The Beat

Howes Cave, NY–The Iroquois Museum in Howes Cave, NY, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 4, celebrating the completion of a $400,000 expansion to its 7,500-square-foot facility. 

“We’re excited to welcome visitors to our beautiful longhouse-inspired museum with a new, light-filled entrance—and to share even more Haudenosaunee culture through expanded exhibit space,” said Steph Shultes, Iroquois Museum Director.

Exhibit Marks Just the Second Time Banning’s Impressive Research and Art Have Been Publicly Displayed at the State Museum

An Opening Reception Will Be Held on April 4, 2025 at 6:00 P.M.

Albany, N.Y. - Long before mushrooms and mycology captivated the public imagination, self-taught scientist Mary Banning dedicated her life to the study of fungi. However, due to her gender, her work remained unrecognized for almost 100 years. The New York State Museum's latest exhibit, "Outcasts: Mary Banning's World of Mushrooms," celebrates Banning's rich legacy as one of America's first mycologists, who uncovered, documented, and illustrated 23 fungal species new to science in the mid-1800s.

Celebrating America's Iconic Sports Car

Saratoga Springs, NY (March 17, 2025) – The Saratoga Automobile Museum is thrilled to announce its highly anticipated new exhibition, Speed - Style - Legacy: The Corvette Story. This exciting new exhibit takes visitors on an unforgettable journey through the history of one of the world’s most legendary sports cars, the Chevrolet Corvette. From 1953, when the first Vette rolled off the assembly line, to its current status as a high-performance icon, this exhibition offers an immersive look at the Corvette’s incredible evolution and its unparalleled motorsport legacy.

Five-night series of screenings, guest-curated by Jon Davies, expands on exhibition with experimental works

Saratoga Springs, NY (March 12, 2025) — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces a screening series of experimental films and videos organized in conjunction with the exhibition a field of bloom and hum. Guest-curated by film scholar Jon Davies, the series begins March 20 and pulls out threads and expands on ideas in the exhibition, which celebrates on queer lives and networks.

The public is invited to see and share their own home movies on the big screen

Rochester, N.Y., March 13, 2025—  On March 22 the George Eastman Museum will present Home Movie Day, bringing this free, worldwide event to Rochester, New York.

Home Movie Day invites the public to see and share their own home movies with an audience from their community. The community is invited to bring their films and videos to screen or just come to experience the vast array of fascinating amateur movies from the Rochester area.

Farmingdale, NY (March 10, 2025) – Join us for the American Airpower Museum’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12th, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Can you find the Easter Egg?  Be sure to bring your own basket for the Egg Hunts.  Young and old alike will enjoy the Museum’s Easter Tram Rides around Hangar 3. …

A hybrid online and in-person exhibition where visitors can interact with livestreamed performances

Created by the artist collective “is this thing on?,” THING+YOU opens April 12; with live event with the artists and guests in person on June 7

Astoria, New York, March 10, 2025 — Since 2021, the artist collective "is this thing on?," whose members are Christopher Clary, Sarah Rothberg, Bhavik Singh, and Molly Soda, have pushed the boundaries of live, interactive performances with their artist-run platform thing.tube. From April 12 through August 10, 2025, Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) will present their fifth season, THING+YOU, an exhibition that blends the collective’s real-time online interactions with in-person encounters, marking the first time the performances will exist in a hybrid space and in a museum. THING+YOU is organized by MoMI Associate Curator of Media Arts Regina Harsanyi.

Riverhead, N.Y. – Hallockville Museum Farm at 6038 Sound Ave, in Riverhead will host an afternoon of honeybee education and honey harvesting on Saturday, March 15 from 3 – 5 p.m. Master Beekeeper Chris Kelly of Promise Land Apiaries will explain the wondrous work of honeybees and will harvest and bottle honey taken directly from Hallockville’s hives.

With special exhibitions and programs throughout 2025
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame is celebrating the 75^th anniversary of its 1950 founding with numerous special exhibitions, a variety of signature events, and expanded programming throughout 2025.

May 3, 2025

Rochester, NY, March 4, 2025—The Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is pleased to announce that acclaimed contemporary artist Sanford Biggers, civic leader Deborah Ronnen, and museum volunteers (the MAG Council) will be honored at the MAG Gala 2025: Celebrating the Art of Our Time, a premier evening of elegance and philanthropy dedicated to supporting the arts in the Rochester community.