Schuyler County Historical Society, NY

The cards may be vintage, but the greetings are timeless: Happy New Year from all of us at the Schuyler County Historical Society!

Selecting the perfect Christmas card is hard! And it's even harder when we have so many different cards in our collections. Here are a few. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

The Brick Tavern Museum and Wickham Rural Life Center will be open this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We will close for the holidays starting Thursday, Dec. 24, and re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 5. We thank the volunteers who decorated the Brick Tavern Museum so beautifully this year!

Kylie Rodrigues of the Town of Hector is the lucky winner of our raffle of a blanket chest hand-crafted by board member David Lisk. Congratulations, Kylie! And also a big thank-you to everyone who purchased tickets - whether hoping to win this beautiful piece or to simply support the work of the Historical Society. We are grateful!

A 2021 Schuyler County Historical Society membership is a great gift for someone interested in our county's rich history. Go to our website at www.schuylerhistory.org for the form; stop by the Brick Tavern Museum; call us at 607-535-9741; or email [email protected]. Membership benefits include receiving the quarterly Journal, with essays about people, places and events in Schuyler's history, and the quarterly newsletter about Historical Society news, The Vista.

Did you know that most of Schuyler County is in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor? The Brick Tavern Museum now has a supply of the FREE Erie Canalway 2021 calendar. Stop by and get yours! And go to eriecanalway.org to learn more about this historical, beautiful region.

A reminder that "Murder & Mayhem" by Rikki Marcin of Watkins Glen is available in the Gift Shop at the Brick Tavern Museum in Montour Falls. We're open on Friday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and next week only on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 22 and 23, for the same hours. The Brick Tavern Museum and Wickham Rural Life Center will be closed for the holidays starting on Dec. 24. We'll re-open on Jan. 5.

Gary Emerson, Schuyler County Historian and a member of the Historical Society board, shares a fun story in his latest blog post. The story comes from "A History of Tyrone," a compilation of pieces about the history of the Town of Tyrone. The 2020 revised edition of the book is now for sale at the Brick Tavern Museum Gift Shop or on our website at www.schuylerhistory.org.

New cutting boards have arrived. Designs may vary from shown here. Museum open thru Dec. 23. Re-opens Jan. 5

Gift "baskets" available in our gift shop.

When you shop online with Amazon you can support a charity, at no cost to you. Go to your Amazon account and switch to Smile Amazon and chose a charity - hopefully, Schuyler County Historical Society.

Available in our Gift Shop - also open Nov. 28, 10-2 for Small Business Saturday