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.
May, 2024
• Wednesday, 5/15, 6 p.m.:
General program TBA.
• Saturday, 5/25, 12 p.m.:
Gilboa Museum celebrates the season opening.
June, 2024
• Sunday, 6/2, 11 a.m.:
Psychic Fair.
• Wednesday, 6/19, 6 p.m.:
Annual Shopping Bag Auction.
July, 2024
• Wednesday, 7/17, 6 p.m.:
GHS program: Field trip to be announced.
• Saturday, 7/20, 10 a.m.:
Gilboa Naturalist Program Drive-By Bald Eagle nests.
August, 2024
• Saturday, 8/3, 10 a.m.:
Gilboa Naturalist Program Fossil Tree Descendants hike with Mike Kudish.
• Saturday, 8/17, 10 a.m.:
Gilboa Naturalist Program
American Indian Clay Bowls—Bouck Island.
• Wednesday, 8/21, 6 p.m.:
Gilboa Historical Society Ice Cream Social.
• Saturday, 8/31, 10 a.m.:
Gilboa Naturalist Program
Fossil Hike on Schoharie in Gilboa.
September, 2024
• Sunday, 9/1: 10 a.m.: Harvest Festival.
• Wednesday, 9/18, 6 p.m.:
General program TBA.
• Saturday, 9/21, 10 a.m.:
Gilboa Naturalist Program
Field trip to Cairo quarry.
October, 2024
• Wednesday, 10/16, 6 p.m.:
Annual Meeting of Gilboa Historical Society & election of board members.
November, 2024
• Sunday, 11/17, 11 a.m.:
Holiday Boutique at Gilboa Museum.
• Wednesday, 11/20, 6 p.m.:
General program TBA.
December, 202
• Wednesday, 12/11, 6 p.m.:
Raffle and Bottle Auction, pot luck refreshments
The Board of Gilboa Historical Society meets at 1:00 p.m. on the last 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
