Past Exhibitions
Fine Art Animals

March 10, 2018 - October 21, 2018

Explore works featuring exotic, domestic, wild and working animals from the Museum's permanent collection, including both rarely exhibited watercolors and oil paintings. Works span the 19th and 20th centuries and include works by George Inness, Henry E. Schnakenberg, and Robert Brackman.

Two small, colorful birds, grouse, stand on rocks atop a wooded mountainside
Howard Hill (1823-1888)
"Two Grouse," 1866
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Anthony London, 2003
War Log: The Lt. Eugene Vickary WWII Collection

Spring 2017- Spring 2018

Canajoharie native Lieutenant Eugene Paul Vickary was a Navigator for the U.S. Army Air Force. His plane was shot down on October 1, 1943, and Vickary was taken prisoner of war. He was held in Stalag Luft III in Żagań from October 11, 1943 until January 27, 1945. He was then transferred to Stalag VII-A in Moosberg, and held there until the camp was liberated by American soldiers on April 29, 1945. "War Log" features his journal from his time as a captive, as well as a select number of his personal artifacts from his time serving our country.

This exhibition has been extended into 2018

Photo of WWII bomber squadron
Mingling the Waters: 200 Years on the Erie Canal

June 24, 2017 through September 3, 2017

Paintings from the Arkell Museum marking the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Erie Canal

Oil painting of a mule standing in front of a white and brown building with an open front store showing goods for sale
"Grocery Store on the Erie Canal," by David Maitland Armstrong, 1881

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