Rensselaer County Blog

Learn more about the story of milk in Rensselaer County.

Learn more about the St. Jean de Baptiste Church.

After serving Brunswick as the Town Historian for more than 28 years, Sharon Zankel has announced that she is retiring.

Charcoal has been made since Roman times, and has had a number of uses - especially here in Rensselaer County.

Home Gardening in Rensselaer County and the Garden Way.

Title IX turns 50.

Through the centuries, farmers have organized to help each other become educated in best practices and purchase needed supplies at the best prices.

Hear from Kathy Sheehan, Troy City and Rensselaer County Historian.

There have been many new additions to the Hart Cluett Museum’s permanent collection. Learn more about some of the items highlighted here!

We all learned as schoolchildren that American militiamen fought in the American Revolution, but what is the militia?

Learn more about (and take a listen to) the Music Box on display in the Toy Room of the Hart-Cluett House.

Over the past month, the Hart Cluett Museum has acquired many new collection items.

The Hart Cluett Museum’s Kathy Sheehan sat down with WMHT to talk about the development and construction of the Hoosick Street Bridge in Troy, NY.

June 19, 2021 will mark the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth.

Over the past month, the Hart Cluett Museum has acquired many new collection items.

On June 7th, 2020, the city of Troy, NY would see 11,000+ people take to the streets of the “Collar City'‘ for the Black Lives Matter Rally and March.

In 2018, the Hart Cluett Museum received a large collection of photographs from the collection of H. Irving Moore and his son Robert Moore.

Since April, the Hart Cluett Museum has acquired some new collection items that highlight the diverse and unique history of Troy and Rensselaer County.