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RECENT NewsLetterS

  • Fall 2022 Newsletter: "Museum Expansion Advances"
  • Spring 2022 Newsletter: "Museum Expansion Progress"
  • Fall 2021 Newsletter: "Humanities Grants Received"
  • Spring 2021 Newsletter: "Out to Bid!"​

Recent Press Releases

  • September 7, 2022: Historic Saranac Lake Wins Grants to Support Museum Expansion
  • June 21, 2022: Historic Saranac Lake Announces Bartók Program Series
  • March 28, 2022: Historic Saranac Lake to Host Open House at Trudeau Building
  • March 15, 2022: Historic Saranac Lake Receives Donation of Béla Bartók Personal Effects
  • February 2, 2022: Museum Coming Soon!
  • October 4, 2021: "Historic Saranac Lake Wins Humanities Grants"
  • July 14, 2021: "HIstoric Saranac Lake Opens New Exhibit"
  • May 10, 2021: Historic Saranac Lake Launches New Project Supported by Lake Champlain Basin Program
  • February 16, 2021: Historic Saranac Lake Awarded Two Grants from the NY State Council on the Arts
  • August 26, 2020: Historic Saranac Lake to Present a Reading of "Safe Harbor"
  • August 17, 2020: Historic Saranac Lake Awarded IMLS Inspire! Grant
  • May 15, 2020: Historic Saranac Lake to Document the Time of COVID
  • April 8, 2020: Open Letter from Saranac Lake Area Nonprofits
  • April 7, 2020: Preservation League Announces Recipients of Northeast Heritage Economy Program Grants, Supported by the Northern Border Regional Commission​

Past newsletters

  • Fall 2020 Newsletter: "Resilience and Purpose"
  • Spring 2020 Newsletter: "It will be Red Again!"
  • Fall, 2019 Newsletter: "Major Progress with Museum Expansion"
  • Spring, 2019: "Museum Expansion Project Advances"
  • Fall, 2018: "Major Museum Expansion Ahead"
  • Spring, 2018: "Major Endowment Gift Received"
  • Fall, 2017: "The Cure Porch on Wheels Rolls Ahead"
  • Spring, 2017: "Get Ready for the Traveling Cure Porch"
  • Fall, 2016: "Exhibit Banner Unveiled"
  • Spring, 2016: New Exhibit: "A Grand Hotel"
  • Fall, 2015: New Film About Will Rogers Hospital
  • Spring, 2015: Grand Opening of New Exhibits on June 5th
  • Fall, 2014: Medical Marvels Coming Soon
  • Spring, 2014: Season Opening:  July 1
  • Fall, 2013: Launching a New Book
  • Spring, 2013: A Life in Hats
  • Fall, 2012: New National Register Efforts
  • Fall, 2011 Newsletter: Exhibit Coming Soon
  • Spring, 2011 Newsletter: Grants Support New Projects

Past Press Releases

  • March 20, 2020: Letter from our New Membership and Grants Manager
  • November 27, 2019: "Historic Saranac Lake Awarded Smart Growth Grant"
  • October 11, 2019: "Saranac Laboratory Designated as a Milestones in Microbiology Site"
  • July 8, 2019: "Barry Ressler to Speak at Historic Saranac Lake"
  • July 2, 2019: "Historic Saranac Lake Seeks Input on Museum Expansion"
  • May 29, 2019: "Historic Saranac Lake to Unveil new Exhibit Celebrating the Arts"
  • April 25, 2019: Comment Letter Regarding National Register Changes​
  • October 24, 2018: "Historic Saranac Lake Wins Grant to Support Cure Porch on Wheels in 2019"
  • February 7, 2018: "Historic Saranac Lake Announces New Staff Member"
  • October 19: 2017: "Historic Saranac Lake Wins Grants to Support the Cure Porch on Wheels"
  • September 20, 2017: "Historic Saranac Lake Awarded IMLS Museums for America Grant"
  • August 2, 2017: "Historic Saranac Lake to Host Oral History Training"
  • May 22, 2017: "Historic Saranac Lake Opens Roaring Twenties Exhibit"
  • December 13, 2016: "Historic Saranac Lake to Receive $20,000 grant from the National Endowment
    for the Arts"
  • September 22, 2016: "Saranac Lake to Host NCPR's 'North Country at Work' History Sharing Events"
  • August 1: 2016: "Historic Saranac Lake Publishes new Biography of Dr. E. L. Trudeau"
  • July 16, 2016: Historic Saranac Lake Continues “History Matters” Series with Lecture by Dr. Ian Orme 
  • June 17, 2016: "Saranac Laboratory Museum to Offer Free Admission Days for Residents"
  • May 10, 2016: "Historic Saranac Lake Announces Expanded “History Matters” Speaker Series" 
  • April 20, 2016: "Historic Saranac Lake seeks artifacts for new “Roaring Twenties” Exhibit 
  • September 23, 2015: New Film on Will Rogers Memorial Hospital to Premiere October 10 
  • May 12, 2015: "Museum to Host New Exhibit of Antique Medical Curiosities on Loan from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!®"
  • May 7, 2015: "History Matters Speaker Series to Discuss the History of NCCC"
  • May 3, 2015: "Seventh Grade Poetry Contest Ceremony"
  • February 18, 2015: "Historic Saranac Lake Hires Public Programs Coordinator"
  • February 5, 2015:  "Premiere of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Film, The Forgotten Plague"
  • January 14, 2015: "Grant to Support New Exhibits at Historic Saranac Lake"
  • October 2, 2014: "Historic Saranac Lake awarded AARCH Preservation Award"
  • August 29, 2014: "Historic Saranac Lake to Host Tour and Reception at White Pine Camp"
  • August 22, 2014: "Special History Train Scheduled for September 6th"
  • May 10, 2014: "History Matters Talk to Feature New Book, Images of America: Saranac Lake"
  • April 28, 2014: "History Matters Speaker Series Begins with Discussion on WWI"
  • April 25, 2014: "Historic Saranac Lake Heats up in May"
  • March, 2014: "World TB Day"
  • May 28, 2013: "A New Exhibit: A LIfe In Hats"
  • May 30, 2013:  "History Matters Seminar: "Quilting in the Adirondacks
  • May 23, 2013:  "History Matters Seminar: "Clara's Rib"
  • May 16, 2013:  "History Matters Seminar: "The Art of Guideboat Building"
  • May 9, 2013:  "History Matters Seminar: "Hunting Camp Culture"
  • April 17, 2013: "High School Students Learn about Bartók Music"
  • July 30, 2012: Historic Saranac Lake Appeals for Funds to Replace Boiler
  • July 6, 2012: Historic Saranac Lake to Unveil Exhibit Panels on Saranac Lake History
  • Spring, 2012 Newsletter: Ready for the Busy Season
  • May 31, 2012: History Matters Seminar: "Remembering the Olympics"
  • May 24, 2012: History Matters Seminar: "Homesteading in the Adirondacks"
  • May 23, 2012: Historic Saranac Lake Publishes New Walking Tour Brochure
  • May 17, 2012: History Matters Seminar: "The Development of the APA"
  • February 29, 2012: Help is Available for Owners of Older Homes
  • January 3, 2012: Historic Saranac Lake Receives Donation to Retire Mortgage
  • November 28, 2011: Statement on the Railroad
  • September 29, 2011: Letter from the State Office for Historic Preservation Regarding the National Register Status of the Adirondack Division of the NY and Central Railroad

News Coverage

  • June 3, 2014 Adirondack Daily Enterprise Article: "Heritage Tourism Holds Promise"
  • February, 2013: Adirondack Daily Enterprise article: "Albert Einstein -- Almost Under the Lake"
  • February, 2013: Adirondack Daily Enterprise article: "Carnival Theme Recalls Visiting Sailors"
  • November 3, 2012: George Washington Carver Film Scene will be Shot at Saranac Lab
  • June 4, 2012: Adirondack Daily Enterprise Column: Preserving Downtown Saranac Lake
  • May, 2012 Adirondack Daily Enterprise Column: "Save Your Windows!"
  • April, 2012 Adirondack Daily Enterprise Column: Preservation Makes Economic Sense
  • March 13, 2012 Adirondack Daily Enterprise Column: The National Register 
  • November 29, 2011: Adirondack Daily Enterprise Story: "Preserving History of the Rails"
  • September 9, 2011 Letter to the Editor: Railway is on the National Register
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Historic Saranac Lake is funded in part by:
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  • an Essex County Arts Council Cultural Assistance Program Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
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