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.