Time and the Valleys Museum
info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org
About us:
The Time and the Valleys Museum, located in Grahamsville, Sullivan County, NY is a living and interactive resource that connects water, people and the Catskills.
The Museum has three floors of interactive exhibitions, a research center and Museum Shop.
Groups, camps and schools are always welcome - Guided tours are conducted for groups of 15 to 100 people throughout the year.
Articles
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
Professor Emeritus of Biology, Don Terpening will present various medicines, implements and techniques that were used by physicians during the Revolutionary War, as well as discuss the role that doctors played and their... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
FREE
Have conversations and reunions while viewing rich collections from Claryville and the Town of Denning that bring life to the history of the Upper Neversink and Upper Rondout valleys. The afternoon includes a special program on the history of the... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
Experience old time cider making with a hand cider press! A fall activity on any farm that had a apple orchard, cider making has a long history. Since the safety of drinking water was still a concern in early America, cider... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
Through a series of demonstrations, talks and hands-on activities, experience what life was like for a family living on a 1930s family farm in the Catskills. Fun for the whole family.
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, Non-members: $5
Infamous Sullivan County, NY murderess, Lizzie Halliday lives again within the pages of a comprehensive true crime narrative titled “Killing Time in the Catskills” by Kevin Owen. The author will present his book, slideshow... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
FREE
Photos, records, stories and artifacts from the Town of Neversink will be available and researchers on hand to answer questions. The afternoon includes a special program on postcards of the area by Museum Trustee Dorothy Muthig.
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members $5
Go back in time to dairy farming in the 1930s - learn how to hand milk a cow, make ice cream and butter, how milk was kept cold and transported before electricity and more. Sullivan County Dairy Ambassadors will be on hand... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
FREE
If you helped the Museum in any way, please join us for an afternoon of refreshments, conversation with other volunteers and a special gift. Please email us at info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org to RSVP.
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
A book talk by author Frank Almquist brings to life the story of how this massive dam, miles of dikes, and water controls was built more than 100 years ago mostly by hand. Author Frank Almquist hopes his collection of real-... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
Sullivan County Historian John Conway will give his talk on the Lenape Native Americans who first arrived in this area over 11,000 years ago and ultimately controlled a land mass that encompassed from what is today upstate... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
Members; FREE, non-members: $5
NYC has clean water because it comes from pure and rural mountains. However, there is nothing natural about NYC’s water. To create the water system, thousands of people lost homes and businesses, and had to sue the City for... Read more
Jan. 26, 2022
Members: FREE, non-members: $5
This presentation explores the Palen family’s story and its contributions to Sullivan County history. Between the end of the 18th century and the turn of the twentieth century, several dozen Palens and their extended kin... Read more
Apr. 15, 2018
Square dancing with music by Country Travellors, 1930 themed food, Pie Auction with Barry Lewis and more! A fund raiser to support the Lost Catskill Farm. Go on line or call 845 985-7700 to get tickets.
Feb. 7, 2018
Ryan Trapani, Director of Forest Services for the Catskill Forest Association, will discuss the impacts of the hemlock bark tanning industry on Catskill communities and forests. He will also describe how he uses hemlock bark today to convert deerskins... Read more
Feb. 7, 2018
Cross stitch is one of the oldest needle arts and still very popular today. Join Penny Coombe and friends to learn some of the history of cross stitch, view examples and try your hand at a small project. Age eight and up are welcome - no experience is... Read more
Feb. 7, 2018
Wes and Barbara Gottlock, authors of Lost Towns of the Hudson Valley will speak about the lost towns of the Ashokan Reservoir, brick making in the town of Roseton near Newburgh and Camp Shanks/Shanks Village in Rockland County. Light refreshments are... Read more
Feb. 7, 2018
Come and see our waterwheel supplying water to the milk house and running early equipment! Learn how water has been used by farmers over time and how it is safeguarded today. Light refreshments are included.
Feb. 7, 2018
Photos, records, stories and artifacts from the Town of Neversink. Includes a special program and speaker. Come and share your Neversink history!
Feb. 7, 2018
The Kurpil Family Fiddlers will perform their toe tapping fiddle music while intermingling local fiddle music history, song history and the origins of fiddling. Includes an exhibit of fiddle photos and memorabilia. Light refreshments are included.
Feb. 7, 2018
Talk by Jeffrey Otto, President of the O&W Railway Historical Society covering the O&W from Young's Gap (just north of Liberty) to Cadosia, concentrating on the many bridges in that section, plus the industries served by the railroad. Attendees... Read more