trunk - Civil War Round Table Presentation Jan 29 at 2 PM at the Potsdam Museum

Friday, 6thMUSEUM WINTER HOURS

December, 2016

Monday, 12thHoliday Jazz with Bill Vitek and Laura Brown

October, 2016

Monday, 31stNORTHBOUND - Playing Holiday tunes at the Potsdam Museum SUNDAY Dec 11 from 3-5 pm

Wednesday, 19thDANTE Presentation by Walter Nobile Thursday OCT 20 at 7PM Sound and Music in the Divine Comedy

September, 2016

Wednesday, 28thPOLITICS AS USUAL? Exhibition at the Potsdam Museum Oct 14 - Nov 12, 2016

Wednesday, 14thPOTSDAM SANDSTONE FESTIVAL SEPT. 23-25

August, 2016

Wednesday, 24th9/11 Remembrance Reception - Saturday Sept. 10 from 2-4 PM

Tuesday, 9thCIVIC CENTER

July, 2016

Monday, 18th49th Potsdam Summer Festival !!

Wednesday, 13thWeaving Demonstrations at Ives Park - Potsdam Summer Festival - Saturday 9-4

June, 2016

Friday, 17thFRIENDS ANNUAL MEETING, SUNDAY JUNE 26 at 2 PM. Jane Subramanian, retired SUNY Potsdam Archivist, will speak on the 'Milestones in the history of SUNY Potsdam'.

Monday, 13thMuseum will be closed in the mornings and opening at 1:00 on June 14,15,and 16. The staff will be training in PastPerfect, a museum software program.

Thursday, 2ndJane Subramanian guest speaker at the Friends of the Potsdam Museum's Annual Meeting - Sunday, June 26 at 2 PM

May, 2016

Monday, 16thJulia Crane's Gold and Ebony Conductor's Baton on exhibit!

Wednesday, 11thSAT. MAY 14 HISTORIC WALKING TOUR POTSDAM SANDSTONE: 50 SHADES OF RED Walking tour of Potsdam's Vibrant Sandstone Structures. 10 AM and 1 PM

Wednesday, 4thHOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY!

April, 2016

Wednesday, 20thSUNDAY APRIL 24, 2016 2PM LECTURE by Jim Carl, Archaeological Discoveries in Jamestown, VA

March, 2016

Monday, 21stTattoo Show Opening April 3rd 2 PM Live Music by Mary Ann Casale

February, 2016

Wednesday, 24thNew Exhibition opening in late March explores the early history of SUNY Potsdam to coincide with the college’s bicentennial celebration. If you have any memorabilia you would like to loan for the

Thursday, 11thSPINNERS INVITATIONAL 2016

Friday, 5thTATTOO EXHIBIT

January, 2016

Wednesday, 6thHoliday School Tours at the Museum

December, 2015

Thursday, 24thSNOW on Market Street Potsdam, NY

Wednesday, 9thLIVE MUSIC - NORTHBOUND ON DEC 20TH

Thursday, 3rdHOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE!

November, 2015

Thursday, 5thRUTH GARNER TURNING 100 ON NOV 18

October, 2015

Tuesday, 20thHalloween Exhibit!

Wednesday, 7thDANTE'S INFERNO - The tragic love story of Paolo and Francesca and Ulysses last Voyage

September, 2015

Wednesday, 30thFirst selfie on the Raquette River?

August, 2015

Friday, 28thPOTSDAM SANDSTONE FESTIVAL!!! SEPT 10 - 20TH

Wednesday, 26thNew Coffee Shop Opens in Historic Arlington Inn at 1/2 Main Street

July, 2015

Wednesday, 22ndDUGOUT CANOE making in Lehman Park, SUNY Potsdam

Friday, 10thPotsdam Fire Dept Annual Review 1921

Monday, 6th

June, 2015

Monday, 1stSt. Lawrence Valley Genealogy Society to meet at 6:30 on June 25th

May, 2015

Saturday, 23rdJOHN & ORION KRIBS in Concert

April, 2015

Monday, 27thWork on the Bridges continued...

Wednesday, 15thCurator attends Museum Conference at Corning Museum of Glass

March, 2015

Saturday, 28thKINDRED SPIRITS Dinner Murder Mystery

Tuesday, 17thTea at the Frederic Remington Art Museum

February, 2015

Friday, 27thBeverly Washburn, past museum board member and board president, passed away Feb. 25, 2015

Friday, 13thAbraham Lincoln helped Potsdam couple!

Monday, 2ndRuth Garner Receives New York Senate's Liberty Medal

January, 2015

Monday, 19thHoliday School Tours!

November, 2014

Friday, 14thHoliday Exhibit: PORTRAITS OF POTSDAM PEOPLE

October, 2014

Monday, 27thSt. Lawrence County Historians' Group to Meet Nov 7th at the St. Lawrence County Historic Association, Canton, NY

Tuesday, 21stGIFT TO MUSEUM FROM THE ESTATE OF EMILIE CLARKSON MOORE!

September, 2014

Monday, 29thJOURNEY THROUGH DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY New Presentation by Walter Nobile

August, 2014

Friday, 15thPOTSDAM SANDSTONE FESTIVAL 2014 SEPT 18-21

Friday, 15thPOTSDAM SANDSTONE FESTIVAL 2014 SEPT 18-21

July, 2014

Tuesday, 29thTOY SHOW TO END!

Thursday, 10thTrains and Trolleys of St. Lawrence County PowerPoint Presentation

Wednesday, 9th1976 Antique Car Show at Old Snell Hall

June, 2014

Wednesday, 25thFriends of the Potsdam Museum purchase two new books on the Amish to add to the research collection!

Wednesday, 18thSUNDAY June 22 FRIENDS ANNUAL MEETING 2PM

Wednesday, 18thSunday, June 22, the public is invited to the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Potsdam Museum!

Wednesday, 4thNormandy Invasion: A Potsdam Veteran recalled D-Day with the help of his daughter-in-law!

Wednesday, 4thNormandy Invasion recalled by local veteran!

May, 2014

Tuesday, 13thThe Amish; Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 2PM the annual meeting of the Friends of the Potsdam Museum.

April, 2014

Friday, 25thMAPLE POSTCARDS for sale at Maple Run Emporium in Potsdam and at the Potsdam Museum.

Thursday, 17th EASTER DISPLAY - Postcards and Easter Eggs

March, 2014

Monday, 24thPotsdam Historian attends conference in Saratoga Springs!

Tuesday, 4thFamily visits Potsdam to see grandmothers wedding dress.

February, 2014

Thursday, 13thIt's-A-Dilly !

Monday, 3rdPotsdam High School freshman, Lucas Hanss gives presentation on Railroads and War.

January, 2014

Monday, 6thMUSEUM HOURS FOR JANUARY

December, 2013

Tuesday, 17th500 School Children visit the TOYLAND exhibit!

November, 2013

Saturday, 16thANNOUNCING... TOYLAND: A Century of Fun!

October, 2013

Saturday, 19th"CHILDREN ON BICYCLES" PICTURE GENERATES MUCH INTEREST!

Thursday, 3rdSandstone Festival Great Success!

August, 2013

Monday, 12thSandstone Festival Sept 18-22, 2013

July, 2013

Wednesday, 17thPotsdam High School Class of '73 Reunion

June, 2013

Thursday, 27thPotsdam Summer Festival July 11-13

Tuesday, 18thFriends of the Museum Annual Meeting

Tuesday, 4thFireman's Convention this weekend!

May, 2013

Friday, 31stVintage image of Market Street 1960s

Monday, 20thVictorian Wedding and Brides Exhibit will feature local ladies and their Victorian Wedding Gowns, shoes, and wedding portraits.

Monday, 20thVICTORIAN BRIDES Exhibit to Open June 23rd at the Friends of the Museum annual meeting.

Friday, 10thRecent Gift to the Museum!

April, 2013

Thursday, 25thA baseball uniform of the Potsdam Indians of the old Northern New York Amateur League has been donated by Dan Hurley who played center field for the team from 1951 through 1954.

Wednesday, 17thSpring Harp Concert Success!

March, 2013

Friday, 22ndSpring Concert - Selections from Members of the Crane Harp Ensemble - Sunday - April 14th - 2PM

Friday, 15thHISTORY AT NOON March 19th Presentation and Book signing: University of New York at Potsdam!

Wednesday, 13thNancy Blodgett Friend of the Museum 1935-2013

Tuesday, 12thPotsdam Pee Wee Hockey 1966-67

Thursday, 7thUnusual paper dolls from the Museum Collection!

Monday, 4thMaple Sugar Seasons Past!

Friday, 1stBetty Weeks remembrance image!

February, 2013

Thursday, 28thFeb 28th Betty Weeks Remembrance!

Friday, 8thGenealogy Alert: Updated list of family surnames now online!

January, 2013

Wednesday, 2ndJANUARY - COLLECTIONS CARE AND INVENTORY MONTH - OPEN regular hours Friday and Saturday and by appointment Tues - Thursday!

November, 2012

Friday, 23rdVictorian Christmas-Victorian Style: Guided School Tours

October, 2012

Monday, 1stSandstone Festival a Great Success

August, 2012

Thursday, 23rdPotsdam Sandstone Festival

July, 2012

Monday, 16thPotsdam High School Mega Reunion!

Monday, 9thSummer Festival IVES PARK SATURDAY

June, 2012

Monday, 11thFriends of the Museum Annual Meeting June 24th 2PM

May, 2012

Monday, 21stWalnut Telephone c. 1907 by Western Electric - Donated to Museum And best dresses for evening online.

Friday, 11thGarden Program Thursday May 17th at 7pm

Friday, 4thSpinning and Weaving Program offered to Area Fourth Graders - June 5-8th

April, 2012

Monday, 2ndTri-corner Hat Now on display

March, 2012

Tuesday, 27thMuseum staff inventories and photographs local sandstone buildings

February, 2012

Monday, 27thMaple Sugaring photos from the archives are on view at the Maple Run Emporium, Market Street, Potsdam.

Wednesday, 15thSpinning Demonstration

Wednesday, 1stWar of 1812 Uniform Coat on exhibit

January, 2012

Monday, 23rdCivil War Round Table

Friday, 20thINVENTORY in Progress!

Tuesday, 10thGift of Amish Bookshelves

October, 2011

Wednesday, 26thPhi Kappa Sigma donates time to the museum

Thursday, 20thWhite family donates Fire Chief's uniform to museum.

Thursday, 6thOnondaga Hill Antiques Club visits the museum.

Tuesday, 4thVivian I. Proper and daughter Jane Whyland visit the Burnap Collection of English Ceramics.

September, 2011

Monday, 26thMuseum Director, Mimi Van Deusen attends the Museum Institute at Sagamore.

August, 2011

Saturday, 20thElephants roamed Potsdam 122 years ago!

Tuesday, 9thA History of the Potsdam Town and Country Club:1921- 2010 was recently presented to the museum by co-author Diane Hansen.

July, 2011

Tuesday, 19thSUMMER FESTIVAL 2011

June, 2011

Friday, 17thVolunteers and museum staff reconstruct a barn loom from early 1800's.

Wednesday, 1stFriends of the Potsdam Museum Annual Meeting - Sunday June 12 at 2 PM

May, 2011

Friday, 13thCANOES ON THE RACQUETTE RIVER 1884

Friday, 6thHigh Water State of Emergency

April, 2011

Monday, 25thNorth Country Heritage and Hardy Roses

March, 2011

Monday, 21stVolunteers Help with Quilt Inventory

Wednesday, 16thDorothy Gordanier and her daughter Tenny Czerpak at home in one of the earliest Potsdam sandstone dwellings.

Wednesday, 16thICE COLD POTSDAM EXHIBIT Through March 31st

Thursday, 3rdSaturday March 12, 2011 Book signing and presentation of ADIRONDACK ICE 2 PM

February, 2011

Friday, 25thRecent Paintings William Beebe Feb 25th and Feb 26th Reception Friday 5-8 PM

Monday, 14thWilliam Allen Dart comes home to Potsdam!

January, 2011

Friday, 28thHoliday Open House 2010

November, 2010

Friday, 19thFamily Archives at the Museum

October, 2010

Thursday, 21stThis Amish made oak table and chairs are a recent gift to the museum from The Sweetgrass Foundation.

Tuesday, 5thSECOND ANNUAL SANDSTONE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 15-19th 2010