Presentation

Join us at the Skä·noñh-Great Law of Peace Center in Liverpool, NY for a lecture titled, Heart of the Country: Natural History of Onondaga Lake, by Catherine L. Landis. The lecture will discuss what Onondaga Lake was like before becoming one of the most degraded lakes in the nation. Catherine will also discuss the early […]

Celebrate a spooky Halloween with the Onondaga Historical Association’s retelling of Washington Irving’s famous Sleepy Hollow story, but with a CNY twist. Our tale is set in Central New York at the time of our “new” Erie Canal. Join new schoolmaster Icabod Stork, as he experiences love and lore of the mysterious Erie Canal. Event […]

Dan Longboat will be a guest speaker at the Center on Thursday, November 29th, 2018 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Longboat belongs to the Turtle Clan of the Mohawk Nation and is a citizen of the Haudenosaunee, originally from Ohsweken the Six Nations community on the Grand River Territory. An Associate Professor in the Chanie Wenjack School […]

Joe Wawatie, the grandson of the subject of our newest temporary exhibit - Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin - will speak at the Center on Saturday, March 2nd beginning at 2 pm. He and his brother, Jacob (featured in the exhibit), spent a lot of time in the bush. Wawatie will start with […]

Beer has been made in the Syracuse area as early as the 1790s. This program reviews its local history, ties to various ethnic neighborhoods, struggles with the Temperance Movement and the Depression, and its revival in the late 20th century with both local brewpubs and national industrial giants. Catch Curator of History, Bob Searing, at the Skaneateles […]

For Women's History Month, we're excited to welcome Ehris Urban and Velya Jancz-Urban, who make up The Grounded Goodwife,  for "The Not-So-Golden Life of the Gilded Age Wife." Laugh, grimace, and honor our foremothers’ journeys while learning about the little-known issues faced by women during America’s Gilded Age. "Although Gilded Age women in the upper and lower classes had […]

This program explores the great traditions that developed early in the 20th century that made Syracuse a center for the national Arts & Crafts Movement. The lecture reviews the story of Gustav Stickley, but also touches on the contributions of local architect Ward Wellington Ward, stained glass craftsman Henry Keck and the artists at Syracuse China. […]

Syracuse’s water supply was not always drawn from the crystal clear depth of Skaneateles Lake. Before that 1890s project, the community struggled with a variety of sources. Probe the story of Syracuse’s various attempts to develop a safe and dependable water system and how that was important to the health, safety and economy of an American city. […]

In 2015, the Skä·noñh Center established a native plant garden within the confines of the French stockade. The goal of the garden is to showcase plants of ecological, cultural, and historical value to Onondaga Lake and surrounding areas. Plants in the garden were grown from wild-collected native seed or occurred naturally ("volunteers"). The suite of […]

Who Really Invented the Air-cooled Engine? Syracuse’s own John Wilkinson did of course. Or did he? Return to the turbulent year of 1917 amid OHA's exhibits "From Gilded to Gustav: The Victorian and Arts and Crafts Eras in Onondaga County," "Strolling Down Salina Street," "The Heart of New York," which includes OHA's 1902 Franklin Automobile, […]