All program meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Meetings are held at the Newstead Town Hall, 5 Clarence Center Road, Akron, NY unless noted otherwise. Download a 2023 Program here
Peter Wisbey, Curator of Collections at GCV&M, will present a behind-the-scenes slide presentation on how some of the most recognizable historic homes made it to the Museum located in Mumford, NY. In particular, Mr. Wisbey will talk about the Hyde House, the 1870 octagon house included in the Village. There will be incredible stories of […]
1800s Industry, Business and Culture, which will include information and photos of the people who made Buffalo and WNY a manufacturing center, built the mansions of the city, and influenced the society and culture of the late 1800s. It will include social activists, religious leaders, medical pioneers and writers of the era along with the […]
Our annual Amish quilt raffle and pie sale will be held on the lawn of the Knight Sutton Museum this year. The Knight-Sutton Museum will be open 9 am – 4pm. Buy your quilt tickets, bake a pie or buy a pie (or both) and spend the afternoon with us. The Octagon house will be […]
The American Civil War was fought at a time in history that some have described as “the end of the medical Middle Ages.” Two-thirds of the men died from disease in that war, not from their wounds. An understanding of germ theory was still a decade away. History buff and Civil war reenactor John Potera […]
From corsets to cage crinolines, petticoats and parasols, learn about the many layers that ladies were wearing in the mid-nineteenth century with living historian and dressmaker, Anneliese Meck. Anneliese will discuss what it took to be fashionable, while getting dressed in a historical reproduction of an 1860s ensemble, complete with the proper undergarments, day dress, […]
Don Shonn will discuss the complicated history of land titles in Western New York from colonial times to the incorporation of the Village of Akron. Don is a long time member of the Newstead Historical Society, former Village attorney, and real estate lawyer hoping for lots of discussion about the land we live on.
AN 1850s CHRISTMAS The museum will feature how Christmas was celebrated in America during the era of the 1850s.
