Events

A Taste of Amsterdam BACK for 2025! Enjoy a specials at Amsterdam restaurants. All your favorite places will be offering special selections for $18.85, because Amsterdam was established in 1885.

Join us as we wake our senses up during a short walk along the old canal and discuss Who is Sleeping? We’ll explore what creatures and critters might be hibernating in our habitats. Free program open to all ages. Please dress appropriately for the weather conditions and wear proper supportive/warm footwear.Moderate to heavy snowfall, ice, […]

Join us for a special program February 22, at 2 pm at the Arkell Museum. Get a taste of art while the galleries are closed. We have invited artist print maker Barbara Luhmann to give us a tour of The Art of Seeing: Prints By Beth Van Hoesen. Then join us in the classroom for […]

Please make a plan to come join us again at our Annual Chili Cook Off!Chili Entree Fee will be $5.00 per Chili.Each person that wants to taste and vote will pay $5.00.The Entry Fee's total will go to the winner. The more Chili's we get, the larger the prize!The Department uses the Tasting and Voting […]

We look to warm ourselves in the depths of winter with songs of the frozen and forgotten. A wonderful arrangement of musicians will play songs of harrowing misadventure, cold misfortunes, and frosty forewarnings. Some songs tell a tale or let the listener beware, it is prudent to take caution and care. These songs range in […]

Hop on over to The Garden Bug for our 2nd Annual Easter Pop Up! A small but fun event featuring Easter specific items available for purchase, this day only, and in one room of our shop! *we are currently closed for the winter, we will only be open this day until Spring! **Please check back […]

Join us inside the Pathway to Empire exhibit for a belated Birthday Celebration! This Museum Monday program will explore some of the life and times of DeWitt Clinton. We'll recognize his Birthday too!Doors open at 11am and there will be a short discussion around 11:30am. The museum will remain open for you to check out […]

Join SUNY Oneonta students and faculty for an evening of stargazing! We’ll take a look at the moon, Jupiter and Mars through small telescopes, and explore deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula, Pleiades star cluster, and more! Kids can take home a paper star wheel to learn what constellations are visible throughout the different […]