The trustees and staff of the Saratoga County History Center invite residents and tourists alike to celebrate the storied history of Saratoga County in a new exhibit at Brookside Museum entitled \u201cSaratoga County: Our Home!\u201d<\/p>\n
The exhibit, which opens May 20, takes guests on an immersive, artifact-rich journey spanning four centuries of Saratoga life, business, and nature. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The exhibit fills three large rooms in the historic Brookside Museum, itself a cherished relic of local history from the early years of Saratoga resort life.<\/p>\n \u201cSaratoga County: Our Home!\u201d features scores of priceless artifacts from Brookside Museum\u2019s vast collections, including a Bible printed in Amsterdam in 1718, an 1804 tin chandelier from the present Medbery Inn, a windowpane etched by Washington Irving during his Ballston visit, a section of the 1832 railroad track from Schenectady to Saratoga, and a roulette wheel seized in a 1950 police raid. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The most recent object is a \u201cwafer,\u201d a GlobalFoundries disk holding microchips. Over a hundred historic photographs place the objects in context, along with interpretive text that discusses 13 geographic, economic, and social forces that helped shape the county.<\/p>\n Museum officials said it is the\u00a0 <\/span>comprehensive exhibit to tackle the broad sweep of county history in the 58 years of the museum\u2019s existence.\u00a0 <\/span>It was made possible with funding from the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>Additional support was provided by The Adirondack Trust Co., Munter Enterprises, and Stewart\u2019s Shops\/Dake Family.<\/p>\n Reopening after winter closure, Brookside Museum is nearing completion of major restoration and stabilization funded by its members and friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The exhibit, which will be ongoing, may be visited 1-5 p.m. daily, except Monday.<\/p>\n Brookside Museum is located at 21 Fairground Ave., Ballston Spa, four blocks from\u00a0 <\/span>Route 50 at the west end of Front Street.\u00a0 <\/span>Admission is free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For information telephone 885-4000 or visit brooksidemuseum.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The trustees and staff of the Saratoga County History Center invite residents and tourists alike to celebrate the storied history of Saratoga County in a new exhibit at Brookside Museum entitled \u201cSaratoga County: Our Home!\u201d The exhibit, which opens May 20, takes guests on an immersive, artifact-rich journey spanning four centuries of Saratoga life, business, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n