Civic Center, 2 Park Street
Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 265-6910

Welcome to Potsdam Public Museum, Potsdam, N.Y.

News

Tuesday, Jun. 18th, 2013


Sunday June 23rd at 2PM the museum will host the Friends annual meeting at the museum at 2 Park Street, Potsdam, in the Civic Center. After a brief meeting the museum curator, Mimi Van Deusen will present a PowerPoint presentation on Potsdam Sandstone. Strawberry shortcake will be served. The meeting is free and the public is invited!

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The Potsdam Public Museum was founded in 1940 and is a local history  museum with an extensive public archive.

  We offer research for genealogy and Potsdam history, the
first 1/2 hour is free, $ 15/hr thereafter. Look on the
"Archives and Library" tab on your left, for a complete list of family names.
  

     

TRAVELING THROUGH POSTCARDS:  A display featuring 32 historic postcards from 25 different nations from Japan to Iceland to Panama to Hungary.  This new exhibit features postcards donated by a variety of individuals which were acquired on various trips abroad.  The postcards date between 1910 and 1935.



Our current exhibitions include: VICTORIAN STYLE, featuring period fashions, dolls, silver, accessories, games, toys and a Victorian parlor. On display are gadgets such as hand-cranked coffee mills, a cast iron apple peeler, kerosine lamps, meat choppers and a fluting iron to put pleats into ones stylish collars and cuffs. There are beaver top hats, button-up shoes, silver handled canes, and a collection of wreaths and jewelry made of human hair!