Saturday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Gallery Highlights Tour

A 45-minute tour of the Albany Institute, including the renowned Hudson River School, Colonial Albany, 18^th and 19^th Century Painting and Sculpture and Ancient Egypt.

Sunday, January 9, 2:00 pm

Lecture: The Arts and Crafts Movement:  British Roots, American Interpretations

Cheryl Robertson, an independent scholar, curator, museum consultant and  author of an essay on the architecture of the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in the catalogue that accompanies the traveling exhibition will give an overview of the Arts and Crafts Movement.  Admission to this program and reception will be free to all New York State teachers who RSVP via email to education@albanyinstitute.org; a reception for teachers will follow.

Sunday, January 16, 1:00-5:00 pm.

Museum Explorers Family Day: The World War II Era

Highlights include: Patricia Perrella will share her presentation: Destroyer Escort Artifacts from the USS Slater DE-766 Collection, Mark Rust will perform The Songs of the Soldier, a fascinating look at the songs America and its allies sang as they prepared for and fought WWI and WWII, hands-on art-making and writing activities for visitors of all ages including spelling your name with signal flags. 

Thursday, January 20

Third Thursday: Behind the Scenes Tour and Slide Lecture

5:30 pm: Free evening hours and a behind the scenes tour.  Reservations required; please call 518.463.5502 x469.

6:30pm: Slide Lecture: India/Burma/China in World War II with Gregg Millett, Ph.D. and Krystal Garrison.  Mr. Millett’s father, Clinton Millett, was a surgeon in command of a 1,000-bed U.S. Army hospital across the Burma Road and documented his experiences through hundreds of slides and letters home describing the people, culture and geography of India, Burma and China. 

Sunday, January 23,  2:00 pm.  Reception to follow; 3:00 pm.

Annual Marjorie Doyle Rockwell Memorial Lecture:  Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony

Nancy E. Green, senior curator of prints, drawings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University and organizer of the Byrdcliffe exhibition, will discuss components of the exhibition within the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement. 

Monday, January 24, 10:00 am

Special Event: Welcome New Docents!

Join us for this free reception to welcome new docents to the Albany Institute’s education department. This is also an opportunity for people interested in becoming docents to learn more about the program and how we work with area schools. No prior experience necessary. If you love art and would like to share your passion for the collections of the Albany Institute with children, please join us.  For more information, call 518.463.4478 x 404.

Sunday, January 30, 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Family Art & Gallery Adventures: The Arts and Crafts Movement

Explore the exhibition Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony with a museum educator and join us in the art studio for an art-making activity (for children ages 7-11.)

Sunday, January 30, 2:00 pm

Lecture & Book Signing: Sailor in the White House: The Seafaring Life of FDR with Robert Cross

Cross, an award-winning newspaper correspondent, takes a behind the scenes look at Franklin D. Roosevelt’s skill as a blue-water sailor explores how his love of the sea shaped his approach to public service – and even the course of events in World War II.