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 & Site 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, and 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
Kids Activities – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Militia Training – 11:00 AM, and 2:00 PM
Schoharie Eagles – Tuesday, June 30th
Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Schoharie County Eagles Presentation – 10:30 AM
Paint and Sip – 5:30 PM
Touch-a-Truck – 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, and 2:00 PM
Friday, July 3rd
Guided Tours – 10:00 AM, and 12:00 PM
Remember the Ladies Tea Party at Lasell Hall – 2:00 PM
Declaring Independence at the Fort – Saturday, July 4th
Museum & Site Open – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Kids Activities – 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Flag Raising – 10:00 AM
First Reading of the Declaration – 11:00 AM
Militia Training – 10:00 AM, and 12:30 PM
Second Reading of the Declaration – 2:30 PM
Tavern – 3:30 PM or after the Second Reading