Bring your holiday shopping list to the Albany Institute of History & Art’s
two-day Holiday Gift Fair. More than 30 vendor presentations throughout
the museum will showcase beautiful and distinctive gifts for the family
by local jewelers, craftspeople, and artists.
 

Shop for the finest crafts, handmade scarves, tile works, hand-painted ornaments,
ceramics, jewelry, paper crafts, and more. Albany Institute members
will receive an additional 10 percent discount on all purchases.

Don't forget to visit the Museum Shop and the Hudson 400 Holiday Shop.
Holiday-themed items in the Hudson 400 Holiday Shop include: holiday cards,
ornaments, floral arrangements, holiday books for children and adults,
Advent calendars, holiday activity books, and many items celebrating the
quadricentennial year of the Hudson River. Highlighted items in the Museum Shop
include women’s scarves, jewelry, traditional blue and white delft, Polish boxes,
puzzles of artwork, 2010 calendars, prints of works in the Albany Institute’s
collection, books of regional history, ceramics, and much more.

For more information about the Holiday Gift Fair and the
Albany Institute of History & Art Museum Shop and the
Hudson 400 Holiday Shop, contact Elizabeth Bechand,
Museum Shop Manager, at (518) 463-4478, ext. 455.

MEET THE AUTHORS!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 6:30 pm



The authors of Architects in Albany and Hudson River Panorama: A Passage Through Time, will sign copies of their books, which are now on sale
in the Albany Institute Museum Shop.

Click the covers for more information.

 
Friday, December 4
5:00 to 9:00 pm
(Special Members' Preview*
from 3:00 to 5:00 pm)

Saturday, December 5
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
(Special Members' Discount* from 10:00 to 11:00 am)

*Members' Benefits: Albany Institute members will be able to preview merchandise (before it’s made available to the general public) from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Fri., Dec. 4. Members will also be entitled to a Special Shopping Hour on Sat., Dec. 5 from 10:00 to 11:00 am.

Members will receive an additional five percent discount during Friday's preview and Saturday's discount, in addition to the 10 percent members already receive on all museum purchases.

Be sure to visit these outstanding vendors:

• Annabella Designs
• Ann’s Glass Works
• Birds are Beautiful
• Budners
• Margaret Corriea
• Dandelion
• Elsa Fletcher
• Fleur de Lys Jewelry
• Glatsical Creations
• David Hassel
• Hubbard Stained Glass
• Japanique Boutique
• Katie Nare Jewelry
• Anne Kearney
• Audrey Kuhn
• Lori Hansen Design
• Brunhilda Miller
• Native Farm Flowers
• Tom Nelson
• Not “Just” Cards
• Hana Panek
• Petra
• Pettit Design Studio
• Playful Grace
• Ken Ragsdale
• Red Thread Confections
• Ruby Silvious Design
• Nina Stanley
• Susan Stuart
• Julie Vell