The following are some examples of Black History Month Events taking place at museums and historical societies across New York State. Check back often for updates.
New York City
Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/driving-while-black-race-space-and-mobility-in-america?date=2023-02-01
Frederick Douglass, Thomas Jefferson, and the American Constitution
Thursday, February 2, 2023
6:30pm
New-York Historical Society
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/frederick-douglass-thomas-jefferson-american-constitution?date=2023-02-02
Crafting Freedom Curator’s Gallery Tour
Monday, February 6, 2023
11:00am
New-York Historical Society
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/crafting-freedom-curators-gallery-tour?date=2023-02-06
First Annual NorSC Conference at Philipse Manor Hall
Monday, February 6, 2023
9:00am-5:30pm
Northern Slavery Collective
Virtual and In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/event/first-annual-norsc-conference-at-philipse-manor-hall/
"Fictions of Emancipation" Tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
1:00pm
Humanities New York &
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fictions-of-emancipation-tour-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-523093164737?aff=mailchimp&mc_eid=db25f71283&mc_cid=e17c710deb
A Conversation with the Descendants of Plessy v. Ferguson
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
12:00pm
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Virtual and In-Person Event
More information: https://history.nycourts.gov/events/a-conversation-with-the-descendants-of-plessy-v-ferguson/
Long Island
Black History Month: Self-Guided Hike
Sunday, February 5, 2023
1:30pm
Sunken Meadow State Park
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34577.0
Black History Month- The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34563.0
Black History Month- Planet Explorers
Friday, February 17, 2023
7:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34565.0
Black History Month- Pioneers in Science
Friday, February 24, 2023
10:00am
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34568.0
Black History Month: The Cuban Giants
Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-34542.0
Capital Region
Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education
Friday, January 27, 2023 to Sunday, March 5, 2023
New York State Museum
In-Person Exhibit
More information: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/courage-black-new-york-struggle-quality-education
A Bridge to Justice: The Life of Franklin H. Williams
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
12:30pm
Archives Partnership Trust
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/events/upcoming-events
“Liberty or Death”: Enslaved People Fighting for Freedom and Nation in the Antebellum United States
Thursday, February 16, 2023
12:00pm
New York State Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/9953808
Africana Studies Alumni Black History Panel
Friday, February 24, 2023
1:00pm
UAlbany Africana Studies Department
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://albany.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6s5DFsOBS4ufxu7oaMORWQ
Dr. Oscar R. Williams III Black History Month Commemoration
Monday, February 27, 2023
6:00pm
Virginia State University
National HBCU Studies Data Collection and Research Center
Virtual Event
More information: email cmango@vsu.edu(link sends e-mail) or
https://www.vsu.edu/sola/departments/history-and-philosophy/faculty-staff/profile.php?id=cmango
Hudson Valley
Webinar: Moving Art, Moving Audiences: Nineteenth-Century Traveling Exhibitions and the Matter of Abolition
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
6:00pm
Olana State Historic Site
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=23-34703.0
Lecture: “Doing the Work: How Including the Enslaved Expands our Understanding of Colonial New York”
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
7:00pm
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-34708.0
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Saturday, February 11, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34693.0
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Monday, February 20, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34694.0
Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Saturday, February 25, 2023
1:00pm
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=25-34695.0
Slavery in the Hudson Valley and Columbia County
Sunday, February 26, 2023
3:00pm
African American Archive of Columbia County
In-Person and Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/slavery-in-the-hudson-valley-and-columbia-county-tickets-547977765247
Greater Niagara
Fort Niagara in the Civil War
Sunday, February 12, 2023
1:00pm
Old Fort Niagara
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oldfortniagara.org/event/100358/fort-niagara-in-the-civil-war
Central New York
Black History Matters: Race Relations & the Cincinnati Riot
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Matters: Legacy of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Thursday, February 2, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Matters: Slavery by Another Name - The Convict Lease System (1865-1877)
Friday, February 3, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Matters: Moving West - The Exodusters Movement (1879)
Saturday, February 4, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Month Celebtration
Saturday, February 4, 2023
1:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person and Virtual Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html
Black History Matters: Tuskegee Institute & the "Civilizing Mission" (1881)
Sunday, February 5, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Matters: "Crimes Against Humanity" & "An Open Letter to His Serence Majesty Leopold II" (1890)
Monday, February 6, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame & Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Black History Matterse: Niagara Movement & the NAACP (1905 & 1909)
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Online Event
More information: https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/events.html
Lunchbox Lesson on John Brown w/ Brendan Mills of John Brown Farm SHS
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
12:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34354.0
Myers and the Underground Railroad
Thursday, February 16, 2023
7:00pm
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Virtual Event
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=27-34356.0
Searching for Timbuctoo: Film Screening with writer/ director Paul Miller
Saturday, February 18, 2023
2:00pm
Oneida County History Center
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/programs.html
Abolition Movement in Madison County
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
7:00pm
Cazenovia Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://www.cazenoviapubliclibrary.org/event/abolition-movement-in-madison-county/?instance_id=19237
North Country
Virtual Author Series featuring Claire Bellerjeau
Sunday, February 12, 2023
2:00pm
Fort Ticonderoga
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://www.fortticonderoga.org/event/virtual-author-series-featuring-claire-bellerjeau/
Finger Lakes
Mayor Malik Evans opens Rochester Public Library's Black Film Festival
Thursday, February 2, 2023
4:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10215217
Mourning in the Morning: Underground Railroad
Saturday, February 11, 2023
10:30am
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10043123
The Frederick Douglass Statue
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
7:00pm
Greece Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://greecepubliclibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=12622&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/02/01
STRUGGLE! The Power of Story & Art for Historical Change and Transformation Through Jacob Lawrence
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
6:00pm
Rochester Public Library
Virtual Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10056463
Rochester's Rich History - J.W. Thompson, A Black American Hero
Saturday, February 18, 2023
1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9965284
"Descended from the Promised Land" Viewing & Discussion
Saturday, February 18, 2023
1:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
Registration Required
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/9856271
FFRPL presents "Tuesday Topics" w/Antoine McDonald, Central's Archive of Black History & Culture Project
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
12:00pm
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10048938
Stories from Black Worlds presented by Almeta Whitis
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
11:30am
Rochester Public Library
In-Person Event
More information: https://calendar.libraryweb.org/event/10090583
