Special Places: An Exhibit Featuring YOUR History
     Last Day -- September 5th!
For all of us there are special places that evoke strong memories of experiences from the past. Everyone has favorite stores where they shopped, restaurants where they socialized with friends, or secluded spots where they found quiet. A home, or a camp on the lake, has associations with family gatherings. Beaches, backyards and ball fields prompt memories of summer fun.

Special Places will be shaped by what members of the community choose to share with each other. People are invited to get out their personal photo collections and to see which photos evoke memories, and to bring favorite photos into the museum. There they will be reproduced and displayed so those memories can be shared with others. Items are welcome as well. Throughout the run of the exhibit people are encouraged to return to discover what memories others have contributed.

One doesn’t have to contribute a photo to participate. To start the flow of memories the exhibit is “seeded” with more than 50 photos of places from the area’s past. Included are images of street scenes, schools, churches, major factories and well-known stores. A large Memory Map allows people to share their memories of special places in the greater Glens Falls region – from northern Saratoga County to Lake George. For families there also will be activity in which kids can make maps of their own neighborhoods.

During the spring and summer the museum will host a series of evening Community Sharing Sessions open to the general public. Participants will have conversations about such topics as great restaurants, shopping in Glens Falls, fun in Crandall Park and favorite spots in the area. More serious discussions will address urban renewal, suburban sprawl and “what’s important to keep.” The discussion topics also will be posted on the Chapman’s Facebook so that people who cannot attend may participate.

S.R. Stoddard Exhibit - Animal Studies
     Ongoing
Stoddard is best known for his landscape views of the Adirondack region. However, he also photographed other subjects that caught his creative fancy. This lighhearted sampling of the museum's 3000 Stoddard photographs features animals -- kittens, dogs, cows and even a frog.

Heritage Hall of Fame
     Opens September 23
Approximately forty of the Heritage Hall of Fame panels, once on display in the Glens Falls Civic Center, will be featured this fall at the Chapman. The panels highlight the contributions of various individuals who either made a significant mark on the region or went off to other places where they influenced world events.

Quiz

Who was appointed Chief Justice of the United States by President Hoover in 1930?

Who was the first man in Warren County to enlist for Union duty in the Civil War?

Who was the Girl Scout leader who formed Zonta Club for business and professional women?

Visit the Chapman to find out the answers and to learn about other famous people from the area.