Gilboa Historical Society Facilities
The Gilboa Museum
Originally Gilboa’s Town Hall since the late 1920s until the flood of 1996. The town built a new town hall opposite the reservoir access, relocated the earlier building from Old Stryker Road onto higher ground behind the highway department, and leased it to the Gilboa Historical Society for use as a museum.
The displays were heavily weighted (sic) toward natural history: fossils from the Devonian period and later times. The cultural collection was also being developed, in this somewhat cramped space.
Nicholas J. Juried History Center
In 2014, our benefactor Nick Juried enabled us build an addition that would double our display space. We now had a new building with focus on permanent display areas for the Gilboa Valley/Village, the Schoharie Reservoir, and one-room schoolhouses; and with rotating displays on lifestyles and neighborhoods of our Catskills home.
The Gilboa Museum and the Juried History Center became 2 equal parts of a dynamic learning center for natural and cultural history
Dorothy Cox Juried Pavilion
Visitors come to the region for the environment and its outdoor activities. Recognizing this, the GHS was blessed again with a pavilion to host larger outdoor events (Gilboa Fest, the GHS Ice Cream Social, the Psychic Fair) and to make the Dorothy Cox Juried Pavilion also available for public use with permission.
Equipment Shed
A small shed for the display of early farm equipment and tools.
Location
The complex is located at 122 Stryker Road, Gilboa, NY 12076. Map
Note: Thanks to Hurricane Irene, Stryker Road no longer connects Route 30 at Nickerson’s Campground to our complex. Coming from the north, you have to continue on Route 30 2.3 miles and turn left turn onto State 990v. Stryker Road is on your left just before the Schoharie Bridge.
Navigating our pages
Our internet web pages are organized in these categories:
Information about the Gilboa Museum.
Information about the Gilboa Historical Society.
Information about the Gilboa Fossils
Information about the Gilboa Valley and Village, ca 1915
Information about the construction of the Schoharie Reservoir
The narrow column on the right has three scroll-down windows (at the end of this window on your phone, pad, or tablet):
Current 2023 activities of the society.
A complete set of links to Facebook, social media, and our society’s web pages.
The benefits of the Gilboa Historical Society and how to join our association.
GILBOA MUSEUM OPEN
12 TO 4 Saturday and Sundays
Memorial Day to Columbus Day.
MUSEUM TOURS-ON-CALL
(607) 588-6894 to set up a tour.
Map for the Gilboa Museum.
September, 2024
• Wednesday, 9/18 at 6: Bobby Curious
click here
After Bobby and refreshments, we will discuss the purchase of the museum property, plans for the addition under construction, and the near-total renovation of the 2024 exhibits. We will also cover next month’s annual meeting, changes to the by-laws, and status of our upcoming board elections.
• Thursday, 09/19, a lunchtime visit by the Mountaintop Seniors, with Museum resource people at each area display.
• Saturday, 9/21, 10 a.m.:
GILBOA NATURALIST PROGRAM
EASY ACCESS!
REGISTER TO ATTEND
(607) 437 7132
kristen.wyckoff@yahoo.com
A field trip to Cairo quarry. The oldest fossil forest in the world, hosted by Dr. Chuck Ver Straeton, Geologist from the NY State Museum.
We will also be shown geological outcroppings in the area.
MEET at Gilboa Museum to depart at 10:00 for Cairo
OR meet at the Cairo Highway Department garage, 755 Route 145, Cairo, NY at 10:40 am.
For information call Kristen Wyckoff at (607) 437 7132 or email her at kristen.wyckoff@yahoo.com
• Saturday, 9/28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Amy Silberkleit print-making workshop
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October, 2024
• Wednesday, 10/16, 6 p.m.:
Annual Meeting of Gilboa Historical Society & election of board members.
• Saturday, 10/19/ 1 p.m. Bob & Johanna Titus talk about the geologic basis of Catskill Mountains art
November, 2024
• Sunday, 11/17, 11 a.m.:
Holiday Boutique at Gilboa Museum.
• Wednesday, 11/20, 6 p.m.: General program TBA.
December, 2024
• Wednesday, 12/11, 6 p.m.:
Raffle and Bottle Auction and a pot luck dinner.
The Board of Gilboa Historical Society meets at 1:00 p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
Unlinked pages are under construction.√
GHS Facebook page
GilboaMuseum
Gilboa Museum Gift Shop
Gilboa Historical Society
GHS History (Founders, Early Supporters, First Decade, Expansion, Our 21stC)
GHS Activities
GHS Facilities
GHS — Who We Are
Publications and Podcasts
Gilboa Fossils and the Devonian ecology
Gilboa Fossils, a site of the Gilboa Historical Society.
Nicholas J. Juried History Center
Gilboa Village (under construction)
Gilboa Reservoir (under construction)
Communications between you and the Society is key to your enjoyment and our success.
You can type out your information on this form, save it to your desktop, and email it or print it out and send it to the Society (PO Box 52, Gilboa, NY 12076)
Our annual membership is based on an anniversary date established when we process your check. A renewal would simply add 12 months to the projected expiration date, while lapsed memberships are seen as new ones without penalty for the lapse.
Member benefits
- All GHS Newsletters and mailings.
- Gift shop discounts of 10% on all sales.
For donations, please use the QR code
