2023 Programming Preview

2023 Programming – additional special tours and offerings are being added

Town & Country: The Pastoral in Albany County – free online lecture series, Fridays noon-12:30 pm.  Register here.

  • March 17: Workers & the Pastoral: African American & Irish workers who created Albany’s gardens and estates.
  • March 24: The Pastoral in Albany County: Art & Memory
  • March 31: Arcadian Visions: Women’s Art & Embroidery

March 24-26: Visit us at the Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo (HVCC) to learn to make Victorian terrariums.

April 7: Easter Egg Hunt and Spring Art Contest.  Free for all families.

April 11: Free Family Art program outreach at the Palace Theatre.

April 22 & on-going: Community Garden Days and Community Clean-up Days – register here

April 26: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

April–May 2023: Ancient & Noble Trees of Albany County—free online lecture series.

May 12: Opening Day for Ten Broeck Mansion Tours.  Free to ACHA members.

May 20: Plants of North America Family Art & Gardens Program – free

May 27: STEAM @ Ten Broeck: middle school/teen free technology program – free

May 31: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

Special Exhibits May-October: Technology: Expression & Expansion in Albany County.  Artifacts & special programming.

June 1: Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture by Kerry Dean Carso—free to ACHA members

June 8: Annual Meeting, special walk-through tours of Ten Broeck Mansion.  Free to members.

June 10: Kids’ Planting & Garden Program – free

June 16-18: Juneteenth Weekend at the Ten Broeck Mansion celebrating the life of Roseanna Vosburgh, born June 17, 1800.  Special tours & art programs.  Free.

  •    June 17: Plants of Africa Family Art & Garden Program – free
  •    June 17: Archaeology Day at Ten Broeck in partnership with the NYS Museum and Hartgen Archaeological Associates  – free

June 24: STEAM @ Ten Broeck: middle school/teen free technology program – free

June 28: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

July 1: Plants of Europe Family Art & Garden Program – free

July 8: STEAM @ Ten Broeck: middle school/teen free technology program – free

July 15: Plants of Asia Family Art & Garden Program – free

July 22: STEAM @ Ten Broeck: middle school/teen free technology program – free

July 26: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

July 29: Plants of Oceania Family Art & Garden Program – free

August 5: Plants of South America Family Art & Garden Program – free

August 12: STEAM @ Ten Broeck: middle school/teen free technology program – free

August 19: Global Explorer Pastport Program

August 26-27: Shakespeare Festival

  • free family acting workshops – August 26 – free
  • Shakespeare performance in the Ten Broeck Gardens with Capital REP – August 26 – donations appreciated
  • Shakespeare in the Mansion: readings & poetic sightings in the Ten Broeck Mansion – August 27 – donations appreciated

August 30: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

September 9: Jamming in Arbor Hill – family jam/jelly and art making workshop – free

September 27: Office Hours: Community Digitization Project – free

September 30: Tulip Bulb Planting & Take-home Bulb Kits – free

October 7: Path Through History Day.  Theme: Crossroads: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Albany County.  Free.

  • walk-through tours of the Ten Broeck Mansion – free
  • free historians’ speaker series – free
  • County-wide history explorations – free

October 21: Family Scavenger Hunt – free

December 2-17: Holiday House

Online Exhibit: Learn more about our recently digitized historic documents (manuscripts and archives) here: Through These Doors & in our Neighborhood: A Virtual Exhibit | Albany County Historical Association (tenbroeckmansion.org).  Additional information is here.

Look for upcoming Immersion Tours and other special programs this summer.