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Tour Albany by Land & Water

Harmony House Tours has partnered with Dutch Apple Cruises to bring a new "Land & Water Tour of Albany"! Part of I Love New York’s “Path through History” to coincide with the statewide celebration...

Ancient Egypt: The Albany Mummies

Guests of all ages are awed by this ongoing exhibition which features the Albany Institute’s mummies alongside loaned objects from other major museums...

Albany Land and Water Tours

Four Days to Enjoy the Path through Albany’s History Harmony House Tours has partnered with Dutch Apple Cruises h T to bring a new "Land & Water Tour of Albany"! Part of I Love New York’s “Path thr...

Walking Tour of the Local History and Genealogy Resources at the New York State Library

The New York State Library is a treasure chest of resources for those tracing their family histories...

Lawrence Van Alstyne and his book, Diary of an Enlisted Man

Lawrence Van Alstyne descended from Hudson Valley Dutch settlers who had owned slaves. When he enlisted with the 128th...

Civil War Medicine: Myth and Reality

Civil War medicine has been described by the three "B's" – butchery, barbaric and brutal – by many historians on The History Channel and The Civil War Journal...

Ephrata Cloister Concert

Enjoy the sounds of music from America’s past at this special concert with the Ephrata Cloister Chorus...

Path Through History Weekends

Reserve the weekends of June 1-2 and 8-9 to join the festivities during New York State’s exciting new Path Through History Weekends...

Human History of the Pine Bush

For centuries, humans have farmed, travelled, explored and lived among the pines and oaks of the Albany Pine Bush...

First Friday

Galleries open Free from 5PM–8PM

The Making of the Hudson River School: More than the Eye Beholds

The Making of the Hudson River School brings together more than 150 works from private collections and the museums holdings by well known artists such as Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Asher B...

Robert Hewson Pruyn: An Albanian in Japan

This exhibition features highlights from the Albany Institute’s collection of private papers from Pruyn (1815-1882), who was appointed the 2nd US Minister to Japan by President Lincoln, referred by...

Under Water: The Flood of 1913

In late March 1913, a significant storm swept into the northeast and brought devastating floods...

Artful Mornings

Artful Mornings are weekly, three-day morning programs that allow children to create wonderful works of art inspired by our summer exhibitions as well as the permanent collections...

The Legacy of Currier and Ives: Shaping the American Spirit

The Legacy of Currier & Ives pays tribute to the popular nineteenth-century printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives and their role in establishing printmaking as a form of media that w...