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Recent Gift to the Museum!

This barn loom was donated in memory of Flora... MORE

A 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.

The Potsdam Public Museum has recently received a... MORE

Spring Harp Concert Success!

On Sunday April 14th more than 50 enthusiastic... MORE

Spring Concert - Selections from Members of the Crane Harp Ensemble - Sunday - April 14th - 2PM

Members of the Crane Harp Ensemble, under the... MORE

HISTORY AT NOON March 19th Presentation and Book signing: University of New York at Potsdam!

  Tuesday, March 19th at Noon -  Jane... MORE

Nancy Blodgett Friend of the Museum 1935-2013

The Museum lost a real Friend of the museum on... MORE

Potsdam Pee Wee Hockey 1966-67

Potsdam Pee Wee Hockey Team1966-67, with Coach... MORE

Unusual paper dolls from the Museum Collection!

Unusual Paper Dolls!The Potsdam Antique Study... MORE

Maple Sugar Seasons Past!

MAPLE SUGAR SEASON!This may be our earliest image... MORE

Betty Weeks remembrance image!

Betty Weeks (center) with friends Mary Theisen... MORE

Feb 28th Betty Weeks Remembrance!

Remembering Betty Weeks- she passed way one year... MORE

Genealogy Alert: Updated list of family surnames now online!

The staff at the Potsdam Museum has taken great... MORE

JANUARY - COLLECTIONS CARE AND INVENTORY MONTH - OPEN regular hours Friday and Saturday and by appointment Tues - Thursday!

January is collections care and inventory month... MORE

Victorian Christmas-Victorian Style: Guided School Tours

December 4 through the 13th Guided School tours... MORE

Sandstone Festival a Great Success

The 2012 Sandstone Festival was a great success.... MORE

Potsdam Sandstone Festival

POTSDAM SANDSTONE... MORE

Potsdam High School Mega Reunion!

Potsdam High School Mega Reunion  August 10,... MORE

Summer Festival IVES PARK SATURDAY

Visit the museum booth at the summer festival... MORE

Friends of the Museum Annual Meeting June 24th 2PM

The Friends of the Museum annual meeting and... MORE

Walnut Telephone c. 1907 by Western Electric - Donated to Museum

Dorothy Gordanier wanted the museum to have this... MORE

Garden Program Thursday May 17th at 7pm

The Cecilie Garden is located in Lehman Park,... MORE

Spinning and Weaving Program offered to Area Fourth Graders - June 5-8th

Area Fourth Grader teachers are encouraged to... MORE

Tri-corner Hat Now on display

This Tri-corner hat is made of felted beaver and... MORE

Museum staff inventories and photographs local sandstone buildings

Museum intern, Courtney Doyle, who will be... MORE

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

This image taken round 1895 shows a group of... MORE

Spinning Demonstration

SPINNING DEMONSTRATION- On Saturday, Feb 18 from... MORE

War of 1812 Uniform Coat on exhibit

Brought to light during the January inventory of... MORE

Civil War Round Table

Sunday- January 29 at 2pmThe St. Lawrence County... MORE

INVENTORY in Progress!

The museum has been conducting inventory this... MORE

Gift of Amish Bookshelves

On a snowy January morning a group of volunteers... MORE

Phi Kappa Sigma donates time to the museum

Members of Clarkson's Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity... MORE

White family donates Fire Chief's uniform to museum.

Louis White (1923-2011) was a long time resident... MORE

Onondaga Hill Antiques Club visits the museum.

Twenty-five members of the Onondaga Hill Antiques... MORE

Vivian I. Proper and daughter Jane Whyland visit the Burnap Collection of English Ceramics.

In 1940, Frank and Harriet Burnapdonated a... MORE

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

The Friends of the Museum, funded a trip for the... MORE

Elephants roamed Potsdam 122 years ago!

On a warm August night in 1889, Barnum and Bailey... MORE

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

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SUMMER FESTIVAL 2011

POTSDAM SUMMER FESTIVAL !Many thanks to all the... MORE

Volunteers and museum staff reconstruct a barn loom from early 1800's.

THE COVER-UP: Coverlets, Looms and Spinning... MORE

Friends of the Potsdam Museum Annual Meeting - Sunday June 12 at 2 PM

The public is invited to attend the annual... MORE

High Water State of Emergency

MAYOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN POTSDAM2pm... MORE

North Country Heritage and Hardy Roses

THURSDAY MAY 5TH7 PMNorth Country Heritage... MORE

Volunteers Help with Quilt Inventory

FRIENDSHIP QUILTc. 1880-90Diamond PatternMade by... MORE

Dorothy Gordanier and her daughter Tenny Czerpak at home in one of the earliest Potsdam sandstone dwellings.

Dorothy Gordanier who reached 100 years of age in... MORE

ICE COLD POTSDAM EXHIBIT Through March 31st

ICE COLD POTSDAM- A history of Ice Skating, Ice... MORE

Saturday March 12, 2011 Book signing and presentation of ADIRONDACK ICE 2 PM

ADIRONDACK ICE: Slide show and Book Signing by... MORE

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

William Beebe, local artist will feature RECENT... MORE

William Allen Dart comes home to Potsdam!

On Saturday February 12, 2011 Peter Dart of... MORE

Holiday Open House 2010

Potsdam High School Jazz Band with director... MORE

Family Archives at the Museum

 Gary Grahling and his wife Diane (Dewey)... MORE

This Amish made oak table and chairs are a recent gift to the museum from The Sweetgrass Foundation.

For the young and the young at heart, there is a... MORE

SECOND ANNUAL SANDSTONE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 15-19th 2010

Wednesday, September 15th 7 PM SOAR presents... MORE