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No-Octane Regatta Weekend begins Friday
Jun 15, 2004 — Todd Moe talks with curator Hallie Bond about the No-Octane Regatta for Wooden Boats at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. From toy boats to war canoes, this weekend's event commemorates boats and boating in the Adirondacks. For more information about the No-Octane Regatta, call: 518-352-7311. Go to full article
Blue Mt. Lake: Adirondack Museum Hires New Director
Dec 11, 2003 — The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mt. Lake has hired a new director. David Pamperin will take over in mid-January. He comes from Wisconsin, where he ran a system of historical sites owned by the state's historical society. Pamperin will be the sixth director in the Adirondack Museum's history, taking over from John Collins, who led the museum for the last three years. Pamperin spoke with Brian Mann about his first impressions of the museum. Go to full article
Adirondack Kids Camps: Summer Through the Eyes of Children
May 23, 2003 — The Adirondack Museum opens today for the summer season. A major new exhibition looks at the history of the region's summer camps. For millions of children, especially kids from the cities, summer camp is a first introduction to the north woods. Brian Mann spent a day with the show's curator and sends this preview. Go to full article
Looking for Traces of Railroad History
Jun 26, 2002 — The Adirondack Museum is planning an exhibit on the railroad worker. Who were the people who laid the tracks and ran the trains? Martha Foley talks with writer Amy Godine about her research for the upcoming exhibit. Go to full article
Preview: No-Octane Regatta Weekend
Jun 13, 2002 — Todd Moe talks with curator Hallie Bond about the No Octane Regatta for Wooden Boats at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. From toy boats to war canoes, this weekend's event commemorates boats and boating in the Adirondacks. Go to full article
Dreaming of Timbuctoo
Jun 26, 2001 — We hear about Timbuctoo, a movement to settle free black New Yorkers in the Adirondacks--from the curator of a new exhibit opening this week at the Adirondack Museum. It was more than just a homesteading plan--the issue was voting rights. Go to full article
Annual No-Octane Regatta at Adirondack Museum This Weekend
Jun 13, 2001 — The Adirondack Museum celebrates guideboats, canoes and toy boats at its annual No-Octane Regatta for Wooden Boats this weekend. Todd Moe talks with curator Hallie Bond. Go to full article
Director Jackie Day Leaving Adirondack Museum
Mar 26, 2001 — Jackie Day, Director of the Adirondack Museum since 1992, is stepping down to become President and CEO of the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook, New York. The Long Island Museum is know for exhibitions on history and art, and for its collection of carriages. During her tenure at the Adirondack Museum, Day provided leadership for the museum's first capital campaign which raised over seven million dollars towards expansion of facilities and endowment. Last year, the museum completed construction of a new Visitor Center, a year-round Education Center and a new Collections Storage and Study Center. Jackie Day told Todd Moe she's leaving the Adirondack Museum with a sense of satisfaction that the museum has made progress in its facilities and reaching out to communities in the North Country and beyond. Go to full article
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