View the Zadock Pratt Museum Garden restoration in progress!

What better way to kick off the summer than to enjoy a short lecture on the regions’ historical gardens, museum and grounds tour? Look and learn with our regional Master Gardeners from Cornell Cooperative Extension as we dive into the world of garden design, flowers, herbs and medicinal plants used in the 1800s. This presentation will start in the museum and will end with a look at the historical plantings on the property. All attendees will receive a map to plan their own visits to other historical gardens in and around Greene County along with a seed packet to take home. Light refreshments will be served.

Join us for the opening reception! The Pratt Museum is using leather products from its archives to look at the ubiquity of leather goods and their production at the time of Pratt. Five contemporary artists – Em Rooney, Hugo Montoya, Amanda Pohan, Linnea Gad, and Catherine Telford-Keogh – will be responding to objects owned by Zadock Pratt and tradesmen of his time, housed in the museum, asking us to make the connection between past industrialization and the present moment of global commerce.

Let’s Celebrate Grandma’s Quilts: One last look before they are gone!

Join Greene County quilter and Zadock Pratt Museum board member Carol Stevens as we delve into the history of quilting, quilt design, with a special look at past stories of the quilts on display.

Light refreshments will be served.

Examining the Power of Community Archives

Lecture given by: Melanie Meents, Senior Time-based Media Conservator, Harvard University Library’s Preservation Services

Learn how history is preserved!

Renowned archivist Melanie Meents, will be traveling from her home-base in Cambridge, Mass., to guide the Zadock Pratt Museum archivist team in preserving the town’s one-of-kind documents for future generations to enjoy and learn from. This fascinating process will be brought alive for participants to learn how historical materials are saved from “Father Time.”

The museum has been chosen to receive a grant specifically slated for the preservation of community archives. Documents dating back to the early 1800s will be carefully archived for access by current and future generations. NBT Bank has provided funds to begin this complicated process, along with other donors to be announced at a later date. The preservation process will start this summer, and a talk will be given by nationally recognized archivist Melanie Meents, Harvard University, on July 12.
The date has been tentatively set for August 2. Please check back for updates.