New museum exhibit: History Lost, History Preserved
— Photo from Judy Kimes
Early Tweets: Historic postcards, with their succinct, heartfelt messages are part of the exhibit.
— Photo from Judy Kimes
The Whalen House is an exact replica of a 19th-Century Greek Revival home that still stands on New Scotland Road in New Salem.
— Photo from Judy Kimes
Milk bottles and farm memorabilia depict earlier agricultural life in New Scotland.
To the Editor:
The New Scotland Historical Association Museum has reopened with its new exhibit: “History Lost, History Preserved.” This exhibit features four aspects of town of New Scotland history: New Scotland dairy farms, hotels of New Scotland and other historical town places, the Helderberg Ski Club, and vintage postcards or “Early Tweets.”
The displays feature a milk-bottle collection and ephemera from farms in the town that bottled their own milk, photos of old hotels and buildings along with the replica of the Whalen House at 2680 New Scotland Road, photos and records from the Helderberg Ski Club from 1934 until around 2004, and a display of postcards with their incredible visuals and brief but meaningful messages.
The New Scotland Historical Association Museum is located in the Wyman Osterhout Community Center at 7 Old Road in New Salem. It is open Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. The museum will also be open all day on Election Day, Nov. 6. Please come and visit!
For further information, go to the website: newscotlandhistoricalassociation.org.
Judy Kimes, publicist
New Scotland
Historical Association
