Join us from June 28th to July 4th for special programming to commemorate America’s Semiquincentennial!
Pay What You Wish Week – June 28th to July 4th
Admission to the museum and all on-site events are by donation only, pay as much or as little as you’re able.
Weeklong Activities
- Enjoy our weeklong Eagle Scavenger Hunt, search the museum and grounds for all 25 hidden eagles and enter for a chance to win a special prize!
- After Sunday (June 28), visitors can vote for their favorite entries in our Fort Building Competition, with the winner announced in the tavern before the afternoon toasts.
- Purchase tickets to our various raffles going on throughout the week or our season long quilt raffle.
Hometown History Day – Sunday, June 28th
- Museum Open – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Fort Building Competition – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Guided Tours – 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM
- Local History Trivia – 5:30 PM
Stars, Stripes, and Civics – Monday, June 29th
- Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Activity Stations – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Militia Training – 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
Tuesday, June 30th
- Museum Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Schoharie County Eagles Presentation, by Bill Combs – 10:30 AM
- Patriotic Painting Social – 5:30 PM (Pre-registration required)
Truck Touch – Wednesday, July 1st
- Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Touch-a-Truck – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Spies of the Revolution – Thursday, July 2nd
- Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Kids Programs – 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM
Friday, July 3rd
- Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Guided Tours – 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM
- Remember the Ladies Tea Party at Lasell Hall – 2:00 PM (Pre-registration required)
Declaring Independence at the Fort – Saturday, July 4th
- Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Activity Stations – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Flag Raising – 10:00 AM
- Militia Training – 10:00 AM & 12:30 PM
- Readings of the Declaration – 11:00 AM & 2:30 PM
- Tavern – 3:30 PM (or after the 2:30 PM Reading)