Welcome!
The Cedar Hill School Museum is Open
Sundays 2-4 PM through Oct. 27, 2024
Closed on March 31, 2024
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Fall Speaker Series
Wednesday, October 16, 2024​​
Jill Knapp​
​The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad and the War for its Control​​
Jill Knapp speaks about The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad and the War for its Control. This is the exciting story of the railroad (later the D&H, now part of the Helderberg Hudson Rail Trail) and the 1869 struggle between conflicting boards of directors which soon spread to violence on the railroad line itself
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Museum Open
Buildings in our backyard (Tollgate, Carriage House and Privy) will be open on the third
Sunday from now thru October. (July 14, August 18, September 15 and October 20)
New Exhibit for 2024
“Dear Maria... Voices from the Mid-Nineteenth Century”
Excerpts of letters written to Bethlehem resident
Maria Becker on issues of the day, and of the heart!
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Also on exhibit,
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1900 seasonal clothing,
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detailed historically accurate diorama of the RR in 1907 Slingerlands,
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and life in Bethlehem during the 1940's,
Bethlehem Historical Association
1003 River Road, Selkirk, NY
PO Box 263