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Exhibit Held Over!!
Delaware County Through the Eyes of Joseph Santora will be on display in the Elijah Thomas Gallery until February 5th. This exhibit features the oil paintings of former Meridale resident Joseph Santora. Scenes depict Delaware County during the first half of the twentieth century.Open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm. Admission to the exhibit is free.
Monday, February 15 ~ New Exhibit Opens! Dressed for the Occasion
Select items of furniture and clothing from DCHA's collections will be highlighted in this new exhibit. Items on display will include: a late 18th century desk used by Benjamin Cannon of Cannonsville, a 1910 suit worn by Lieutenant Governor M. Linn Bruce of Andes, and a trunk with clothing used by Cora Dann of Walton in the late 1800s. On display in the Elijah Thomas Gallery through June 11th. Open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm. Admission to the exhibit is free
Saturday, February 20 ~ Knitting & Crocheting workshop ~ 10am - 3pm
Adults and children alike are encouraged to come learn to knit or crochet or refresh their rusty knitting or crocheting skills. Class will be taught by a patient, experienced knitter and crocheter. Registration required by February 15th. Cost $35.00 per person. (Bring your own bag lunch)
Saturday, April 24 ~ Volunteer Brunch ~ 10am - 12pm
Please join us at the museum for brunch and let us thank you for your invaluable help. We welcome all volunteers. We also invite new and former volunteers to attend and learn about volunteer opportunities at DCHA. Free admission.
Saturday, May 1 ~ Volunteer Work Day ~ 10am - 3pm
Join us in readying the site for our summer season. Chores will include sprucing up the grounds and cleaning the Frisbee House, the church and other buildings. Volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves and gardening tools. Refreshments and lunch provided.
Saturday, May 15 ~ Civil War History Luncheon ~ 12:30pm
Join the Delaware County Historical Association for the first in our popular series of history luncheons scheduled for 2010. This month's featured presenter is Bill Seneschal of Walton. Bill's presentation focusing on the Civil War, entitled Bullets, Banjoes and Battlefields, incorporates poetry, prose and song. Cost for the luncheon is $12 per person and includes sandwich, salad, etc. Reservations required by May 13th.The luncheon will begin at 12:30pm with the presentation following at approximately 1:15pm. The luncheon will take place at the DCHA museum, inside our main gallery space, located on State Route 10, 2.5 miles north of the village of Delhi.
Saturday, May 29 ~ DCHA Summer Season Opening & Tenth Annual Lilac Lane Pet Memorial Park Event ~ 1pm
Come join DCHA and the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society at for the Tenth Annual Lilac Lane Pet Memorial Park to celebrate the lives of our pets. Refreshments served. Pets welcome. Admission free.
Wednesday, June 2 & Friday June 4 ~ Produce, Preserve & Play ~ 10am - 1pm
Fourth-grade hands-on history immersion days at DCHA.
Saturday, June 5 ~ “History Happening” ~ 11pm – 5pm
Experience the fun of historic crafts & activities at DCHA's History Happening Day! Come immerse yourself in a day of workshops and demonstrations with hands-on opportunities for the entire family! Weaving, spinning, quilting, woodworking, blacksmithing, 4-H animals & more! Handcrafts & locally produced arts for sale! 3 - 5pm - Square Dance with Hilt Kelly and His Sidekicks. Admission: $4.00 adults, $1.50 children under 12. Lunch available. (Admission includes visit to all the buildings on the site!)
Thursday, June 10 ~ Historic Hudson River Tour
Join the Delaware County Historical Association for a one-day trip to the Wilderstein Historic Site, regarded as the Hudson Valley's most important example of Victorian architecture. Come with us on Thursday, June 10, 2010 as we travel on a luxury motor coach to this elaborate Queen Anne Victorian mansion featuring a five-story tower and interiors that are virtually untouched since 1888. The house, owned by close friends of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, contains original woodwork, stained glass windows, and furniture. You will have time to tour the romantic grounds designed by renowned landscape architect Calvert Vaux and enjoy the views of the Hudson River as you savor a catered lunch on the terrace (vegetarian options will be available). For more information on this incredible house, visit http://www.wilderstein.org
After lunch at Wilderstein board the bus and travel north to Rondout, near Kingston where we will board the Rip Van Winkle tour boat and enjoy an informative two-hour Hudson River Cruise. This trip will take us down the Hudson River to a point just north of West Point. Along the way we will be able to view and learn about the many historic houses and other points of interest that are so numerous along the river's edge.
The cost of this day-trip is only $85 for DCHA members and $95 for non-members, a portion of which is used to raise funds for our county's museum. Passengers may board the motor coach in Oneonta at 7:15 am and in Delhi at 7:45 am. We estimate our return time to be approximately 6:30 pm or 7:00 pm.
For further information or reservations please call: (607) 746-3849, or email at: dcha@delhi.net Reservations required by May 28, 2010.
Saturday & Sunday June 12 & 13 ~ DCHA at the Meredith Dairy Fest ~ 10am – 5pm
Stop by our booth at the Meredith Dairy Fest and look at a few select items from our gift shop and try a hands-on activity.
Saturday, June 19 ~ History Luncheon ~ 12:30pm - 2:30pm
This month's featured presenter is Chuck d'Imperio of Sidney, author of My Town is a Cathedral: My Memories of Sidney, Great Graves and more. Cost for the luncheon is $12 per person and includes sandwich, salad, etc. Reservations requested by June 17th. The luncheon will begin at 12:30pm with the presentation following at approximately 1:15pm. The luncheon will take place at the DCHA museum, inside our main gallery space, located on State Route 10, 2.5 miles north of the village of Delhi.
Sunday, June 20 ~ Dramatic Readings From the Past ~ 2pm
Join DCHA for the first of four dramatic readings, presented by The Pathos Players, in the Frisbee House the third Sunday of each month. This month's reading will be about the Railroads in Delaware County. All readings are from DCHA's extensive archives. This first reading will be held in the parlor. Come early to picnic at our beautiful site. FREE Admission.
Sunday, June 20 ~ Exhibit Opening ~ 3:30pm
Come explore DCHA's new exhibit on the Railroads of Delaware County. Items on display include a conductor's uniform from the O & W railroad, railroad crossing sign from Hawleys Station, and many pictures from DCHA Archives. On display thru. August 22nd. Free Admission
Saturday, July 10 ~ Catskill Arts and Air Tour ~ Robert Titus ~ Exploring Dry Brook
The great flood of January 1996 lives on in the landscape of Dry Brook, if you know how to "read the stones." Dr. Robert Titus will lead you on a journey through Dry Brook to explore the geological vestiges of the flood still carved in the landscape. Hartwick College Professor of Geology, Dr. Titus is the author of The Catskills in the Ice Age, The Catskills: A Geological Guide and The Other Side of Time, a collection of essays that share his passion for Catskills' geological history with the people who live here. Tour departs from the Pakataken Farmers Market at 10am and returns by 2pm. For more information on this event call 845-586-3443 or visit http://www.catsguild.org This event is part of the Catskill Arts & Air festival series, presented by the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild in collaboration with the Mark Project with support from the Roxbury Arts Group, the Pakatakan Farmers Market of the Round Barn and the Delaware County Historical Association. Funded in part by generous grants from the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation.
Saturday, July 17 ~ History Luncheon ~ 12:30pm - 2:30pm
This month's featured presenter is Dr. Bill Birns, writer of a weekly column in the Catskill Mountain News called "A Catskill Catalog" covering history, geography, day-trips, arts and culture of the Catskill Mountains. Bill's presentation is entitled, "Mountain History, Mountain Culture" - a discussion of the mountain culture that he found in Delaware County when, in 1971, he came here to live from metropolitan and capital district New York. Cost for the luncheon is $12 per person and includes sandwich, salad, etc. Reservations requested by July 15th.The luncheon will begin at 12:30pm with the presentation following at approximately 1:15pm. The luncheon will take place at the DCHA museum, inside our main gallery space, located on State Route 10, 2.5 miles north of the village of Delhi.
Sunday, July 18 ~ Dramatic Readings From the Past: Samuel Sherwood Collection ~ 2pm
This month's reading, presented in the parlor of the Frisbee House, is from the Samuel Sherwood Collection. Samuel Sherwood was a prominent lawyer in Delaware County. All readings are from documents in DCHA's archives. FREE Admission
Saturday, July 24 ~ Catskill Arts and Air Tour ~ Don Bouton ~ Halcott Center Grange
Boiling syrup, making hay and even putting shoes on a cow: it's all part of working on a farm, a way of life that Don Bouton has treasured for more than eight decades. Come hear stories of growing up on a Halcott Center farm in the 1920s and 30s that inspired Donald's first book, By the Light of the Kerosene Lantern. Donald and his bride Shirley Woolheater bought a farm for their own in the 1940s, and their life there was the inspiration for Cow Tales and Farm Life in the Catskills, to be published in December. Tour departs from the Pakataken Farmers Market at 10am and returns by 2pm. For more information on this event call 845-586-3443 or visit http://www.catsguild.org This event is part of the Catskill Arts & Air festival series, presented by the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild in collaboration with the Mark Project with support from the Roxbury Arts Group, the Pakatakan Farmers Market of the Round Barn and the Delaware County Historical Association. Funded in part by generous grants from the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation.
Saturday, July 31 ~ Enchanted Evening at the Gideon Frisbee House ~ 6pm - 9pm
A casually elegant evening of spirited socializing beneath the stars. Featuring an extensive appetizer buffet from 6 - 7:30pm and a decadent desert buffet from 7:30 - 9pm. Live music. Current Members Free. (We requested non-members become members of DCHA in lieu of admission.)
Saturday, August 7 ~ Dramatic Readings From the Past: Anti-Rent War trials ~ 2pm
The Pathos Players will present a staged reading of a portion of the 1845 Anti-Rent War trials, one of the best known events in Delaware County. All readings are from documents in DCHA's archives. Come early to picnic at our beautiful site. The reading will be held in the Gideon Frisbee Barn. Suggested donation of $10.
Saturday, August 7 ~ Catskill Arts and Air Tour ~ Mary Sive ~ Pepacton Cemetery
Explore the villages "lost" to the reservoir system with Mary Sive, author of Lost Villages: Historic Driving Tours in the Catskills. Traveling south along Route 30, you'll see an abandoned railroad bed, bridge abutments, the Stone School, a quarry, and remains of a mill all once part of villages now under the Pepacton. Visit the Pepacton Cemetery, where many of the 2,000 grave remains from "lost villages" are reinterred. At Shavertown Bridge, you'll visit a kiosk telling the story of the valley, then return via back roads. Tour departs from the Pakataken Farmers Market at 10am and returns by 2pm. For more information on this event call 845-586-3443 or visit http://www.catsguild.org This event is part of the Catskill Arts & Air festival series, presented by the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild in collaboration with the Mark Project with support from the Roxbury Arts Group, the Pakatakan Farmers Market of the Round Barn and the Delaware County Historical Association. Funded in part by generous grants from the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation.
August 16 - 21 ~ Delaware County Fair, Walton, NY
Visit our tent at The Delaware County Fair shared with Hanford Mills Museum and the Walton Historical Society. Select items for sale from our gift/book shop.
Saturday, August 21 ~ Catskill Arts and Air Tour ~ Carol & Dave White ~ Kelly Hollow Hike
Enjoy a moderately easy and scenic four-mile hike through Kelly Hollow with David and Carol White, authors of Adirondack Mountain Club publications, Catskill Day Hikes for All Seasons (2002) and editors of Catskill Trails. Kelly Hollow hike offers a scenic variety of forest and terrain, beautiful streams and waterfalls. Pack a lunch, water and gear necessary for the forecast. Tour departs from the Pakataken Farmers Market at 10am and returns by 2pm. For more information on this event call 845-586-3443 or visit http://www.catsguild.org This event is part of the Catskill Arts & Air festival series, presented by the Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild in collaboration with the Mark Project with support from the Roxbury Arts Group, the Pakatakan Farmers Market of the Round Barn and the Delaware County Historical Association. Funded in part by generous grants from the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation.
Friday, September 3 ~ New Exhibit by the Meredith Historical Society Opens! Bisbee's General Store: Heart of the Community ~ 5-7pm
Bisbee's General Store in Meridale catered to the bodies and souls of the surrounding community from 1900 until it was destroyed by fire in 1976. In this exhibit, on loan from the Meredith Historical Society, the history of the store and its role in community life is portrayed through photographs, artifacts, and the recollections of some who remember it. Come and see what an old-fashioned general store was like; where the store offered more than just merchandise. On display in the Elijah Thomas Gallery through December 31. Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm until October 15. After October 15, Monday - Friday 10am to 3pm. Admission to the exhibit is free.
Tuesday, September 14 ~ Hancock Shaker Village Bus trip
The Delaware County Historical Association will offer a one-day trip to the historic Hancock Shaker Village and the Henry Hudson Planetarium in Albany. Please join us on Tuesday September 14, 2010 as we travel on a luxury motor coach first to Pittsfield, MA and then to Albany before returning home. Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA features a beautifully restored village set among acres of farmland, woods and pasture and 20 historic buildings, each filled with Shaker furniture, crafts and household items. Knowledgeable staff are on hand in the buildings with demonstrations of traditional craft and farm activities. After an extensive lunch at the Village Harvest Cafe we will return via Albany and the Henry Hudson Planetarium, an official NASA "Space Place." The cost of this day-trip is only $85 for DCHA members and $95 for non-members, a portion of which is used to raise funds for our county's museum. Passengers may board the motor coach in Oneonta at 7:00am and in Delhi at 7:30am. We estimate our return time to be approximately 7:00pm. For further information or reservations please call: (607) 746-3849, or email: dcha@delhi.net Reservations required by September 6, 2010.
Saturday, September 18 ~ History Luncheon ~ 12:30pm - 2:30pm This month's featured presenter is Jody Primoff who will be speaking on John Burroughs. The luncheon will take place at DCHA in the large gallery. Cost: $12 per person. Reservations requested by September 16th.
Sunday, September 19 ~ Dramatic Readings From the Past: Trials of Delaware County ~ 2pm
The final summer reading of 2010 will take place in the Frisbee House tavern, which was once used as a court room. The Pathos Players will dramatically present excerpts from notable trials in Delaware County. Admission free
Saturday, October 2 ~ 1st Annual Historic Home Tour Featuring Delhi ~ 10am - 4pm
Tour 8 historic homes in Delhi, including: the Cannon House with an exhibit and presentation by the Delhi Masons, and more. Some homes will have live music. Lunch available. The tour will begin at St. John's Episcopal Church and end with a reception in the Frisbee House at DCHA along with Door Prizes. The proceeds from this tour will be used to arrest interior degradation of the Federal Style 1797 Frisbee House by installing a temperature control system. Advance tickets available. Cost: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors (65 and up) $15 on the day of the tour. Tickets available at Stewarts, Steinway Books, Blackberry House and DCHA. For more information or to purchase tickets please call: (607) 746-3849, or email: dcha@delhi.net
Saturday, October 9 ~ Charlie Zahm in Concert @ the First Presbyterian Church ~ 7pm
DCHA is excited to welcome Charlie Zahm for his third performance in Delhi, NY. Charlie Zahm is one of the most popular soloists at Celtic music festivals on the East Coast. With a baritone voice and a strong mastery of the guitar (and other instruments) Mr. Zahm creates magical moments of Scottish and Irish history for the audience. Mr. Zahm will perform songs from Scotland and early America. Cost: $10 adult, $5 teens, kids free.Visit Charlie Zahm's website at: http://www.charliezahm.com
Sunday, October 10 ~ Museum Site Closes for Season
Last day to tour the historic 1797 Gideon Frisbee House and other buildings. The exhibit galleries, gift/bookshop and library remain open year round. Galleries and gift/bookshop hours: Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm. Library hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 10am - 3 pm.
Sunday, November 7 ~ Annual Meeting at DCHA ~ 1pm
Annual meeting and Award of Merit presentations. Buffet lunch. Open to the general public. Lunch $25 per person. Reservations required by November 6th. The general public is also invited to join us free of charge at 2:30pm for this year's featured presenter to be announced.
***Holiday Shopping at DCHA.***
Open Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm. DCHA’s shop features its usual extensive offering of books on local history and, numerous locally produced craft items, including pottery, blown glass ornaments, and knitted items.
Saturday, December 4 ~ Holiday for the Heart ~ 11:00am - 4:00pm
The Heart of the Catskills Humane Society will hold a Fundraising Christmas Tree Decorating event at DCHA - "Holiday for the Heart." Come see all the decorated trees and take a chance to win one. You can also relax and listen to some live entertainment on that day. Admission is $5 a person, which includes a raffle ticket. Trees will be decorated the weekend of November 27-28 and will be on display at the museum through the week. For more information, and if you would like to decorate a tree please contact the Humane Society at (607) 746-3080 or e-mail info@heartofthecatskills.org You can also visit the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society website at: http://www.heartofthecatskills.org
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