Pandemic Perspectives

Historic Saranac Lake Presents:

Pandemic perspectives

Throughout history, pandemics have transformed individuals and society in a multitude of ways. This exhibit draws parallels between the COVID-19 era and Saranac Lake’s history as a community that welcomed people suffering from tuberculosis.

What is your pandemic perspective?

View the exhibit, share your pandemic perspective and read about others' experiences below.

View Pandemic Perspectives Resources and Curriculum Kit

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Compass Printing, Dr. Arden Alexandra Hegele and the Columbia University Narrative Medicine Program, Humanities New York, Lisa Keegan, Marty Rowley, Rob Russell, Stacked Graphics, and Florence Wright. Made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Special thanks to the members of Historic Saranac Lake.

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covid-19 Pandemic experiences

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Historic Saranac Lake at the Saranac Laboratory Museum
89 Church Street, Suite 2, Saranac Lake, New York 12983
(518) 891-4606 - mail@historicsaranaclake.org

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Historic Saranac Lake is funded in part by:

the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature;
a Humanities New York SHARP Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal American Rescue Plan Act;
an Essex County Arts Council Cultural Assistance Program Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.

Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.