From lunchtime tours to evening book signings, lectures at the Fenimore Art Museum cover a broad range of topics in art, history and culture and introduce visitors to many interesting, knowledgeable speakers from around the world.
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Food for Thought programs are a lunch and lecture series which offer visitors a more in depth understanding of our exhibits and programs. All programs begin at noon on Wednesdays and include lunch. $15 members/$20 non-members. Registration is required at least three days in advance. Cancellations without advanced warning will be charged. Please call (607) 547-1410 to reserve.
Evening Lectures bring engaging scholars and experts for talks related to our season’s programming. All lectures begin at 7:00pm in the Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium unless otherwise noted. No advanced reservations are required.
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Food for Thought - Community Stories: Oral Histories of Central New York | September 22 2010 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
For over forty years, faculty and students at the Cooperstown Graduate Program and the New York State Historical Association have recorded the memories, stories, and songs of Central New York residents. Join Will Walker, assistant professor of history at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, to listen to some of these recordings and discuss what can be learned from oral history.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Food for Thought - Painted Chests and the New York Palatines | November 10 2010 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
This year marks the 300th anniversary of the first significant immigration of German-speaking settlers to the New World. In her talk, Cynthia Falk recounts the history of New York's Palatine population and looks at some of the objects--from houses and churches to family records and painted chests--that these migrants and their descendants created here in New York.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Reservations are required; please call 607-547-1410 to reserve your seat.
