• October Brown Bag Presentation – Ticks Through Time: Ticks and the Changing Climate of the North Country

    October Brown Bag Presentation – Ticks Through Time: Ticks and the Changing Climate of the North Country

    Join us Thursday, October 23, at 12:30 PM for our October Brown Bag Presentation!

    Details:
    Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
    Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
    Location: In-person at 3 E. Main St., Canton, NY 13617 or virtually on Zoom (link will be e-mailed at registration)
    Pricing: Cost of attendance is a $5 suggested donation, members are free.
    Pre-registration is recommended.
    Register online, call the main office at 315-386-8133, or e-mail carlene@slcha.org

    Ticks and the diseases they carry are an increasing issue here in St. Lawrence County. Join Nick Hamilton-Honey from Cornell Cooperative Extension to learn how to identify ticks, prevent potential exposure, and control tick-borne disease in your own backyard.

    Nick will also explore how climate change is influencing other local species, environments, and weather patterns in unprecedented ways.

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  • SLCCHC 3rd Annual Online Silent Auction

    SLCCHC 3rd Annual Online Silent Auction

    The St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture’s 3rd Annual Online Silent Auction runs from October 17 to November 14. This year, the auction will be held on 32 Auctions. To bid on any of our items, you must create an account with 32 Auctions. If you already have an account, make sure you log in to bid.

    Money raised during this initiative will support our educational programming, school tours, and general operations. It will also help to preserve our collections and maintain our facilities and grounds, including our new Historic Garden Project. 

    If you have any questions, please contact Megan Royce at engagement@slcha.org or (315) 386-8133.

    We thank you for your continued support!

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  • Spooky Family Craft Day & Phantoms in the Park on October 25

    Spooky Family Craft Day & Phantoms in the Park on October 25

    Celebrate Día de los Muertos and Halloween with the St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture on October 25 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM!

    Traditionally, Día de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1 & 2, but we are celebrating a little bit early this year as part of Canton’s Phantoms in the Park. This program is for ages 3+.

    When you stop into the museum, you can participate in decorating the ofrenda, making traditional papel picado, coloring Día de los Muertos and Halloween activity sheets, learning how to make paper masks, creating paper pumpkin and bat decorations, and playing Lotería, the traditional Mexican game of chance (similar to Bingo).

    Details:
    Date: Saturday, October 25, 2025
    Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
    Location: In-person at 3 E. Main St., Canton, NY 13617 or virtually on Zoom (link will be e-mailed at registration)
    Pricing: Cost of attendance is $5.00 per person, or free with paid Museum Admission ($5.00 each). Children 5 and under are free. 
    Pre-registration is recommended.
    Register online, call the main office at 315-386-8133, or e-mail carlene@slcha.org

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  • Construction Has Started on the Red Barn Addition

    Construction Has Started on the Red Barn Addition

    The St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture is excited to announce that our first Capital Building Project has begun: replacing the siding on the Red Barn Addition!

    As mentioned in our Summer Appeal Campaign letter, this past year we completed temporary, short-term repairs to the siding of the Red Barn Addition. However, due to deferred maintenance over the years and limited funding, the siding now needs to be replaced entirely.

    Continental Construction will complete the work this fall, with the project expected to finish before the holiday season. They will be using a high-quality, state-of-the-art composite material that will look just like the current material, but will far outlast the existing siding. They will also be installing new soffits of the same material and a new gutter system.

    Because of the high volume of work being done, there will likely be some congestion in the parking lot. Parking along Main Street will not be obstructed during construction.

    Funds are still being raised to support this project, which is estimated to cost SLCCHC $175,000 to complete. We’ve raised around $4,300 so far through our 2025 Summer Appeal Campaign.

    If you’re interested in supporting this effort, please contact Megan Royce at (315) 386-8133 or engagement@slcha.org. You can also contribute through our online store.

  • St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture Awarded a Technical Assistance Grant from the Preservation League of NYS

    This grant will fund the completion of a Limited Condition Assessment for the Silas Wright House.

    Contact:

    Carlene Bermann, Executive Director, St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture
    carlene@slcha.org

    Katy Peace, Director of Communications, Preservation League of NYS
    kpeace@preservenys.org

    CANTON, NY, 08/28/25 — The St. Lawrence County Center for History & Culture is one of this year’s Technical Assistance grantees. Their grant of $7,500 will fund a Limited Condition Assessment for the Silas Wright House. The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to help fund this important work. At its 2025 meeting, an independent panel selected 31 applicants in 20 counties to receive support totaling $347,500. Grants represent both of the League’s signature NYSCA regrants – Preserve New York (PNY) and Technical Assistance Grants (TAG).

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  • SLCCHC 2025 Summer Appeal Campaign

    SLCCHC 2025 Summer Appeal Campaign

    Dear friends,

    Thank you for your continued support of the St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture, including the Silas Wright House and Museum in Canton, New York. As a non-profit organization that receives limited funding from state and local governments and outside agencies, we greatly depend on your kindness and generosity to sustain our facilities and provide innovative programming to the residents of St. Lawrence County and beyond.

    To that end, the board of directors of SLCCHC has been carefully monitoring a couple of serious issues with the condition of our buildings. It has been determined that action must be taken, and taken as quickly as possible.

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To explore more about occupied Indigenous land, visit: https://native-land.ca.

The St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture occupies the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee (the People of the Longhouse)/Iroquois Confederacy including, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka “the People of the Flint”/Mohawk, Onyota’a:ka “the People of the Upright Stone”/Oneida, Onondagaono “the Hill Place People”/Onondaga, Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ “the People of the Great Swamp”/Cayuga, Onongawaga “the People of the Great Hill”/Seneca, and Skarureh “the People of the Hemp”/Tuscarora who have stewarded this land through generations. This acknowledgment is not enough to honor the people and the land, but we hope that it raises awareness about suppressed Indigenous histories and promotes the visibility of Indigenous peoples.