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Museum exhibits are posted to help our visitors know what is going on at the Museums throughout the state. We have put up a number of exhibits that we have found on various Museum websites of New York State. We will be putting up more exhibts as we continue to communicate more with the Museum Community, but we can't do it alone, we need the participation of the Museums to contact us with the information concerning their upcoming exhibts and special events. 2008 Exhibits International Boxing Hall of FameInternational Boxing Hall of Fame The Hall of Fame Weekend will feature over 20 exciting events during the course of the four-day affair. Events include a cocktail reception, banquet, golf tournament, all-boxing collectors' show, parade, public workout sessions by current boxing stars, ringside lectures and the official induction ceremony on the Hall of Fame Museum Grounds honoring the new class of inductees. A celebrity lineup of over 50 boxing greats of yesterday and today is again anticipated for the festivities  Iroquois MuseumIroquois Museum April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
"Baseball’s League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players"
August 24th,at 1 pm-4pm
Longhouse Lecture 1-4pm – Robert Spiegelman - “ New York’s Missing Link: The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign, Then and Now”; & Sally Roesch Wagner – “The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Influence on Women’s Rights” August 30 - Sept.1st, 27th
Annual Festival of Iroquois Arts featuring Jim Sky Dancers from Six Nations; large Iroquois Art Market; archeology and wild life exhibits; children’s activities; native food and presentations. Saturday, September 21st from 1pm to 4pm
Invited Speaker: Dr. William Simons – "Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio," Jackie Robinson, and Hank Greenberg: Ethnic Heroes in Baseball” October 5th, Longhouse Lecture 1-4PM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Laurence Hauptman - “Native Americans in Baseball” November 9th, Veterans Day Presentations, 1-4PM
Please call for details
November 15th
Gala Fall Benefit Party Celebrating Native Americans in Baseball. Special reading and book signing by Choctaw author LeAnne Howe from her book “Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story” |