Albany Historical Society

Goal: $30,000.00

Specific Need

Albany Historical Society is progressing forward with renovations and preservation of the buildings which form the museum. Particularly we are focusing now on the Most house located on the northeast corner of the grounds. The Most house is also referred to as the Waggoner house was donated to Albany early on in the founding of the museum. Recently it joined the National Registry of Historical Places. We need to finish the work that has already begun. Rooms inside have been redone and the foundation patched up. Now we need to replace windows and make the outside look as good as the inside.

Mission

The Albany Historical Society strives to teach visitors about agricultural and community history and help visitors realize how fortunate they are today because of the sacrifices made by their ancestors. This is accomplished by collecting, restoring, preserving, displaying and using museum exhibits in living history demonstrations as they were used by our ancestors in a way that provides for an educational experience inspiring those who visit the Albany Museum.

Profile

Each year Albany Historical Society hosts several events and activities. Old Albany Days on the first weekend after Labor Day will celebrate 60 years this year. Within the last few years we've added a truck and tractor pull which is typically on Father's Day Weekend. We've recently started a spring crank up event where people bring out their hit and miss engines to join what we already have to demonstrate the ways of long ago. Another event we started last year is a bluegrass music festival. Throughout the year people can schedule tours and reserve the grounds for their own events. Albany Museum is open Saturday, Sunday, and holidays from 2pm to 5pm between Memorial Weekend and Labor Day weekend.